Job Description

As a Cybersecurity Principal Engineer, you will
- Design, implement, and own the Azure Landing Zone security architecture, including:
- Azure Policies and Policy Initiatives
- Guardrails, RBAC models, management groups, and subscription architecture
- Lead implementation and day‑to‑day management of enterprise security platforms, including:
- CrowdStrike (endpoint protection, detection, and response)
- Proofpoint (email security, phishing protection, and threat intelligence)
- Rapid7 (vulnerability management, exposure analytics, and threat detection)
- Checkmarx (SAST, DAST, SCA, code security governance)
- Wiz (CNAPP / CSPM / workload and cloud risk visibility)
- Implement and operationalize Azure Policy for:
- Resource tagging, region restrictions, SKU allowlists
- Encryption, data residency, and compliance guardrails
- Deploy, tune, and manage:
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud (CSPM/CWPP)
- Defender for Identity
- Container and AKS security controls
- Stand up and evolve Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM/SOAR):
- Data connectors, analytics rules, UEBA




- Threat enrichment and automated response playbooks
- Implement Policy‑as‑Code and Security Baselines‑as‑Code using GitOps practices.
- Maintain enterprise risk register, report security KPIs to leadership, and partner with risk, compliance, and audit teams.
- Run purple‑team style control validation, lead incident response runbooks, and drive post‑incident improvements.
- Establish and govern network security architectures:
- Hub‑spoke / vWAN
- Private Endpoints, Azure Firewall, WAF, DDoS

What would your day look like
- Partner with Engineering, Network, and Platform teams to design and operate a secure, compliant Azure platform and Snowflake tenant.
- Analyze and audit platform and application codebases using Checkmarx and related tooling to identify vulnerabilities and compliance gaps.
- Act as a security authority on the Architecture Review Board, shaping approved application and cloud design patterns.

📌 Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (India)
🏢 Providence India
📍 India