Remote Senior Security Engineer: Azure & Zero-Trust Expert

Worldwide Clinical Trials; Clayton (NC); Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Worldwide Clinical Trials is hiring a Senior Security Engineer to own and mature Azure security capabilities, with a focus on Entra ID, privileged access, and Azure Key Vault, in a remote role open to US-based candidates. You will collaborate with Security Operations, Identity and Access Management, endpoint engineering, and service owners to reduce risk, strengthen security, and automate security operations at scale.

This role emphasizes Zero Trust and cloud-native security foundations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; 5+ years of enterprise security engineering experience.
• Experience with cloud security, identity management, Zero Trust, and Active Directory.
• Depth in endpoint application control and PowerShell security.

Responsibilities

• Own and mature the enterprise secrets-management service in Azure Key Vault, including provisioning, access governance, rotation, recovery, separation of duties, and lifecycle management.
• Engineer Azure privileged-access controls across RBAC, PIM, restricted administration, approvals, and access reviews.
• Develop Microsoft Sentinel detections and automation for privileged-access, Active Directory, and high-risk Azure events.

Skills

Cloud security

Zero Trust

Active Directory

PowerShell

APIs automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Zscaler

Azure Key Vault

Microsoft Sentinel

Entra ID

Job description

Worldwide Clinical Trials is hiring a Senior Security Engineer to own and mature Azure security capabilities, with a focus on Entra ID, privileged access, and Azure Key Vault, in a remote role open to US-based candidates. You will collaborate with Security Operations, Identity and Access Management, endpoint engineering, and service owners to reduce risk, strengthen security, and automate security operations at scale.

This role emphasizes Zero Trust and cloud-native security foundations.