Tower Lead (Support & Operations)

Job Summary

 

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Security Engineer to join immediately. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on expertise across Azure and AWS security platforms, a strong foundation in cloud-native security tooling, and seasoned knowledge in security governance frameworks. This is an urgent vacancy — only candidates available to join immediately will be considered.

Role Details

Job Title	Cloud Security Engineer
Availability	Immediate Joiner — Notice period not accepted
Employment Type	Permanent
Location	Hyderabad / Noida / Bengaluru
Experience	5–10 years in Cloud Security / Information Security
Reporting To	[Head of Security / CISO / Cloud Architecture Lead]
Required Date.	Immediate

 

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Security Architecture & Operations

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud security architectures across Azure and AWS environments.
• Configure and operate AWS Guard Duty for continuous threat detection, anomaly analysis, and incident triage.
• Manage Azure Security Centre (Microsoft Defender for Cloud) — policy assignments, regulatory compliance assessments, secure score monitoring, and alert management.
• Administer AWS Security Hub to aggregate, prioritize, and remediate security findings across multi-account environments.
• Leverage AWS Config for resource compliance evaluation, configuration drift detection, and automated remediation using conformance packs.
• Manage and analyze AWS CloudTrail (Cloud Trail) for audit logging, forensic investigation, and compliance reporting.

Security Governance & Compliance

• Define and enforce cloud security governance policies aligned to industry standards (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Benchmarks, SOC 2).
• Conduct cloud risk assessments, security reviews, and third-party audits, producing governance-ready reports for senior stakeholders.
• Drive security baseline configuration across cloud estates, ensuring continuous compliance posture, support internal and external audit processes by providing evidence packs, access logs, and remediation records.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture and delivery teams to embed security-by-design in new cloud workloads.

Skill Requirements

Required Technical Skills

AWS Security Tooling	Azure Security Tooling
✓ AWS Guard Duty	✓ Azure Security Centre
✓ AWS Security Hub	✓ Microsoft Defender for Cloud
✓ AWS Config	✓ Azure Policy & Blueprints
✓ AWS CloudTrail	✓ Azure Sentinel (SIEM)
✓ AWS IAM & SCPs	✓ Azure AD / Entra ID
✓ AWS Inspector	✓ Azure Key Vault

Security Governance Knowledge (Essential)

• Proven expertise in cloud security governance frameworks: ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Cloud Benchmarks, SOC 2 Type II.
• Ability to author and maintain security policies, standards, and exception processes.
• Experience managing cloud security posture management (CSPM) tooling and reporting to senior leadership.
• Understanding of data residency, data classification, and cross-border data transfer regulations (GDPR, NIS2).
• Track record of working with GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) platforms or processes.

Other Requirements

Qualifications & Certifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• One or more of the following certifications — highly preferred:

• AWS Certified Security – Specialty
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• CISSP / CISM / CompTIA Security+