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Validate each finding's applicability and accuracy against the affected resource, configuration and available evidence, including identifying and documenting false positives for cybersecurity review.\nMaintain records of outstanding findings, technical justifications, false-positive assessments, risk treatment, approved deviations, exception expiry dates, remediation status and documented closure evidence.\nValidate remediation evidence before recommending closure for review.\nEscalate overdue, recurring, high-risk or disputed findings to the relevant cybersecurity team for assessment and direction.\nPrepare recurring cloud security posture and compliance updates, highlighting critical findings, overdue remediation, recurring misconfigurations and items requiring management direction.\nCloud Security Technical Support\nProvide technical support on AWS and Azure security configurations, including assessment of configuration issues identified through CSPM findings, compliance reviews and technical support requests.\nReview identity and access management, privileged access, network security, encryption and cloud resource configurations to identify misconfigurations and recommend corrective actions.\nInvestigate cloud security configuration issues, assess technical context and dependencies, and recommend corrective actions to the responsible infrastructure or application team.\nObtain cybersecurity direction where proposed resolutions involve a security exception or risk decision.\nCoordinate with cloud infrastructure teams, service providers and application vendors to resolve security-related configuration issues, clarify remediation requirements and validate supporting evidence.\nEnsure production configuration changes remain subject to approved change-management and authorisation processes.\nSupport configuration reviews and technical validation of cloud resources against applicable security requirements, documenting issues, recommended resolutions, responsible teams and outcomes.\nSecurity Compliance and Governance\nSupport compliance assessments against applicable cybersecurity policies, security specifications and system security plans.\nIdentify non-compliant cloud configurations, document the relevant requirements and recommend corrective measures.\nAssist with the collection and validation of remediation evidence, ensuring it addresses the identified configuration or compliance gap and recording any remaining issues requiring further review.\nSupport risk assessments for findings that cannot be immediately remediated by documenting affected resources, technical context, remediation constraints, proposed interim measures and outstanding exposure for review by the relevant cybersecurity team and approving authority.\nMaintain accurate records of owners, due dates, technical justifications, risk-acceptance references, approved exceptions and closure evidence.\nProvide supporting evidence for cybersecurity assessments, internal reviews and audits when requested.\nMaintain and update relevant SOPs, checklists and knowledge-base documentation.\nIdentify recurring operational issues suitable for process improvement or automation and submit recommendations to the relevant cybersecurity team.\nCybersecurity Operations Reporting\nPrepare regular cybersecurity posture status reports covering go-live readiness, cloud security findings, compliance deviations, access-administration activities and remediation progress.\nMaintain accurate findings and remediation registers, including affected resources, finding applicability, technical justifications, responsible owners, target dates, remediation status and closure evidence.\nHighlight critical findings, overdue remediation, recurring security configuration issues and unresolved exceptions requiring management attention.\nProvide technical analysis and recommendations to cybersecurity management, distinguishing confirmed issues, findings awaiting validation and items requiring risk assessment or approval.\nStakeholder Coordination and Technical Advisory\nWork closely with system owners, system representatives, application teams, cloud infrastructure teams, service providers and external vendors on assigned cloud security posture and compliance matters.\nProvide technical guidance on vulnerability remediation and AWS/Azure security configuration, clarifying affected resources, corrective actions and evidence required to demonstrate remediation.\nParticipate in technical discussions and security review meetings to support the assessment and resolution of findings.\nEscalate significant security risks, unresolved compliance issues and disputed or overdue remediation to the relevant cybersecurity team for assessment and direction.\nSupport the implementation of approved cybersecurity initiatives.\nQualifications / Requirements\nMandatory Technical Skills\nHands-on experience administering or supporting Microsoft Azure environments, including Azure RBAC, Entra ID 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