Azure Security Architect

Title: Azure Security Architect Location: Kansas, USA. Remote with periodic participation in project and governance meetings. Contract Responsibilities - Review and challenge solution architectures, designs, and implementation plans.           - Assess solutions for security, resiliency, governance, and operational readiness. - Evaluate identity, access management, networking, data protection, logging, monitoring, and third-party integrations. - Conduct architecture and security reviews at key project milestones. - Identify risks, control gaps, and remediation recommendations. - Support audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements related to finance systems. - Assess ERP/GL, subledger, FP&A, reporting, data platform, integration, and identity/access designs for security and control implications - Maintain security risks, decisions, assumptions, and control gaps in alignment with program RAID, decision log, and governance processes - Partner with Finance, Infrastructure, Governance, Compliance, Project Management, and external vendors. - Provide executive-level summaries, risk assessments, and recommendations.   Required Experience - 10+ years of enterprise architecture and cloud experience. - 5+ years designing and governing Microsoft Azure environments. - Strong cybersecurity architecture background, including Zero Trust and cloud security. - Experience with large transformation programs, ERP/GL implementations, or finance system modernization. - Experience reviewing security architecture across SaaS, cloud, integration, data platform, and enterprise identity environments - Ability to translate technical security risks into business-relevant recommendations for program leaders and executives - Deep knowledge of: - Azure Architecture & Governance - Microsoft Entra ID - RBAC and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) - Azure Networking - Microsoft Defender - Microsoft Sentinel - Data Protection and Security Monitoring - Experience working with auditors, risk teams, and compliance frameworks.Preferred Qualifications - Azure Solutions Architect Expert - Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert - CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, TOGAF, or equivalent certifications - Experience in insurance, reinsurance, financial services, or other regulated industries - Familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and SOX controlsDeliverables - Architecture and security review reports - Risk and control gap assessments - Phase-gate security readiness assessments - Executive presentations and recommendations for program leadership - Design review participation throughout the program - Security control traceability and audit-readiness support for finance systems - Ongoing advisory support for project and governance teams All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.