Azure Security Engineer- Remote (Anywhere in the U.S.)

guidepointsecurity; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group medical insurance (PPO/HSA)

Dental insurance

12 paid holidays

Flexible time off

Mobile phone stipend

Home internet stipend

Retirement plan eligibility after two‑

Optional pet benefits

Job summary

GuidePoint Security is seeking a remote Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement and secure Azure environments for diverse clients. You will lead customer engagements, craft secure-by-design architectures, and drive infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform, ARM templates, and Bicep.

You will also advance AI and API management workloads, coordinate migrations from on-prem to Azure, and strengthen identity protections with Entra ID across customer tenants.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Azure infrastructure in commercial or government cloud environments.
• Hands-on expertise with Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep and PowerShell.
• Strong knowledge of Azure landing zones, subscription management, networking and security.
• Familiarity with AI platform engineering (Azure AI Foundry) and API management (Azure APIM).
• Clear written and verbal communication skills to lead presentations and trainings.

Responsibilities

• Design secure Azure cloud architectures across Commercial and Government Cloud tenants.
• Collaborate with customer IT teams to deploy, configure and harden cloud resources.
• Build scalable Azure infrastructure using Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep and PowerShell.
• Plan and execute migration strategies moving workloads to Azure.
• Secure Microsoft Entra ID configurations and apply identity protections.
• Create architectural and data-flow diagrams for high availability and DR.

Skills

Azure security

Cloud architecture

Communication

Tools

Terraform

ARM templates

Bicep

PowerShell

Job description

Role overview

This remote position focuses on designing, implementing, and securing customer Azure cloud environments as part of a Microsoft-focused cloud security practice. The engineer serves as a subject matter expert working primarily in customer-facing engagements to strengthen cloud security posture through best-practice architectures and infrastructure-as-code approaches, with additional depth on emerging AI and API management workloads.

Responsibilities

• Design secure Azure cloud architectures using a secure-by-design approach across Commercial and Government Cloud tenants
• Collaborate with customer IT teams to deploy, configure, and harden cloud resources following established security policies and standards
• Build scalable, resilient Azure infrastructure using Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep, and PowerShell
• Plan and execute migration strategies moving workloads from on-premises environments into Azure
• Secure Microsoft Entra ID configurations and apply identity protections across customer environments
• Create architectural and data-flow diagrams and design for high availability and disaster recovery

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Azure infrastructure in commercial or government cloud environments
• Hands-on expertise with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep, and PowerShell
• Strong working knowledge of Azure landing zones, subscription management, networking, and security
• Familiarity with AI platform engineering (Azure AI Foundry) and enterprise API management (Azure APIM)
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to lead presentations, training, and working sessions

Nice to have

• Experience working within Azure Government Cloud tenants
• Willingness to embrace AI-assisted tools to improve engineering workflows

Benefits and work setup

• Fully remote within the U.S. with up to 10% travel
• Group medical insurance options (PPO and high-deductible HSA plans) with employer premium contributions
• Group dental insurance with employer-paid employee coverage
• Twelve paid corporate holidays and a flexible time off program
• Mobile phone and home internet stipend
• Retirement plan eligibility after two months
• Optional pet benefits

Sedentary work with extended computer and reading time.