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Azure Cloud Security Engineer
@ ELITS
Brampton, ON · Burlington, ON · Calgary, AB · Edmonton, AB · Halifax, NS +11
Overview
ELITS Canada is hiring a senior Azure Cloud Security Engineer for a fully remote consulting assignment in Canada. The role hardens and governs Microsoft Azure environments by remediating Defender for Cloud findings, improving Secure Score and enforcing Azure Policy. Candidates must be authorized to work in Canada.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze and remediate Microsoft Defender for Cloud security recommendations
- Improve and maintain Microsoft Secure Score
- Configure and manage Azure Policy for governance and compliance
- Coordinate patching and hardening of Azure virtual machines
- Produce security reports and remediation plans
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field and at least five years of experience
- Senior hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure enterprise environments
- Strong knowledge of Azure Compute, Networking, Storage and Microsoft Entra ID
- Experience with Defender for Cloud and Azure CLI or PowerShell
- Understanding of Azure Policy, IAM and role-based access control
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-06
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | IT |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering |
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ELITS
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Part of Accelerate - An IVER Company
Full company description
ELITS Canada is a technology consultancy focused on helping organizations navigate digital transformation through practical, people centred solutions. We work across six areas of expertise: 🤖 Artificial Intelligence: We help organizations apply AI in meaningful ways, from machine learning and LLM powered solutions to agentic systems. Guiding you from early concept through to production 💻 Modern Development: We build cloud native applications and platforms designed to reduce complexity and support long term digital growth ☁️ Cloud Services: We help you get the most out of AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and OpenStack. Through Cleura, our sovereign cloud provider and fellow IVER Group company, we also support organizations with secure, European-hosted infrastructure 🚀 DevOps: We work with your teams to streamline delivery pipelines, improve collaboration, and build more reliable, automated development practices 🔗 Integration & Automation: We connect systems, automate workflows, and help organizations move away from legacy platforms, including migrating from BizTalk to modern, cloud-native integration solutions 🥽 Extended Reality (XR): We design and build AR, VR, and Mixed Reality experiences for organizations looking to explore what immersive technology can do for their business ELITS Canada is part of Accelerate, a Swedish 🇸🇪 IT consultancy and member of the IVER Group — a team of 1,300 technology professionals across the Nordics and North America. We primarily serve clients across Canada, with cross-border experience supporting customers in the United States Together with our customers, we close the gap between aspiration and successful implementation. 📩 Let’s connect: [email protected] | www.elits.com We are ELITS, Part of Accelerate, an Iver Company
- LinkedIn followers
- 3,566
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 46
- Reported office locations
- 2415 Rue Des Nations, Suite 401, Montreal, Saint-Laurent H4R 3L6, CA
- Business categories
- Information Technology
- Software
- Information Services
- IT Infrastructure
- Other recorded names
- ELITS
- ELITS
- Specialties
- Data Storage
- IT Operations & Support
- IT Service Management
- Data Center Services
- IT Consulting
- OpenStack
- cloud computing
- Cloud
- Private Cloud
- Public Cloud
- Hybrid Cloud
- Industry Cloud
- DevOps
- Research and Development
- Team Delivery
- Project Management
- RnD Consulting
- Software Development
- Extended Reality XR
- Augmented Reality AR
- Virtual Reality VR
- Mixed Reality MR
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI
- Integration
- Automation
- and BizTalk
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
ELITS Canada is a technology consultancy focused on helping organizations navigate digital transformation through practical, people centred solutions. We work across six areas of expertise: 🤖 Artificial Intelligence: We help organizations apply AI in meaningful ways, from machine learning and LLM powered solutions to agentic systems. Guiding you from early concept through to production 💻 Modern Development: We…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | IT Services and IT Consulting |
| Company size | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Saint-Laurent |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2006 |
| Specialties | Data StorageIT Operations & SupportIT Service ManagementData Center ServicesIT ConsultingOpenStackcloud computingCloudPrivate CloudPublic Cloud |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 9 |
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About ELITS
ELITS Canada Inc. is part of Accelerate, within the IVER Group in Sweden. IVER Group has approximately 1,300 employees and continues to grow. Through Accelerate, we work at the forefront of technology on digitization and transformation projects for market leading customers. We help customers turn digital ambition into successful implementation through close collaboration, humility, and pride in what we deliver.
About the Role
ELITS Canada is looking for an experienced Azure Cloud Security Engineer for a remote consulting assignment based in Canada. Candidates must be authorized to work in Canada and able to perform the role remotely from within Canada.
In this role, you will strengthen and continuously improve the security posture of Microsoft Azure environments. You will work proactively with security recommendations, cloud governance, vulnerability remediation, infrastructure hardening, and security reporting to ensure cloud platforms follow established security principles and best practices.
Responsibilities
• Analyze, prioritize, and remediate security recommendations from Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
• Improve and maintain the Microsoft Secure Score through proactive security measures and continuous follow up.
• Design, implement, and maintain security controls across Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
• Configure and manage Azure Policy to enforce governance, compliance, and security standards.
• Coordinate patching, vulnerability remediation, and hardening activities for Azure virtual machines and other cloud workloads.
• Review and improve the security configuration of Azure Compute, Azure Networking, Azure Storage, and Microsoft Entra ID environments.
• Produce clear technical documentation, security reports, remediation plans, and status updates for stakeholders.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field, with at least five years of relevant professional experience.
• Senior level hands on experience working with Microsoft Azure cloud services and enterprise scale cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Compute, Azure Networking, Azure Storage, and Microsoft Entra ID, formerly known as Azure Active Directory.
• Practical experience using Microsoft Defender for Cloud to identify, assess, and remediate cloud security risks.
• Experience working with the Azure Portal, Azure Command Line Interface, also known as Azure CLI, and or Microsoft PowerShell.
• Solid understanding of Azure Policy, cloud governance, identity and access management, and role based access control.
• Strong knowledge of network security, encryption, vulnerability management, security hardening, and the principle of least privilege.
Qualities
• Communicative, positive, and customer oriented.
• Strong analytical skills, logical reasoning, and problem solving abilities.
• Responsible, autonomous, and resourceful.
• Team oriented, organized, and committed to quality results.
• Creative and proactive, with ideas to improve products and processes.
• Able to coordinate and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Are you a social, flexible, and structured person with a great interest in information technology? Do you find development, constructing, and use of the latest technologies challenging? In that case, send your application to us today!
This position is fully remote from Canada and is open to Canadian residents, including persons with a valid work permit in Canada.
ELITS, Part of Accelerate @ IVER Group
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