Cloud Systems Engineer

About Our Client

The organization operates in the insights industry, leveraging artificial intelligence, mathematical optimization, data analytics, and software engineering to optimize complex systems for resilience. It addresses challenges in a dynamically changing world by aligning outcomes with operational goals to enhance decision-making and enable customers to anticipate, assess, and mitigate the effects of disruptions.

About the Opportunity

The Cloud Systems Engineer is responsible for administering cloud infrastructure and identity platforms across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and Entra ID tenant environments. This role holds comprehensive ownership of both the infrastructure that supports workloads and the identity management systems that control access. The position is critical for ensuring secure, compliant, and efficient operations that meet defense-sector standards.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain AWS and Azure environments, including virtual machines, networking, and storage.
• Deploy and optimize AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, and CloudTrail.
• Manage Azure virtual machines, networks, storage, Key Vault, Virtual Desktop, and Site Recovery.
• Build and maintain hardened and golden VM images.
• Implement high availability, auto-scaling, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Support multi-account and multi-subscription governance structures.
• Manage Microsoft 365 tenant, including Entra ID, Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and licensing.
• Administer identity configurations such as Conditional Access policies, MFA, RBAC, privileged access, and application registrations.
• Handle user lifecycle management and automate processes where applicable.
• Manage endpoints with Intune, including compliance and patching.
• Administer single sign-on and provisioning integrations.
• Support data governance using Purview, sensitivity labels, and DLP policies.
• Design and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform across AWS and Azure.
• Automate workflows using PowerShell, Bash, Python, and Microsoft Graph API.
• Integrate infrastructure provisioning and security into CI/CD pipelines.
• Enforce security baselines and monitor using AWS and Microsoft security tools.
• Support SIEM integration and incident response.
• Maintain vulnerability management and compliance evidence collection.
• Administer AI platforms, including licensing, provisioning, governance, and data controls.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver reliable services and maintain documentation.
• Contribute to capacity forecasting, resource planning, and cloud cost management.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in systems administration, cloud operations, or infrastructure engineering.
• At least 3 years of hands-on AWS production administration.
• Minimum 2 years administering Microsoft 365 tenants with full administrative rights.
• Hands-on Microsoft Azure administration experience.
• Experience automating workflows with PowerShell, Bash, or Python and working with Terraform.
• Strong understanding of IAM, encryption, and network segmentation.
• Experience with Linux environments such as RHEL or Amazon Linux and Windows Server environments.
• Experience in regulated or compliance-driven environments is a strong plus.