Azure & Infrastructure Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking a Lead Azure Engineer to drive two connected missions: the consolidation of Forgent's Azure environments into a single enterprise-scale cloud platform, and the day-to-day ownership of on-premises infrastructure across all sites. This is a hybrid cloud and infrastructure engineering role — you will own the full stack from physical servers and Hyper-V environments through to Azure landing zones and governance.

Responsibilities

• Azure Tenant Consolidation & Platform
  • Lead consolidation of multiple Azure tenants, subscriptions, and environments into a unified enterprise Azure platform
  • Design and implement Azure landing zones, subscription models, and resource organization strategies
  • Standardize and optimize: Networking (VNets, peering, hybrid connectivity); Compute and storage services; Disaster recovery and high availability architectures
  • Drive cost optimization initiatives: Rightsizing resources and eliminating redundant environments; Reserved instances and savings plans
  • Implement and enforce Azure governance: Azure Policy, RBAC, tagging standards, and cost controls
  • Lead identity integration using Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), including cross-tenant trust and access models
  • Partner with security teams to implement Zero Trust architecture and compliance controls
  • Provide technical leadership, roadmap planning, and executive-level updates
• On-Premises Infrastructure
  • Own and manage Hyper-V environments across all Forgent sites
  • Manage physical server infrastructure including Dell PowerEdge servers — hardware lifecycle, rack and stack, capacity planning
  • Maintain Active Directory (on-prem) site health, replication, and DNS/DHCP across all sites
  • Manage Azure DNS and on-prem Windows DNS for all entities
  • Maintain and operate Synology NAS and backup tooling across the environment
  • Build and maintain a server golden image pipeline for standardized OS deployments
• Security & Patching
  • Deploy and manage Defender for Servers P2 across all Arc-onboarded on-premises servers
  • Implement Azure Arc to extend Azure governance, policy, and Defender coverage to on-prem infrastructure
  • Implement Azure Update Manager for unified patch management across Azure VMs and Arc enabled servers
  • Define and maintain patch cadence, compliance reporting, and maintenance windows across all entities
• Backup & Resilience
  • Define and execute a unified backup strategy across Azure VMs, on-prem servers, and NAS
  • Configure recovery vaults, retention policies, and offsite replication
  • Define and validate RTOs and RPOs per entity and workload tier
  • Ensure disaster recovery and high availability architectures are documented and tested

Requirements

• Required
  • 7+ years of experience in Azure cloud engineering and infrastructure
  • Proven experience consolidating Azure tenants, subscriptions, or large-scale environments
  • Deep expertise in Azure networking — VNet design, VPN/ExpressRoute, segmentation
  • Strong experience with Azure compute, storage, and platform services
  • Hands-on experience with Azure governance — Policy, RBAC, management groups
  • Experience managing on-premises Windows Server environments including Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP
  • Experience with Hyper-V in a multi-site or multi-entity environment
  • Strong experience with cloud cost optimization and financial governance (FinOps)
  • Experience with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) for identity and access management
  • Ability to lead complex, multi-team cloud and infrastructure transformation efforts
• Preferred
  • Experience with M&A or multi-entity environment consolidation
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code — Terraform, Bicep, ARM
  • Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and observability platforms
  • Experience with Azure Arc and Azure Update Manager
  • Experience with Defender for Servers and Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Knowledge of hybrid environments — on-prem to Azure transition
  • Microsoft Azure certifications — Solutions Architect, Security, Network

Core Competencies

• Own and lead a large-scale Azure transformation initiative across a growing multi-site enterprise
• Directly impact cost reduction, security posture, and operational efficiency organization-wide
• Build a modern, standardized cloud and infrastructure platform across a growing NYSE-listed enterprise
• Work on a greenfield consolidation with real ownership — this is not a maintenance role
• Collaborative team environment with a clear technology roadmap and leadership support