Avanade is growing, and we seek passionate and driven technology professionals to join our Managed Services team delivering continuous value to our client's businesses. We are seeking a cloud security support engineer with a background in Azure Platform support. The role requires professional experience within security engineering and a strong background in certification, accreditation, and the support of robust security frameworks within complex ICT environments.
Responsibilities and Qualifications
* Knowledge of Australian Government ISM, NIST CSF 2.0, and Essential 8 ML2 requirements.
* Proven expertise with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Sentinel.
* Experience with Microsoft Defender suite, Azure Security Center, and Sentinel SIEM.
* Cloud security & data logging (Azure); incident response; threat hunting; log management/analysis.
* Hands‐on experience managing security infrastructure (firewalls, IPS, WAF, endpoint protection, SIEM, log management, Zscaler, Proofpoint).
* Experience with Security Copilot.
* Proven experience reviewing vulnerabilities and proficiency with vulnerability management toolsets.
* Understanding of ITIL disciplines (change, configuration, asset, incident, problem).
* Experience and understanding of how applications, services and infrastructure are deployed into public cloud services (Microsoft Azure).
* Strong communication skills to explain security issues to technical and non‐technical stakeholders.
* Familiarity with current cybersecurity trends such as Zero Trust, XDR, or AI‐driven security analytics.
* Experience with incident response coordination, investigation, remediation, and threat intelligence to proactively defend against emerging threats.
All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.
Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.
Avanade is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.
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