Azure Cloud Security Engineer - Remediation & IAM

Valiant Technologies LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC seeks a Senior Azure Cloud Security Engineer to own remediation and hardening across our Azure environment. You will turn security findings into durable, well-architected fixes and ensure they don’t reoccur, with a hands-on engineering focus.

You’ll lead identity security, Azure Entra ID, policy-as-code, guardrails, and CSPM efforts, while enforcing secure-by-default configurations and guiding governance across cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Cloud Security or Security engineering.
• Deep hands-on Azure experience.
• Strong Entra ID expertise.
• Experience securing AI workloads.

Responsibilities

• Own lifecycle of security findings from triage to closure.
• Implement systemic fixes via policy-as-code and guardrails.
• Track remediation SLAs and report risk reduction.
• Design and tune Conditional Access policies.
• Secure admin portals and enforce MFA and PIM.
• Operate Defender for Cloud and CSPM.
• Contribute to security governance standards.

Skills

Azure security

Entra ID

OIDC

OAuth 2.0

JWT

mTLS

Terraform

Azure Policy

Defender for Cloud

CSPM

PIM

Conditional Access

AI security

Tools

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Terraform

Azure Policy

Job description

Valiant Technologies LLC seeks a Senior Azure Cloud Security Engineer to own remediation and hardening across our Azure environment. You will turn security findings into durable, well-architected fixes and ensure they don’t reoccur, with a hands-on engineering focus.

You’ll lead identity security, Azure Entra ID, policy-as-code, guardrails, and CSPM efforts, while enforcing secure-by-default configurations and guiding governance across cloud platforms.