Azure Cloud Cybersecurity Architect

Candidates requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply for this opportunity.C2C or 1099 not available for this opportunity!Potential candidates will need to have the ability to work W2 on Prominents' payroll during the contract period.Prominent is looking for a Azure Cloud Security Architect for a contract to hire opportunity opportunity. Candidates based within a commute to our client's office in either Alpharetta, Georgia, Omaha, Nebraska, Greenwood Village, Colorado or Berkeley Heights, New Jersey will be given strong preference.The successful Candidate is responsible for implementing technology initiatives to secure our client's key government client's cloud environment. The selected candidate will be accountable for assisting in strategic planning and architecture, and securing enterprise information by identifying network and application security requirements, implementing and testing security controls and procedures.The primary areas of focus for the candidate is to enable Cloud Cybersecurity controls and compliance requirements and remediation programs based on business priorities and risks to address Cyber-Security, Cyber Defense and Business needs of our customer.Experience RequiredMicrosoft Azure Cloud experience preferred; Gov-Cloud experience preferredEducation: Bachelor's degree in a technology field, Masters degree preferred.5+ years' cyber related experience in a commercial environment with Azure, in a technical information security and risk management role.5+ years managing security policies and initiatives in Azure.Identity Access and Management concepts, multifactor authentication, SSO/FederationPrivileged Access Management key conceptsAbility to set up and configure the Azure security platforms, and function as an overall lead managing end to end security on the Azure Cloud regions.Network and Application Vulnerability testing as it relates to Azure systems.Security concepts & tools related to CI/CD pipelines, and software scanning.Able to demonstrate understanding of Information Security and Risk Management capabilities related to cloud computing across Windows and Linux, with demonstrated direct experience with the following domains:Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM)Authentication and Authorization including SSO and Identify FederationZero-Trust ModelDefense-In-DepthGovernance and ComplianceSecuring DataSecuring the Operating SystemProtecting the Network LayerContinuous Diagnostics and Mitigation, Alerting, Audit Trail, and Incident ResponseCloud Core Platform: Compute, Storage, NetworkingOther Experience DesiredGovernment environments and Gov-Cloud experienceCertifications: CISSP, CCSP, Azure/AWS/Google Security specific Training and CertificationCrowdstrike Falcon EDR for AzureManaging/maintaining FISMA and FedRAMP compliance for a government information systemDemonstrated experience collaborating directly with the various Azure security tools/platforms such as:Identity and Access Management (IAM): Zero Trust, Azure IAM and AWS IAM, Entra ID (Azure AD), Multitenant Organization (MTO), Lighthouse, Key Vault, Conditional AssessMonitoring Compliance: Sentinel, MDCEntra ID (formally Azure AD), M365Anticipated hourly rate while on contract is within the $63-70/hr range.J-18808-Ljbffr