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# AI / M365 Security and Identity Governance Engineer

- **Company:** Applied Information Sciences, Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $117,000.0 - $177,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Online Services, Identity and Access Management, Role-Based Access Control, Data Logging, Data Classification, Reliability of Systems, Software Version Control
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.com/details/5880672946

## About the Role

* 6+ years in Microsoft cloud security or identity engineering.
 * Hands-on expertise with Entra ID, Conditional Access, RBAC, PIM, Azure Policy, and secure Azure networking.
 * Experience implementing Microsoft Purview, M365 security, or data-protection controls.
 * Working knowledge of NIST-based controls and regulated-environment delivery.
 * Ability to balance secure design with practical adoption and delivery outcomes.

## Description

At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Lead Software Engineer.

 * Core Knowledge & Skills: Operates independently or as a team lead, selects appropriate persistence technologies (e.g., EF, Dapper), defines source control strategies, and designs subsystem infrastructure.
 * Work & Complexity: Tackles complex problems with thorough analysis, manages cross-functional delivery, and improves system reliability and scalability.
 * Quality & Independence: Consistently meets deadlines even under challenging conditions, enforces standards through detailed reviews, and establishes productivity benchmarks for the team.
 * Teamwork & Communication: Provides functional leadership by setting objectives, organizing resources, resolving conflicts, and engaging confidently with both internal and external stakeholders.
 * Consulting & Engagement: Troubleshoots advanced client issues, supports requirements gathering, and contributes to vendor presentations or proposal activities.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a AI / M365 Security and Identity Governance Engineer., * Design and implement Entra ID, Conditional Access, privileged access, RBAC, and identity-lifecycle controls.

 * Establish security patterns for Azure AI Foundry, AVD, Power Platform, and Microsoft 365 workloads.
 * Implement Azure Policy, private networking, logging, audit, and security monitoring requirements.
 * Collaborate with Purview and compliance teams on data classification, DLP, retention, and information-protection controls.
 * Conduct design reviews, risk assessments, and control validation with engineering and customer security stakeholders.
 * Develop clear security standards and operational procedures that delivery and O&M teams can execute.