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Position SummaryWe are seeking a hands-on Senior Azure & Microsoft 365 Engineer to provide engineering, technical leadership, and ownership across our Microsoft cloud environment.
This role is responsible for the reliability, security, administration, and evolution of Azure and Microsoft 365, including Entra ID, Intune, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint/OneDrive, and related services.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical depth with architecture, automation, problem solving, project delivery, and a continuous-improvement mindset, with the ability to take end-to-end technical ownership of the environment.
Cloud & Microsoft 365 Engineering
- Provide hands-on administration, engineering, and technical support across Azure and Microsoft 365, including resolution of complex issues.
- Manage and improve Azure compute, networking, storage, backup and recovery, along with Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, Intune, Exchange Online, Teams, and SharePoint/OneDrive.
- Perform root-cause analysis and implement sustainable solutions to recurring technical and operational issues.
- Develop automation and standardized processes using PowerShell and other appropriate technologies.
- Monitor and improve platform availability, security, performance, capacity, and reliability.
- Design and implement secure, scalable, resilient, and supportable Azure and Microsoft 365 solutions.
- Develop technical standards, reference architectures, configuration baselines, and engineering best practices.
- Lead technical design and implementation for cloud, infrastructure, security, and modernization projects.
- Evaluate technology options and recommend solutions based on business needs, security, cost, reliability, and supportability.
- Ensure solutions are designed for effective monitoring, security, backup, recovery, documentation, and ongoing support.
- Serve as the technical owner and subject matter expert for Azure and Microsoft 365.
- Define and drive architecture, technical standards, best practices, and technology roadmap.
- Proactively identify and lead improvements in security, reliability, automation, performance, and cost efficiency.
- Provide technical direction to internal teams, the MSP, and technology partners.
- Take end-to-end technical ownership while collaborating with internal teams , technology partners and MSP to ensure effective support, project delivery, and continuous improvement.
- Monitor Azure resource utilization and costs, identify optimization opportunities, and provide recommendations to improve cost efficiency and forecast resource needs
- 8+ years of hands-on Microsoft cloud and infrastructure experience.
- Strong experience with Azure infrastructure and Microsoft 365, including Entra ID, Intune, Exchange Online, Teams, and SharePoint/OneDrive.
- Strong knowledge of Azure compute, networking, storage, identity, Conditional Access, MFA, backup, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
- Experience designing and implementing solutions, not simply administering existing environments.
- Strong PowerShell scripting, automation, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills.
- Ability to develop technical designs, standards, documentation, and operational procedures.
- Ability to work independently and provide technical leadership in a lean IT environment.
- Experience with Microsoft security and vulnerability management technologies is a plus.
- Relevant Microsoft certifications are preferred, but demonstrated engineering capability, technical judgment, and ownership are equally important.
We are looking for someone who can support today's environment while helping shape tomorrow's. The right candidate will be hands-on, take ownership, establish standards and best practices, proactively identify improvement opportunities, and turn technical recommendations into practical solutions.
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