Senior Cloud Security Architect (Azure & Zero Trust)

TEKsystems; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

TEKsystems in Richmond, VA is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and secure enterprise cloud environments on Azure. You’ll lead security architecture, IAM, network security, monitoring, and incident response within a hybrid, contract role.

Responsibilities include guiding complex cloud security initiatives, enforcing zero trust, integrating with DevOps pipelines, and supporting audits and compliance. Strong hands-on cloud security expertise required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in enterprise cloud security
• Experience with Azure security controls and governance
• Strong hands-on security engineering and architecture
• Experience with NSGs, firewalls, WAFs, and monitoring tools
• Experience coordinating security across teams and incidents

Responsibilities

• Identify cloud security vulnerabilities, assess risk based on business impact, prioritize remediation, track remediation activities, and validate corrective actions
• Lead complex cloud security initiatives and provide technical directions to engineers
• Assist in the design of secure cloud architecture for complex enterprise environments
• Influence architecture and security decisions and prevent insecure configurations from reaching production and implement security gates within deployment pipelines
• Explain complex security risks to non-technical stakeholders
• Assess cloud security risks and security gaps and recommend appropriate remediations
• Create and maintain security documentation and evidence as well as support audits and assessments
• Review proposed cloud solutions for security risk and define appropriate security and compensation controls
• Develop Azure policies to enforce standardization and compliance with enterprise requirements, as well as creating Azure Automation runbooks to support incident response workflows
• Monitor security events using SIEM technologies and work with VDOTs SOC team to coordinate incident response activities
• Identifies and diagnoses system problems and threats by using system logs, line monitors, SIEM, diagnostic software, and test equipment
• Lead investigation and containment of cloud security incidents
• Review firewall and NSG rule requests and ensure compliance with security standards
• Must have the ability to provide documentation, architecture topology diagrams, IP schemes and access controls when required
• Must have the ability to work independently on assigned projects

Skills

Azure security architecture

WAF

Azure Firewall

Azure Networking

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

TEKsystems in Richmond, VA is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and secure enterprise cloud environments on Azure. You’ll lead security architecture, IAM, network security, monitoring, and incident response within a hybrid, contract role.

Responsibilities include guiding complex cloud security initiatives, enforcing zero trust, integrating with DevOps pipelines, and supporting audits and compliance. Strong hands-on cloud security expertise required.