Tower Lead (Support & Operations)

Noida, Uttar PradeshHyderabad, Telangana

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Security Engineer to join immediately. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on expertise across Azure and AWS security platforms, a strong foundation in cloud-native security tooling, and seasoned knowledge in security governance frameworks. This is an urgent vacancy — only candidates available to join immediately will be considered.

Role Details

Job Title

Cloud Security Engineer

Availability

Immediate Joiner — Notice period not accepted

Employment Type

Permanent

Location

Hyderabad / Noida / Bengaluru

Experience

5–10 years in Cloud Security / Information Security

Reporting To

[Head of Security / CISO / Cloud Architecture Lead]

Required Date.

Immediate

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Security Architecture & Operations

- Design, implement, and maintain cloud security architectures across Azure and AWS environments.
- Configure and operate AWS Guard Duty for continuous threat detection, anomaly analysis, and incident triage.
- Manage Azure Security Centre (Microsoft Defender for Cloud) — policy assignments, regulatory compliance assessments, secure score monitoring, and alert management.
- Administer AWS Security Hub to aggregate, prioritize, and remediate security findings across multi-account environments.
- Leverage AWS Config for resource compliance evaluation, configuration drift detection, and automated remediation using conformance packs.
- Manage and analyze AWS CloudTrail (Cloud Trail) for audit logging, forensic investigation, and compliance reporting.

Security Governance & Compliance

- Define and enforce cloud security governance policies aligned to industry standards (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Benchmarks, SOC 2).
- Conduct cloud risk assessments, security reviews,



and third-party audits, producing governance-ready reports for senior stakeholders.
- Drive security baseline configuration across cloud estates, ensuring continuous compliance posture, support internal and external audit processes by providing evidence packs, access logs, and remediation records.
- Collaborate with enterprise architecture and delivery teams to embed security-by-design in current cloud workloads.

Skill Requirements

Required Technical Skills

AWS Security Tooling

Azure Security Tooling

✓ AWS Guard Duty

✓ Azure Security Centre

✓ AWS Security Hub

✓ Microsoft Defender for Cloud

✓ AWS Config

✓ Azure Policy & Blueprints

✓ AWS CloudTrail

✓ Azure Sentinel (SIEM)

✓ AWS IAM & SCPs

✓ Azure AD / Entra ID

✓ AWS Inspector

✓ Azure Key Vault

Security Governance Knowledge (Essential)

- Proven expertise in cloud security governance frameworks: ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Cloud Benchmarks, SOC 2 Type II.
- Ability to author and maintain security policies, standards, and exception processes.
- Experience managing cloud security posture management (CSPM) tooling and reporting to senior leadership.
- Understanding of data residency, data classification, and cross-border data transfer regulations (GDPR, NIS2).
- Track record of working with GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) platforms or processes.

Other Requirements

Qualifications & Certifications

- Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
- One or more of the following certifications — highly preferred:

- AWS Certified Security – Specialty
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
- CISSP / CISM / CompTIA Security+

- Hands-on lab evidence or portfolio of cloud security implementations is an advantage.

📌 Tower Lead (Support & Operations) (India)
🏢 HCLTech
📍 India