Azure Public Cloud Senior Consultant

About the role

Secure Architecture & Design (Primary Focus)
- Lead secure design workshops with customers, incorporating security and compliance requirements
- Design Azure architectures with security and hardening as foundational principles
- Implement Azure landing zones aligned with governance, identity, and security best practices
- Define and document security controls, guardrails, and baseline configurations
- Ensure designs align with customer regulatory and risk requirements (e.g., financial services, healthcare, government)

Implementation, Hardening & Delivery
- Build and configure Azure environments with a strong emphasis on:
- Identity and access management
- Network segmentation and perimeter security
- Secure connectivity (VPN, ExpressRoute)
- Implement environment hardening for Azure resources and virtual machines
- Apply security baselines, policies, and configuration standards
- Support secure migrations and modernization of workloads into Azure
- Validate environments through testing, review, and remediation of security gaps

Security Governance & Operational Readiness
- Implement and manage Azure governance controls (management groups, policies)
- Configure and integrate Azure security and monitoring services
- Support customer security reviews, audits, and risk assessments
- Act as the technical security escalation point within assigned engagements
- Partner with customer security teams to ensure ongoing compliance and risk management

Technical Leadership & Consulting
- Serve as the senior technical lead for Azure delivery within the engagement
- Mentor and guide other consultants on secure Azure design and implementation
- Conduct peer reviews of designs and configurations with a security lens
- Contribute to internal standards, patterns, and reusable security assets

Requirements

• Professional Experience
  - 7+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, or security-focused engineering roles
  - 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and delivering Microsoft Azure solutions
  - Demonstrated experience securing and hardening enterprise cloud environments
  - Prior experience in consulting, professional services, or customer-facing delivery roles
• Miscellaneous
  - Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (Certification)
  - Core Azure & Security Skills
  - Consulting & Communication Skills

Customer Security Requirements

Due to customer and regulatory requirements, candidates must:
- Be legally authorized to work in the United States
- Must be a Green Card Holder or U.S. Citizen
- Successfully pass background checks required by customer engagements
- Meet client data residency, access, and security requirements
- Be willing to travel occasionally to customer sites as needed