Senior Security Specialist

Job Title: Senior Security Specialist
Location: Remote/Hybrid
We are seeking an experienced Senior Security Specialist to join our clients team, playing a critical role in overall security management and governance. This position is essential for achieving mission-critical workload hosting for our aviation customer in a challenging yet exciting environment.
Responsibilities:
Implement and manage security policies, procedures, and standards.
Design and validate cloud solutions from a security perspective.
Promote security best practices within teams.
Develop automation code/scripts for security tasks.
Contribute to R&D projects on Cloud Security.
Collaborate with teams, stakeholders, and vendors to optimize security.
Document technical designs for integrating applications and systems.
Engage with customers regularly.
Work closely with IT operations to develop security solutions and baselines.
Requirements: Key strengths we seek include:
Ability to work with cross-functional teams towards common goals.
Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Experience in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
Proficiency in Azure cloud services and architectures.
Minimum 4 years of experience with RHEL.
Proficiency in configuration management tools like Ansible and Terraform.
Skills in Bash, Python, and Terraform.
Familiarity with version control systems and CI/CD pipelines.
Minimum 5 years of experience in network security.
Minimum 2 years of experience with Azure cloud security.
Knowledge of system architecture and hardening standards.
Understanding of security best practices and DevOps principles.
Certification in Security disciplines like CISSP, CISM.
Desirable Qualifications:
AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Azure DevOps Solutions.
Azure Network Engineer Associate certification.
Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions certification.
Certified System Administrator.