Sr. Azure Cloud Engineer
12 month contract
Chicago, IL Hybrid
USC/GC
Required Skills & Experience:
- 7–10+ years of IT infrastructure engineering experience, with 5+ years focused on Microsoft Azure.
- Proven expertise in Azure governance, security, networking, and infrastructure buildouts.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of Azure Active Directory (Entra ID), RBAC, tenant/subscription management, and hybrid cloud environments.
- Experience designing and implementing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) solutions.
- Strong background in Microsoft 365 services (Teams, Defender, baseline security).
- Excellent communication and consulting skills; proven ability to work with both executive and technical stakeholders.
Preferred / Nice-to-Have
- Experience supporting Microsoft Dynamics 365 environments (infrastructure alignment, security validation, integrations).
- Relevant Microsoft certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Security Engineer, Azure Administrator).