Remote Senior Security Engineer – Azure & Zero Trust

Worldwide Clinical Trials; North Carolina; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Worldwide Clinical Trials is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to strengthen security foundations across identity, endpoint, cloud, and network environments. You will own Azure Key Vault, Entra ID privileged access, and Microsoft Sentinel while collaborating with Security Operations and IAM teams.

The role is remote for US-based candidates and emphasizes Zero Trust, automation, and policy-driven security at scale. A CS/IT degree with security certifications is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or related field with 5+ years enterprise security experience.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security, identity management, Zero Trust and Active Directory.
• AZ-500 or SC-300 certification, CISSP/CCSP a plus; experience with Zscaler required.

Responsibilities

• Own and mature the Azure Key Vault secrets-management service.
• Engineer Azure privileged-access controls across RBAC, PIM, and CA practices.
• Establish and improve Azure security baselines across tenants and workloads.
• Develop Microsoft Sentinel detections and automation with SOC processes.

Skills

Cloud security

Zero Trust

Identity management

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or related field

High school diploma + 7+ years enterprise security

Tools

Zscaler

Azure Key Vault

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

Worldwide Clinical Trials is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to strengthen security foundations across identity, endpoint, cloud, and network environments. You will own Azure Key Vault, Entra ID privileged access, and Microsoft Sentinel while collaborating with Security Operations and IAM teams.

The role is remote for US-based candidates and emphasizes Zero Trust, automation, and policy-driven security at scale. A CS/IT degree with security certifications is required.