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Senior Cloud Security Engineer

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Greater London
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Securing Azure environments in line with best practices - essential

Microsoft Defender (Cloud, Endpoint, 365) - essential

Sentinel - essential

Microsoft Purview, Compliance Manager and related compliance tools

Entra ID (Azure AD), Conditional Access and Identity Governance

Data Loss Prevention, sensitivity labels and insider risk management

ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR and NIS2 frameworks

PowerShell scripting and use of Microsoft Graph API

Working across cloud, infrastructure and application teams

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AZ-500

SC-100 (or working towards)

One or more of MS-500 / SC-400 / SC-900

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The following are desired: CISSP, CISM, CCSP

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Requirements
You will need proven experience with: Securing Azure environments in line with best practices - essential Microsoft Defender (Cloud, Endpoint, 365) - essential Sentinel - essentail Microsoft Purview, Compliance Manager and related compliance tools Entra ID (Azure AD), Conditional Access and Identity Governance Data Loss Prevention, sensitivity labels and insider risk management ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR and NIS2 frameworks PowerShell scripting and use of Microsoft Graph API Working across cloud, infrastructure and application teams

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