SECURITY ENGINEER – AZURE | VULNERABILITY REMEDIATION | DEVSECOPS100 Remote

SECURITY ENGINEER - AZURE VULNERABILITY REMEDIATION DEVSECOPS

Location: Remote
Experience: 5 Years
Employment Type: Contract

Shift: 2PM - 11PM


Key skills: Azure Azure Security GitHub Enterprise Azure DevOps Automation skills Vulnerability and security management skills. Basic Database and Windows management skills and Azure AI skills

Job Description

Job Title: Security Engineer

Role Summary

We are seeking a hands-on Security Engineer to lead vulnerability remediation across a multi-subscription Azure environment. The role spans infrastructure application platform and identity related findings including access reviews and exposed credentials. The person will track remediation against defined timelines support audits and compliance reviews and report on risk trends from internal external and vendor sources. Automation and repeatable processes are central to the work and the role requires enough technical depth to build and maintain that automation. The person will also support broader security initiatives as priorities shift.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud & Infrastructure Security Remediation

• Remediate vulnerabilities across multiple Azure subscriptions.
• Address findings from:
  • Wiz (CSPM/CNAPP)
  • External scanning platforms (RiskRecon Security Scorecard etc.)
• Investigate and resolve infrastructure-level security risks across:
  • Cloud resources (IaaS / PaaS)
  • Networking components
  • Storage and supporting services.

Vulnerability Management & Patching

• Assist in remediation of OS and infrastructure vulnerabilities including:
  • OS patching and hardening (Windows / Linux)
  • VM OS updates and lifecycle management
• Identify and address end-of-life (EOL) systems and dependencies.
• Establish repeatable processes for:
  • Patch management
  • Vulnerability tracking and reporting.
  • Risk prioritization

Application Security Remediation

• Partner with development teams to remediate:

• SAST findings (e.g. Snyk)
• DAST findings (e.g. Invicti)
• Open-source library vulnerabilities
• Penetration Testing Findings

• Support secure configuration of application environments.

DevSecOps & Automation

• • Integrate security into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines where applicable.
  • Improve overall DevSecOps maturity.

Security Program Support (New)

• • Support assigned security program initiatives as directed by leadership.
  • Assist with security review documentation for client and audit requests.
  • Contribute to remediation tracking and reporting across security workstreams.

Observability & Reporting

• Analyze and prioritize vulnerabilities based on:
  • Severity (CVSS)
  • Exploitability
  • Business impact
• Provide regular updates on:
  • Remediation progress
  • Risk reduction trends.
  • Outstanding issues

Required Skills & Experience

Core Technical Skills

• Strong experience in Microsoft Azure
  • PaaS and IaaS resources networking identity storage
• Hands-on expertise with:
  • Systems administration and patching (Windows Linux etc.)
  • Infrastructure vulnerability remediation
• Familiarity with:
  • Wiz or similar CSPM/CNAPP tools
  • Vulnerability scanners (Nessus Qualys etc.)
  • Azure Policy

Security & DevOps

• Experience with:
  • SAST/DAST tools (Snyk Invicti etc.)
  • Dependency and open-source vulnerability remediation
• Understanding of:
  • Cloud security best practices
  • Secure configuration standards (CIS NIST etc.)

Nice to Have

• Experience with:
  • Azure Automation / Update Management
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform ARM Bicep etc.)
  • CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps GitHub Actions etc.)
  • Penetration Testing
• Familiarity with:
  • Risk scoring platforms (Security Scorecard RiskRecon)
  • Monitoring Tools (Data Dog Grafana etc.)

Required Skills:

AzureSecurityGithubDevOpsAutomation