Remote Senior Security Engineer – Azure & Zero Trust

Worldwide Clinical Trials; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 122,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

Worldwide Clinical Trials seeks a Senior Security Engineer to strengthen security foundations across identity, endpoint, cloud, and network environments. You will own Azure Key Vault governance, implement Entra ID-based Privileged Access, and drive automation and secure configurations at scale.

You will partner with Security Operations and IAM teams to reduce risk, define standards, and shape operational readiness. This role is remote for US-based candidates with global collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field; 5+ years enterprise security engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Zscaler ZIA, ZPA, ZDX; Zscaler certs desired.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security, identity management, and Zero Trust.

Responsibilities

• Own and mature the enterprise secrets-management service in Azure Key Vault.
• Engineer Azure privileged-access controls across RBAC, PIM, and access reviews.
• Establish and improve Azure security baselines across tenants, subscriptions, and workloads.
• Strengthen endpoint security through application control and PowerShell hardening.
• Develop Microsoft Sentinel detections and automation for privileged-access and high-risk events.
• Advance automation and Infrastructure-as-Code practices for secure config.
• Provide design reviews, production-readiness, and runbook documentation.

Skills

Cloud security

Zero Trust

Identity management

Active Directory

PowerShell security

Automation

Code signing

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or related field

5+ years enterprise security engineering

Tools

Zscaler ZIA

Zscaler ZPA

Zscaler ZDX

Azure Key Vault

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

Worldwide Clinical Trials seeks a Senior Security Engineer to strengthen security foundations across identity, endpoint, cloud, and network environments. You will own Azure Key Vault governance, implement Entra ID-based Privileged Access, and drive automation and secure configurations at scale.

You will partner with Security Operations and IAM teams to reduce risk, define standards, and shape operational readiness. This role is remote for US-based candidates with global collaboration.