Azure Cloud Security Support Engineer

Summary

Avanade is growing, and weseekpassionate and driven technology professionals to join ourManaged Servicesteam deliveringcontinuous value to ourclient’s businesses.

We are seeking acloudsecurity support engineerwithabackground inAzure Platformsupport.

The role requiresprofessional experience within security engineering and a strong background in certification, accreditation, and thesupportof robust security frameworks within complex ICT environments.

Core to the role

You willbeknowledgeablein Australian Government information assurance requirements, including the Information Security Manual (ISM), NIST CSF2.0 and Essential 8 ML2.

We also need you to have experience across a variety of technologies that may include:

• Provenexpertisewith Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Sentinel.

• MicrosoftDefender suite, Azure SecurityCenter, and Sentinel SIEM), Cloud security & data logging (Azure), Incident response, Cryptography, Network and System security.

• Experiencewith Security Copilot (highly regarded)

• Hands-on experience with Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Log Management/Analysis.

• Hands-on experience managing security infrastructure (firewalls, IPSs, WAFs, endpoint protection, SIEM, log management, Zscaler, Proofpoint).

• Proven experience in reviewing security vulnerabilities.

• Proficiencywith vulnerability management toolsets.

• Understanding of IT service management (ITIL disciplines: change, configuration, asset, incident, problem management).

• Experience and understanding of how applications, services and infrastructure are deployed into public cloud services (Microsoft Azure).

The successful candidate will havestrong communicationskills to clearly explain security issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.Have familiarity with current cybersecurity trends such as Zero Trust, Extended Detection and Response (XDR), or AI-driven security analytics. And will have experiencebeing responsible forincident response coordination, investigation, and remediation, as well as staying current with threat intelligence to proactively defend against emergingthreats.

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Skills and Experience

• You are acloudsecuritysupport engineer witha track recordof supporting the security ofcomplex environments with a strong client focus.

• You havegoodcommunicationand interpersonal skillsthatwill enable you to develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders and contribute effectively toour Managed Services organisation.

• You will alsopossessanalytical and problem-solving skills enabling you to be creative and innovative inthe support of our clients.

• You will alsoseektocontinually improve our clients’ environments though evergreen practices and platform evolution.

• You will be an Australian Citizen (Existing security clearancewill behighly regarded).

In addition, your professional skillsetlikely includes:

• Proven ability to work within a structured IT governance framework and deliver results that adhere to relevant Commonwealth standards and policies.

• Stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, both written and verbal with ability to negotiate outcomes asrequired.

• Provide technicalexpertiseto projects and businessareas.

• Maintainsa high levelof professionalism, has sound judgement and decision-making skills.

• Ability to work autonomously and is highly motivated.

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