Job DescriptionSenior Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer (Director level)\\n
Ideally contract to hire, Hire at Director level role with executive presence
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The Role\\n
Our client is seeking a senior, hands-on Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer to serve as the technical right hand to the Head of IT / CI&SO. This is the second-most senior technical position within a lean IT organization, with responsibility for supporting and improving the firm\'s Microsoft infrastructure, cloud environment, endpoint management, and identity platform.
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The ideal candidate is a technical authority who has owned infrastructure and cloud initiatives, rather than someone focused primarily on user support or administration. The role has significant hands-on responsibility across Azure, Microsoft 365, Intune, Entra ID, and Windows infrastructure, while also serving as a senior escalation point for the broader IT environment.
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The environment is fast-paced and highly executive-facing. The successful candidate will be comfortable making independent technical decisions, troubleshooting complex issues, applying security policies in real time, and working directly with senior leadership. Third-party vendors provide specialized support in areas such as networking, security, and AV, so the expectation is broad technical fluency rather than deep specialization in every discipline.
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Key Responsibilities\\n
\\n - Serve as the senior technical escalation point within IT, owning complex infrastructure and technology issues through resolution.
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\\n - Manage and optimize Microsoft Intune, including Windows Autopilot, zero-touch provisioning, application deployment, compliance policies, endpoint configuration, and device security.
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\\n - Lead technical initiatives to modernize and standardize the firm\'s identity and endpoint environment, including the migration from Duo to Entra-based MFA.
\\n - Support and manage Azure infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage, networking, backup, and cloud security.
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\\n - Maintain working knowledge of networking, security, AV, and other infrastructure technologies, handling routine issues independently and coordinating with specialist vendors when deeper expertise is required.
\\n - Provide high-touch, white-glove technology support to executives and senior leadership.
\\n - Mentor and develop junior IT team members, particularly in Microsoft endpoint and cloud technologies.
\\n - Evaluate technical issues through a security-first lens and exercise independent judgment without unnecessarily escalating routine decisions.
\\n - Participate in infrastructure projects and initiatives from planning and design through implementation and ongoing support.
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Required Qualifications\\n
\\n - 10+ years of senior, hands-on IT infrastructure experience, ideally serving as a technical authority or senior escalation point within an organization.
\\n - Strong experience with Azure cloud infrastructure, with demonstrated ownership of cloud infrastructure projects rather than Azure administration alone.
\\n - Deep hands-on experience with Microsoft Intune, including Windows Autopilot, zero-touch provisioning, Win32 application packaging, compliance policies, Conditional Access, and LAPS.
\\n - Strong Entra ID experience, including identity management, Conditional Access, and MFA.
\\n - Demonstrated experience migrating or implementing an MFA solution, including planning, pilot groups, phased deployment, user enrollment, exceptions, and break-glass access.
\\n - Experience with Microsoft 365 and Windows infrastructure.
\\n - Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to independently diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.
\\n - Experience with infrastructure automation using PowerShell and/or Microsoft Graph API is preferred.
\\n - Working knowledge of networking, security, backup, and other core infrastructure technologies.
\\n - Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to work directly with C-suite and senior leadership.
\\n - Demonstrated experience mentoring or developing junior IT professionals.
\\n - Financial services experience - particularly hedge funds, private equity, investment management, or a similar environment - is strongly preferred.
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Preferred Azure / Infrastructure Experience
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Experience with some of the following is highly valuable:
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\\n - Azure Virtual Machines
\\n - Azure networking, including site-to-site VPN or ExpressRoute
\\n - Azure Storage
\\n - Azure Backup
\\n - Microsoft Defender for Cloud
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