Cyber Cloud Operations Engineering Specialist (Azure IAM Security)

Truist • Atlanta, GA

21h • Onsite

About The Position

The Cyber Operations Engineering Specialist is an advanced, identity-focused role within the Cloud Security team. This position is responsible for hunting, monitoring, triaging, and mitigating identity-based threats across Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), hybrid environments, and cloud infrastructure. This role evaluates data from specialized security tools (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra ID Protection, Defender for Identity, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and SOAR solutions) to analyze unauthorized access attempts, anomalous authentication behavior, and permission misuse in complex, often unstructured environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field of relevant education, certification, or related training.
• Three years of experience in Cybersecurity or related work
• Knowledge of one or more cloud platforms and cloud security
• Knowledge of general information technology (IT) and cybersecurity
• Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies.
• Knowledge of network traffic analysis and packet-level analysis using appropriate tools (e.g., Wireshark, tcpdump).
• Knowledge of operating systems, including Windows/Unix ports and services.
• Knowledge of modern identity and access management concepts
• Knowledge of phishing tactics and techniques
• Knowledge of advanced cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of cyber-attack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks).
• Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies.
• Knowledge of threat hunting techniques
• Knowledge of countermeasures to address a variety of threats
• Knowledge around leveraging automation, ML, and/or AI

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in cloud environments, namely Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS.
• Industry certifications in general technology (e.g. Network+, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, etc.)
• Industry certifications in cyber security, such as Security+, CySA+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), GIAC Security Operations Certified (GSOC), GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), GIAC Cloud Security Essentials Certification (GCLD)
• Experience in Security Operations Center (SOC), Network Operations Center (NOC), IT/Cyber Engineering, or Intelligence Community (IC)

Responsibilities

• Identify & Analyze Identity Threats: Characterize and analyze security alerts within Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Identity Protection, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) to understand and mitigate potential identity-based attacks.
• Event Correlation & Context: Perform correlation of sign-in logs, audit logs, and risk events using Azure Sentinel (SIEM) and Microsoft Defender for Cloud to understand the full scope of a compromised identity.
• Incident Response & Remediation: Act as an escalation point for high-severity identity incidents; take immediate action to revoke sessions, reset credentials, and block malicious IPs/users to contain threats.
• Azure AD Governance & Policy: Configure, manage, and audit Conditional Access Policies (CAPs), MFA, and Azure RBAC to ensure compliance with Zero Trust principles.
• Trend Analysis & Reporting: Perform quarterly reviews of user privileges, identity risk trends, and audit logs; provide reporting on the overall health of the identity security posture.
• Identity Automation: Develop and improve automation workflows using Azure Logic Apps, PowerShell, and Azure CLI to automate user provisioning, deprovisioning, and incident remediation.
• Runbook Improvement: Constantly improve SOC/IAM runbooks, focusing on reducing false positives in identity alerts and enhancing response playbooks for PIM escalations.
• Recommendations & Governance: Provide strategic recommendations to management on enhancing IAM security, implementing Privileged Access Management (PAM), and closing identity security gaps

Benefits

• Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates.
• Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays.
• Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level