Azure Public Cloud Consultant
Job Summary
The Senior Consultant will lead secure architecture and design workshops to implement robust Azure environments for enterprise clients. This role focuses on hardening cloud infrastructure, ensuring regulatory compliance, and defining security controls. You will serve as a technical leader, mentoring teams and guiding customers through complex Azure migrations.
Responsibilities
- Lead secure Azure design and architecture workshops
- Implement environment hardening and security baselines
- Manage Azure governance, policies, and compliance controls
- Mentor technical teams and provide security consulting
Required Skills
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification
- Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- Azure Networking & Security Infrastructure
- Infrastructure as Code (ARM/PowerShell)
- Regulatory Compliance & Risk Assessment
Job Details
### Responsibilities
**Secure Architecture & Design**
- 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 focusing on identity and access management, network segmentation, and 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.
- 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.
### Required Qualifications
- 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.
- Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
- Proficiency in Azure networking, IAM, security architecture, and governance.
- Infrastructure as Code (ARM templates) and automation scripting (PowerShell).
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and risk-awareness skills.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States (Green Card Holder or U.S. Citizen).
- Ability to pass customer-required background checks and occasionally travel.