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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

• Experience designing Azure landing zones and enterprise cloud governance frameworks

• 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

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Armanino has a robust offering of benefits, including:

• Medical, dental, vision

• Generous PTO plan and paid sick time

• Flexible work arrangements

• 401K with Profit Sharing

• Wellness program

• Generous parental leave

• 11 paid holidays

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