Azure Security Engineer

Working closely with a Payments Company and we are looking for an Azure Cloud Security Engineer.

This will be a 6 month contract initially, Inside IR35 paying up to £500/day. The role will also be 100% remote.

Responsibilities:

Prioritise and remediate issues arising in Azure compliance manager supporting the improvement of compliance issues and improve the security score.
Configure real-time event alerting.
Security monitoring including log aggregation/centralisation, correlation, and alerting of security events and incidents.
Support the implementation of data classification leveraging the azure data classification module.
Provide Operational support for Security Operations related activities that can include, but not limited to;

Create queries for specific audit reports based on auditable events criteria;
Using / configuring / managing Azure Security Centre;
Participates in the incident response and investigation process;
Submit requests for addition or removal of permissions/roles for accounts for users;
Participate in tabletop and functional contingency plan testing monthly;
Review and analyse audit records weekly for identified unusual activity and provide evidence of review and/or findings;
Conduct account reviews;
Determine auditable events and review on a monthly basis;
Proactively manage DLP highlighting vulnerabilities and remediation plan

Essential:

A minimum of 2 years of experience in configuring and managing security policies via Active Directory (GPO)
Experience in utilising Microsoft 365 Compliance and Security Centre
Proven track record in deploying, configuring, and administering Microsoft Defender
Experience working within an IaC (Infrastructure As Code) methodology (Terraform, Powershell, Python)
Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills;
Ability to work well in teams and manage multiple priorities;
Punctual and capable of managing assigned deadlines;
Provide Operational Support and provide recommendations for Security Operations;
Detail oriented and presents ideas clearly and concisely
Capable of working in a fast paced environment;
Exhibits good problem-solving skills.

Desired

Please submit you CV for consideration, all applicants must be eligible to work in the UK. We cannot sponsor Visas.