Area(s) of ResponsibilityExperience Required:

- 7-10 years in Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Security Architecture, DevSecOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Resilience Assurance.

Required Experience

- 7 years of Azure Cloud Security experience.
- 5 years with cloud-native microservices and event-driven architectures.
- Proven expertise in security validation, resilience testing, disaster recovery assurance, and operational readiness assessment for distributed cloud environments.
- Hands-on experience with Azure Container Apps (ACA), Azure API Management (APIM), Azure Service Bus, Dapr, Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics.

Role Summary The Senior Cloud Native Security & Resilience Assurance Lead is responsible for independently assessing and validating the security, resilience, recoverability, reliability, observability, and operational readiness of Azure cloud-native applications and event-driven platforms.

Key Responsibilities

- Security Assurance & Architecture Validation
- Lead end-to-end security assurance activities across cloud-native platforms.
- Security assessments of Azure-based applications and microservices.
- Validation of JWT, OAuth2/OIDC, Azure AD, RBAC, and token-based authentication controls.
- API security assessment through Azure API Management (APIM).
- Service-to-service authentication and Zero Trust security validation.




- Dapr security controls, mTLS implementation, and secure east-west communication.
- Validation of encryption in transit and at rest.
- Azure Key Vault integration and secrets management reviews.
- Tenant isolation, privacy controls, and data protection assessments.
- Azure Service Bus publisher/consumer authentication and authorization validation.

- Microservices & API Security Testing

- Perform security validation across:
- API, microservices, event, and DevOps layers.
- Authentication, authorization, access control, session management, and input validation.
- API abuse case testing and security misconfiguration reviews.
- Energetic Application Security Testing (DAST) using tools such as Burp Suite.
- Secure API exposure and enforcement of least-privilege principles.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with Azure Security Architecture.
- Experience validating ACA, Dapr, APIM and Azure Service Bus based solutions.
- Knowledge of Enterprise DR and Business Continuity validation practices.
- Microsoft Azure Security Certifications preferred.
- CISSP / CCSP / Azure Security certifications preferred but not mandatory.

Locations

- Country/Region: IN
- Requisition ID: 39041
- Work Model: Position Type:
- Salary Range:
- Location: INDIA - BENGALURU - BIRLASOFT OFFICE

📌 Title: Project Lead-Cybersecurity (India)
🏢 Birlasoft
📍 India