Azure Cloud Security Lead - WAF/DoS/DDoS

Job Description :

We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Security Lead to drive cloud security strategy, governance, risk management, and compliance across the organization.

Key Responsibilities :

- Own Azure cloud security governance, security assessments, and compliance tracking.

- Strengthen Azure security controls across networking, NSG, WAF, DDoS protection, backup, DR, and identity management.

- Drive Microsoft security best practices, Zero Trust architecture, and cloud security frameworks.

- Manage vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, security findings, and remediation SLAs.

- Coordinate with application, infrastructure, and security teams for timely risk remediation.

- Lead security reviews, internal/external audits, and support incident response and root cause analysis.

- Drive strategic initiatives covering PAM, immutable backups, quantum readiness, and security architecture.

- Monitor cloud security posture and publish executive-level security dashboards.

- Embed security-by-design principles across cloud infrastructure projects.

Required Skills :

- Microsoft Azure Security, Defender for Cloud, Entra ID, IAM, PAM, WAF, DDoS, Vulnerability Management, Compliance, Risk Management, Zero Trust, BCP/DR and Cloud Security Governance.