Azure Cloud Security Engineer (L2) - Threat & IAM Focus

Avatar Recruitment; Cape Town; Sur place; ZAR 540 000 - 900 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Avatar Recruitment is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to join the Security Operations and Engineering team in Cape Town. You will manage Azure security configurations, monitor Defender tooling, enforce governance, and respond to incidents to protect cloud workloads.

The role focuses on secure cloud infrastructure, risk management, and continuous improvement of security capabilities with collaboration across Security Operations, Infrastructure, and Cloud Engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, IT or related discipline.
• 3–5 years' experience in IT Security or Cloud Security.
• Hands-on Azure administration and cloud security experience.
• Experience with vulnerability management and security monitoring.
• Certifications advantageous: AZ-500, SC-200, SC-300, AZ-104.

Responsabilités

• Administer and maintain Azure security controls and configurations.
• Monitor Azure security posture through Defender and Azure-native tooling.
• Ensure compliance with governance and risk management frameworks.
• Investigate security incidents and alerts with SOC collaboration.
• Support threat detection, monitoring and logging activities and incident response.
• Assist with security reporting and documentation.

Formation

Degree in Information Security/Computer Science/IT or related discipline

Outils

Azure

Microsoft Defender

Entra ID

Azure Security Centre/ Defender for Cloud

Microsoft Sentinel

PIM

RBAC

KQL

Description du poste

Avatar Recruitment is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to join the Security Operations and Engineering team in Cape Town. You will manage Azure security configurations, monitor Defender tooling, enforce governance, and respond to incidents to protect cloud workloads.

The role focuses on secure cloud infrastructure, risk management, and continuous improvement of security capabilities with collaboration across Security Operations, Infrastructure, and Cloud Engineering teams.