Azure Security Architect

About this role

Title: Azure Security Architect
Location: Kansas, USA. Remote with periodic participation in project and governance meetings.
Contract
Responsibilities

• Review and challenge solution architectures, designs, and implementation plans.

• Assess solutions for security, resiliency, governance, and operational readiness.

• Evaluate identity, access management, networking, data protection, logging, monitoring, and third-party integrations.

• Conduct architecture and security reviews at key project milestones.

• Identify risks, control gaps, and remediation recommendations.

• Support audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements related to finance systems.

• Assess ERP/GL, subledger, FP&A, reporting, data platform, integration, and identity/access designs for security and control implications

• Maintain security risks, decisions, assumptions, and control gaps in alignment with program RAID, decision log, and governance processes

• Partner with Finance, Infrastructure, Governance, Compliance, Project Management, and external vendors.

• Provide executive-level summaries, risk assessments, and recommendations.

Required Experience

• 10+ years of enterprise architecture and cloud experience.

• 5+ years designing and governing Microsoft Azure environments.

• Strong cybersecurity architecture background, including Zero Trust and cloud security.

• Experience with large transformation programs, ERP/GL implementations, or finance system modernization.

• Experience reviewing security architecture across SaaS, cloud, integration, data platform, and enterprise identity environments

• Ability to translate technical security risks into business-relevant recommendations for program leaders and executives

• Deep knowledge of:

• Azure Architecture & Governance

• Microsoft Entra ID

• RBAC and Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

• Azure Networking

• Microsoft Defender

• Microsoft Sentinel

• Data Protection and Security Monitoring

• Experience working with auditors, risk teams, and compliance frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert

• Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert

• CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, TOGAF, or equivalent certifications

• Experience in insurance, reinsurance, financial services, or other regulated industries

• Familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and SOX controls

Deliverables

• Architecture and security review reports

• Risk and control gap assessments

• Phase-gate security readiness assessments

• Executive presentations and recommendations for program leadership

• Design review participation throughout the program

• Security control traceability and audit-readiness support for finance systems

• Ongoing advisory support for project and governance teams

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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