Cloud Security Consultant (Jr.)

It all starts with the mission: NVISO is here to protect European society from potentially devastating cyber attacks! This means we offer cyber security services to private and governmental organizations to help them better prepare for, prevent, detect and respond to cyber security incidents.

All of this is built on four fundamental values that define who we are: We are Proud, We Break Barriers, We Care and No BS!

You will be joining NVISO’s Cloud Security team as a Cloud Security Consultant (Jr.). The ideal candidate has knowledge in Azure or Microsoft 365 cloud services, with a particular focus on security.

As part of a team of security consultants and engineers, you will collaborate closely with other colleagues and our customers to understand their business and security requirements, assess their current security posture, and develop tailored cloud security solutions for them.

You tasks will include:

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• Design and implement Microsoft Entra tenant architecture, including identity lifecycle, conditional access, and MFA.
• Implement and tune Conditional Access policies, risk-based access, and device compliance integrations with Intune/Endpoint Manager.
• Deploy and operate Privileged Access Management (PAM), including PIM for Azure and M365 roles, just-in-time access, and break-glass accounts.
• Integrate on-premises identities (hybrid) with secure synchronization and hardening of federation where used.

Platform Security and Hardening (Azure)

• Build secure landing zones using Azure Policy, Blueprints/Bicep/Terraform, and management groups.
• Enforce baseline controls for networking (NSGs, Azure Firewall, Private Link), compute (secure images, patching), and storage (encryption, private endpoints).
• Configure Azure Key Vault for secrets, keys, and certificates management with RBAC and purge protection.
• Implement workload isolation, tagging, and resource locks; manage identity-based access (managed identities).

Threat Protection and Monitoring

• Deploy and tune Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Defender for Cloud Apps (MCAS), Defender for Endpoint, and Defender for Identity.
• Configure Microsoft Sentinel: data connectors, analytics rules, UEBA, watchlists, workbooks, and SOAR playbooks (Logic Apps).

Microsoft 365 Security

• Configure and manage Microsoft Purview (Compliance portal) for DLP, information protection labels, data lifecycle, and insider risk.
• Implement Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams security baselines, safe links/attachments, and anti-phishing policies.
• Enforce device compliance via Intune, app protection policies, and conditional access for BYOD and corporate devices.
• Secure collaboration and external sharing with sensitivity labels, access reviews, and entitlement management.

Data Protection and Encryption

• Design data classification and labelling strategies with Microsoft Purview; enforce DLP across endpoints, Exchange, SharePoint, and Teams.
• Ensure encryption at rest and in transit, customer-managed keys (CMK), and double encryption where required.
• Implement eDiscovery, legal hold, and audit configurations for regulatory needs.

• You hold citizenship in one of the 32 NATO member states.
• At least 1 year of experience in information security specific to Azure or Microsoft 365 cloud environments.
• Experience with Microsoft’s cloud services, including Entra ID, Microsoft Sentinel, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud Apps, Defender for Identity, Intune, and/or Purview.
• Knowledge or experience with cloud security best practices and related frameworks. For example: CIS Benchmarks, Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark, etc.
• Strong communication, documentation and reporting skills.
• Relevant current Microsoft cloud certifications. For example: AZ-104, SC-900, SC-200, SC-300, SC-401, or AZ-500.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Security, Engineering, Information Technology, or related studies.
• Experience in consulting.
• Other vendor-agnostic cybersecurity certifications. E.g. SSCP, CompTIA Security+, or equivalent.
• Experience with scripting languages such as PowerShell or Python.

Please be aware that the creation and submission of application documents (e.g. CV, cover letter, case studies, etc.) using AI-powered tools is only permitted to a limited extent.

Our expectations:

Application documents must authentically reflect your own qualifications, personality, and motivation.

The use of AI for supportive purposes (e.g. spell-checking, improving wording) is acceptable.

Under no circumstances may NVISO information, data, or documents be uploaded to or processed by external AI tools.

We reserve the right to exclude applications from the selection and interview process that are clearly created primarily or exclusively by AI and show no recognizable personal input.

The purpose of this policy is to ensure a fair and transparent recruitment process and to obtain an authentic impression of our applicants.