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Azure Security Engineer
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Professional
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Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.
Your role and responsibilities
The Azure Security Engineer will support a large team of infrastructure security and application team during migration of on-premise and cloud applications to the client Azure Government enclave. The Azure security engineer will configure, operate and maintain Azure cloud native tools. The engineer will provide support for security assessment and authorization/ ATO process, security audits and will operate and maintain Azure security tools for security monitoring, analysis, and reporting.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
5+ years of experience configuring, deploying and maintaining and optimizing Azure Security cloud native tools:
Azure Sentinel including User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), and Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
Azure Defender including Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Azure Cloud Workload Protection (CWPP).
Azure Purview (Data Loss Prevention)
Azure Defender for Cloud
Azure Log Analytics
Experience with KQL
Configure rules for real-time alerting in SIEM tool for events;
Provide security monitoring including log aggregation/centralization, correlation, and alerting of security events and incidents;
Review and analyze audit records weekly for identified unusual activity and provide evidence of review and/or findings;
Conduct account reviews;
Determine auditable events and review on an annual basis;
Support incident response activities;
Microsoft Azure Security related certifications are strongly recommended
5+ years experience implementing security controls and policies, managing access to data, and monitoring threats to ensure that data, applications, infrastructure, and networks are protected.
5 + Experience with Security Assessment and Authorization (ATO) process
Support audit data calls
Bachelors Degree and a minimum 5 years experience. Additional years of experience maybe accepted in lieu of the degree.
U.S. Citizen
Ability to acquire a Public Trust Background investigation
Preferred technical and professional experience
SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst/ SC-100 Cybersecurity Architect Expert/AZ/SC-500 Azure Security Engineer Associate
Experience with Windows and Linux Administration
Certified in industry recognized areas such as CISSP, CISA, or CISM
Excellent organization, collaboration, project management, and team leadership skills
Strong communication skills and experience creating and delivering compliance status and metrics briefings to senior leadership
2+ years experience coordinating across security, IT operations, audit, and development groups to achieve security outcomes
Experienced with FedRAMP compliance is preferred
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
YOUR LIFE @ IBM
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
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ABOUT IBM
IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
US Citizenship Required.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
Job Title
Azure Security Engineer
Date posted
24-Mar-2026
Job ID
104301
City / Township / Village
Malta, PARAMUS, HUNTSVILLE, POUGHKEEPSIE, LOWELL, Brookhaven, ROCHESTER, TUCSON, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, Armonk, Yorktown Heights, DURHAM, Denver, Essex Junction, Raleigh, Annapolis Junction, Lansing, Atlanta, Columbus, San Jose, Santa Clara, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Francisco, WASHINGTON, Herndon, Bethesda, Chicago, Detroit, Albany, New York, Columbus
State / Province
Georgia, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, Arizona, Massachusetts, Maryland, Vermont, California, New Jersey, District of Columbia
Country
United States
Work arrangement
Hybrid
Area of work
Consulting
Employment type
Regular
Contract type
Regular
Projected Minimum Salary per year
120,000.00
Projected Maximum Salary per year
170,000.00
Position type
Professional
Travel required
Up to 20% or 1 day a week
Company
(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
Shift
General (daytime)
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?
No
Salary : $120,000 - $170,000