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Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. · 9 hours ago

Sr. Security Architect/Azure Cloud Security Engineer

Washington, DC

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $160K/yr

12+ years exp

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Senior Security Architect/Azure Cloud Security Engineer to support secure Azure development, application modernization, and cloud migration for federal customers. The role involves implementing security controls, managing identity and access, and ensuring compliance while collaborating with cloud engineers to enhance security practices.

Information ServicesInformation TechnologyProfessional Services

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Maintain and improve the security posture of the Azure platform by identifying, and remediating vulnerabilities by using a variety of security tools

Provide cyber security expertise in the analysis, assessment, development, and evaluation of security solutions and architectures to secure applications, operating systems, databases, and networks

Implement and configure security controls and policies across the IT infrastructure to manage access to data and monitor threats to ensure that data, apps, containers, and networks are protected

Maintain native tools like Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for IoT, Defender for O365 and Microsoft Sentinel

Facilitate the secure migrations of on-prem applications to the Azure cloud

Implementing threat protection and responding to security incident escalations

Automate security controls, data, and processes to provide better metrics and operational support

Manage operations within a cloud solution environment such as operations tasks, using cloud native tools, like Log Analytics, Azure Monitor and Microsoft Sentinel

Support cloud engineers to implement security best-practices and enable secure development and release processes

Ensure compliance

Deliver/update task documentation, briefings, SOPs and post on CsIA wiki

Facilitate collaboration between security administrators and development engineers to enhance communication and build effective division-wide processes

Identify areas of weakness and work with stakeholders to mitigate risks

Qualification

Azure securityMicrosoft Defender toolsCISSPEquivalentCloud migrationLinuxWindows OSScripting languagesAgileScrumCommunicatorSecurity conceptsDevSecOpsSoft skillsInterpersonal skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in cyber security, information technology or related field or equivalent experience working in field

12 years of experience supporting IT with 3 years in Azure administration and security

3 years of experience working with Microsoft native tools like Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender for IoT, Defender for O365 and Microsoft Sentinel

Good understanding of security concepts (Zero Trust Network, CASB, Cloud computing)

Technical skills with Linux and Windows operating systems and scripting languages like PowerShell, Python, .Net

Soft skills set to successfully understand, challenge, and translate the business needs and communicate to the relevant parties with a structured and methodical approach to problem solving

Good communicator with passion for the domains of Cyber Security

Agile, Scrum, DevSecOps knowledge

Must have CISSP or equivalent (Security+, CAP, CEH) or more advanced certifications to be considered and approved by the government

Preferred

Microsoft Azure security certifications (AZ-500, MS-500, or SC-200) strongly preferred

Strong understanding of Security tools such as Splunk, Tenable, Firepower, WebInspect

Strong understanding of networking, e.g., IP subnetting, Network Security Groups, routing, Azure Firewall, ExpressRoute, load balancer, DNS

Strong understanding of configuring security policies and securing applications and data

Strong familiarity with cloud capabilities and products and services for Azure, e.g., Azure Active Directory, Privileged Identity Management, VMs, Container Registry, Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS), Data Services, and KeyVault

Strong understanding of Security processes in the Government sector

Good interpersonal skills also required to work closely together with products owners and cloud architects to help build a secure and robust enterprise-grade cloud platform

Certifications in Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) and other industry certifications are preferred including Security+, CEH, OSCP, CCSK, GIAC

Company

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.

Edgewater Federal Solutions was founded in 2002 with the mission of being the best IT consulting company possible for our government clients, our contracting partners and our employees.

Founded in 2002

Ijamsville, Maryland, USA

501-1000 employees