Senior Cloud & Security Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud architecture solutions across Azure, Microsoft 365, and hybrid environments
• Develop and mature cloud foundations, including landing zones, subscription design, governance, and onboarding standards
• Establish engineering standards for identity, networking, monitoring, resiliency, backup, and operational support
• Partner with architecture, infrastructure, networking, and security teams to deliver scalable cloud solutions
• Enable and integrate Microsoft security, compliance, identity, endpoint, and AI capabilities across the enterprise platform
• Improve cloud operations through enhanced monitoring, alerting, dashboards, telemetry, and service readiness practices
• Develop and maintain cloud governance standards, onboarding processes, and policy enforcement practices
• Implement secure, resilient cloud designs that align with compliance, audit, and risk management requirements
• Support security hardening, baseline remediation, and secure configuration initiatives across Azure and Microsoft 365 environments
• Translate Microsoft E5 and E7 capabilities into scalable engineering standards and operational processes
• Strengthen cloud cost governance through tagging, budget monitoring, reporting, and FinOps practices
• Identify and remediate inefficiencies, configuration drift, and unsupported cloud patterns
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and knowledge transfer to engineering teams
• Document standards, procedures, runbooks, and support models to improve operational maturity and consistency
• Contribute to cloud and security roadmap initiatives through hands-on engineering and cross-functional collaboration

  Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Minimum of 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, systems engineering, or security engineering, to include but not limited to the following:
  • Expert hands-on experience with Azure, Microsoft 365, and hybrid infrastructure environments
  • Experience implementing cloud foundations, landing zones, governance frameworks, monitoring, and operational support models
  • Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Python, or similar technologies

  Preferred Qualifications

  • Expertise with Microsoft security and compliance technologies, including Entra ID, Defender, Intune, Purview, and Security Copilot
  • Experience enabling Microsoft 365 Copilot, Security Copilot, Entra Suite, or other AI governance capabilities
  • Knowledge of cloud networking, hybrid connectivity, segmentation, and identity-aware access controls
  • Experience with observability, logging, monitoring, backup, recovery, and production readiness practices
  • FinOps experience, including cloud cost optimization, reporting, and budget governance
  • Industry certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate, CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent
  • Experience mentoring engineers and driving cloud platform standardization across large environments