Senior Cloud Security Specialist – Microsoft Azure

Scottsdale, AZ - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 16 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Senior Cloud Security Specialist will serve as a technical authority for securing Microsoft Azure this role you will design operate and continuously improve cloud threat detection investigation and response capabilities with a strong focus on Microsoft Defender for Cloud Azure-native security services and CNAPP integrations.

You will work closely with Cloud Engineering Security Operations and Governance teams to ensure a resilient compliant and highly observable Azure security posture across enterprise-scale environments.

Key Responsibilities

Act as a subject matter expert for Azure cloud security providing hands-on leadership across detection investigation and response activities
Design configure and optimize Microsoft Defender for Cloud security controls recommendations and alerting
Monitor and investigate security events using Azure Activity Logs Entra ID logs network flow data and workload telemetry

Design implement and tune Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) protections (Azure Application Gateway WAF and Azure Front Door WAF) to defend against OWASP Top 10 threats bot activity and application-layer attacks.
Identify and analyze attack paths and exposure chains across Azure subscriptions management groups and hybrid environments
Integrate Azure security telemetry with CNAPP SIEM and SOAR platforms to enable end-to-end threat visibility
Assist in the development of automated response playbooks for identity compute and network-based incidents
Lead cloud-native incident response including triage containment eradication and recovery
Produce clear investigation reports root cause analyses and post-incident recommendations
Provide architectural guidance on secure Azure design including identity networking workload isolation and data protection
Partner with engineering teams to embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code workflows

Required Qualifications

Deep hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure security architecture including Entra ID (Azure AD) RBAC Azure Policy VNets Private Endpoints and Azure Monitor
Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Defender for Cloud including CSPM workload protection plans secure score and risk prioritization
Experience with Azure-native protection services such as Defender for Servers Containers Storage SQL and Key Vault
Strong investigation skills using cloud-native logs behavioral analytics and security telemetry
Familiarity with CNAPP platforms (e.g. Wiz Prisma Cloud Orca) Knowledge of cloud security frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and CSA CCM
Experience with regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g. ISO 27001 GDPR SOX) in cloud environments

Preferred Qualifications

Experience leading or mentoring cloud security analysts or engineers
Hands-on experience with ARM Bicep or Terraform
Background in hybrid or multi-cloud security operations
Azure security certifications (e.g. AZ-500 SC-100 SC-200)
7 years experience in a cyber security cyber investigations cyber threat intelligence or combination of these three roles.
Undergraduate degree in Technical discipline Computer Science or related field required. Graduate degree preferred.
CISSP preferred

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard we dont just have a missionwere on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning collaboration and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.

Required Experience:

Senior IC