Remote Cloud Security Engineer — Purview & Defender

Lever, Inc.

Northern (KY)

Hybrid

USD 110,000 - 145,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

401k Match
Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
FSA/HSA
Fertility benefits
Parental leave
PTO
Volunteer leave
Charitable donation matching
Tuition reimbursement
Gym membership reimbursement
Internet stipend
Pet insurance

Job summary

Patch My PC is hiring a hands-on Cloud Security Engineer to strengthen our Microsoft cloud security stack, including Purview, Defender for Cloud, Entra, and Azure monitoring. This is a hands-on engineering role: you'll build, tune, and maintain the security and compliance controls that protect organizational and customer data while bringing a red-team mindset to find weaknesses before attackers do.

You’ll own the day‑to‑day engineering of our Microsoft security capabilities, translate technical

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of hands-on experience engineering and operating Microsoft cloud security technologies: Purview, Defender for Cloud, Azure Log Analytics, Entra ID, PIM, Identity Governance, and DLP.

Responsibilities

  • Design, deploy, configure, and maintain Microsoft cloud security and compliance technologies, including Microsoft Purview, Defender for Cloud, Azure Log Analytics, Entra ID, PIM, and Identity Governance.
  • Engineer and continuously improve technical security controls across Microsoft 365 and Azure.
  • Automate recurring security and compliance tasks to reduce manual effort and drift.
  • Monitor security and compliance posture, and drive continuous‑improvement initiatives with measurable outcomes.
  • Build, deploy, and maintain Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies across the organisation.
  • Monitor AI technology usage and engineer controls to mitigate data exposure, information leakage, and inappropriate use.
  • Assess emerging AI‑related threats and implement governance and technical guardrails.
  • Partner with internal teams to ensure sensitive data is adequately protected.
  • Apply a red‑team mindset to identify weaknesses; conduct security reviews and report findings.
  • Produce clear reports for leadership covering risk assessments and remediation recommendations.
  • Track remediation and support stakeholders in implementing corrective actions.
  • Use Azure Log Analytics and security tooling to detect suspicious activity and support investigations.
  • Represent security in customer calls covering governance and control topics.
  • Support the compliance team on questionnaires and assessments.
  • Communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
  • Work independently in a remote setting while collaborating with distributed teams.

Skills

Purview
Defender for Cloud
Azure Log Analytics
Entra ID
PIM
Identity Governance
DLP

Job description

Patch My PC is hiring a hands-on Cloud Security Engineer to strengthen our Microsoft cloud security stack, including Purview, Defender for Cloud, Entra, and Azure monitoring. This is a hands-on engineering role: you'll build, tune, and maintain the security and compliance controls that protect organizational and customer data while bringing a red-team mindset to find weaknesses before attackers do.

You’ll own the day‑to‑day engineering of our Microsoft security capabilities, translate technical

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