Project Lead-Cybersecurity

Area(s) of responsibility

Experience Required:
7-10+ years in Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Security Architecture, DevSecOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Resilience Assurance.
Required Experience

• 7+ years of Azure Cloud Security experience.
• 5+ years with cloud-native microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Proven expertise in security validation, resilience testing, disaster recovery assurance, and operational readiness assessment for distributed cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Container Apps (ACA), Azure API Management (APIM), Azure Service Bus, Dapr, Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics.

Role Summary
The Senior Cloud Native Security & Resilience Assurance Lead is responsible for independently assessing and validating the security, resilience, recoverability, reliability, observability, and operational readiness of Azure cloud-native applications and event-driven platforms.

• Key Responsibilities

o Security Assurance & Architecture Validation
o Lead end-to-end security assurance activities across cloud-native platforms.
o Security assessments of Azure-based applications and microservices.
o Validation of JWT, OAuth2/OIDC, Azure AD, RBAC, and token-based authentication controls.
o API security assessment through Azure API Management (APIM).
o Service-to-service authentication and Zero Trust security validation.
o Dapr security controls, mTLS implementation, and secure east-west communication.
o Validation of encryption in transit and at rest.
o Azure Key Vault integration and secrets management reviews.
o Tenant isolation, privacy controls, and data protection assessments.
o Azure Service Bus publisher/consumer authentication and authorization validation.
o Microservices & API Security Testing

• Perform security validation across:

o API, microservices, event, and DevOps layers.
o Authentication, authorization, access control, session management, and input validation.
o API abuse case testing and security misconfiguration reviews.
o Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) using tools such as Burp Suite.
o Secure API exposure and enforcement of least-privilege principles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure Security Architecture
• Experience validating ACA, Dapr, APIM and Azure Service Bus based solutions
• Knowledge of Enterprise DR and Business Continuity validation practices