Azure Infra & Security architect

As an Azure Infra & Security architect, your role will involve designing and implementing secure, scalable, and high-performing Azure solutions. Your deep understanding of Azure services and strong security expertise will be crucial in ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of cloud-based systems. **Responsibilities:** - Lead the end-to-end architecture design of Azure solutions, considering both infrastructure and security aspects. - Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into comprehensive Azure designs. - Design and implement secure Azure architectures, incorporating best practices for identity and access management, network security, encryption, and compliance. - Conduct security assessments, penetration testing, and vulnerability scanning to identify and address potential risks. - Create and maintain Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, leveraging infrastructure as code (IaC) principles to ensure consistency and automation. - Define and implement security policies, access controls, and authentication mechanisms to protect Azure resources and sensitive data. - Develop disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for Azure environments, ensuring minimal downtime and data loss. - Provide technical leadership and guidance to development and operations teams, promoting secure coding practices and adherence to security standards. - Evaluate emerging Azure technologies and security tools, recommending their integration to enhance cloud solutions. - Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to detect and respond to security incidents and performance issues. - Collaborate with compliance teams to ensure Azure solutions meet regulatory requirements and industry standards. - Participate in security incident response and resolution, working with cross-functional teams to mitigate and prevent security breaches. **Qualifications:** - Proven experience as an Azure Architect with a strong focus on security design and implementation. - In-depth knowledge of Azure services, architecture, and security best practices. - Strong expertise in Azure security tools and services, including Azure Security Center, Azure Active Directory, and Azure Policy. - Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools and concepts, such as Azure DevOps, Terraform, or Ansible. - Comprehensive understanding of cloud security principles, including network security, identity and access management, encryption, and compliance. - Experience conducting security assessments, penetration testing, and vulnerability management. - Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze and address complex security challenges. - Exceptional communication skills to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Strong leadership skills and the ability to mentor and guide technical teams. - Results-oriented mindset with a commitment to delivering secure and high-quality solutions.,