Senior Azure & M365 Cloud Engineer @ New York, NY (Hybrid – 3 days onsite a week)

Position: Senior Azure & M365 Cloud Engineer
Duration: 12+ months – contract
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid – 3 days onsite a week)

JOB DESCRIPTION

SKILLS NEEDED : Azure and Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID

The Role

You will design, build, and automate the Azure and Microsoft 365 platforms behind our managed cloud service, with a focus on repeatable, infrastructure-as-code delivery for new and existing clients. You will be a senior escalation point for Managed Services, vendors, and Microsoft support, and partner with architects and Cybersecurity to modernize client estates.

Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy Azure and Microsoft 365 solutions using infrastructure-as-code (Bicep, ARM, Terraform, PowerShell)
• Build Azure landing zones aligned to the Cloud Adoption Framework
• Lead public cloud migrations: email, files, apps, servers, and identity
• Act as senior escalation for Managed Services, vendors, and Microsoft support
• Administer Microsoft Entra ID: conditional access, PIM, RBAC, and hybrid identity
• Run M365 security: Defender for Endpoint/XDR, Sentinel, Purview, and Intune
• Improve design, security, performance, and cost, and keep documentation current

Requirements

Essential (Azure & Microsoft)

• 4+ years on Azure and Microsoft 365
• Azure compute: VMs, Availability Sets/Zones, Storage Accounts, Site Recovery
• Azure networking: VNets, Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, NSGs
• Microsoft Entra ID: conditional access and hybrid identity
• M365 admin: Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Intune (MAM/MDM), Defender for Endpoint
• Public cloud migrations and configuration management
• Automation: PowerShell with Bicep/ARM or Terraform
• Strong written documentation

Great to Have

• Azure governance: Policy, RBAC, Management Groups, Landing Zones
• Azure services: Key Vault, Bastion, Backup, Monitor, Log Analytics
• Azure security and edge: Application Gateway (WAF), Firewall, DDoS Protection
• Microsoft Purview, Sentinel, Defender for Cloud
• Azure SQL, Azure Virtual Desktop, AKS, Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions
• FinOps and cost optimization

Networking (Nice to Have)

• Fortinet (FortiGate) firewalls
• Cisco Meraki switches and access points
• Ubiquiti UniFi switching, access points, and controllers
• LAN/WAN, VLANs, routing, DNS, DHCP, and VPN

Certifications (a plus)

• AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-700, MS-102 or SC-300, and Fortinet NSE

Thanks & Regards