Azure Security Architect

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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