Cloud Security Engineer (Azure)

Location: Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia (Hybrid)

Company

hirify.global develops transformational growth strategies for clients through innovation, disruptive technologies, emerging markets, and new business models.

What you will do

• Design and implement security controls across cloud platforms, predominantly Microsoft Azure.
• Monitor cloud environments for security events, misconfigurations, and suspicious activity, and support incident investigation and response.
• Perform configuration reviews and risk analysis for cloud-hosted systems and services.
• Implement and manage identity and access controls, including least privilege, role-based access, and privileged account protection.
• Integrate security with infrastructure, DevOps, and application teams, and maintain cloud security tooling for logging, alerting, posture management, and endpoint or workload protection.
• Maintain security documentation, technical runbooks, compliance evidence, and control validation while tracking emerging cloud threats and best practices.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in cloud security, cybersecurity engineering, infrastructure security, or a related technical security role.
• Good understanding of cloud security principles, including identity and access management, network security, data protection, logging, and monitoring.
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Familiarity with cloud-native security platforms, SIEM, vulnerability management, and endpoint detection solutions.
• Understanding of secure configuration practices for virtual machines, storage, networking, containers, and cloud services.
• Experience supporting security incident response, remediation, or operational troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of security frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, or similar.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Sentinel or similar tools.
• Good working knowledge of Intune, Defender, and Purview.
• Certifications such as AZ-500, SC-200, SC-300, CCSK, or CompTIA Security+.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD security, or DevSecOps practices.
• Exposure to regulatory or customer security requirements in enterprise environments.
• Experience in a SOC, engineering, or cloud operations environment.
• Experience working with AWS.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work format with a flexible work policy.
• Friendly work environment with an open-door policy.
• Career growth opportunities, continuous learning, and coaching.
• Collaboration across global teams and all organizational levels.
• Medical and accident insurance.
• Customer-focused, entrepreneurial, analytical, and innovation-oriented environment.