Azure Cloud Engineer II: Elevate Cloud Operations Security

iT1; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Two weeks paid time off in first year

401(k) Plan with employer match

Onsite Fitness Center

Onsite Monthly Massages

Job summary

iT1, a leading national technology solution provider headquartered in Tempe, AZ, is looking for an Azure Cloud Engineer II to join our team. You will deliver proactive, secure, and standardized operational support for customer environments within iT1's 24x7x365 Managed Services Division.

The Azure Cloud Engineer II will administer, monitor, maintain, and optimize Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and hybrid infrastructure services with emphasis on availability, security, automation, performance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent in a technical field.
• 5+ years of Azure administration experience in production.
• Experience with Azure infrastructure, networking, compute, storage, DR, and identity.
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365 administration and security capabilities.
• Experience with monitoring and operations tooling (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics).
• Experience with scripting/automation (PowerShell, Azure CLI).
• Familiarity with IaC concepts (Terraform, Bicep, ARM) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality operational support for Azure, M365, and hybrid environments.
• Provide advanced incident support and drive timely resolution.
• Monitor health, availability, capacity, and performance of cloud services.
• Administer Azure resources: VMs, Azure Virtual Desktop, storage, networking, and identity.
• Support security services including Entra ID, CA, MFA, RBAC.
• Maintain monitoring, patching, backup, and recovery processes.
• Contribute to automation and standardization via scripting and runbooks.
• Collaborate with security, service desk, and engineering teams.
• Document environments, processes, and procedures.
• Assist with deployments, optimization, and lifecycle management.
• Identify opportunities to improve security, performance, and costs.
• Communicate with clients and stakeholders translating tech into business terms.

Skills

Azure administration

Cloud security

Incident response

Automation

Scripting: PowerShell/Azure CLI

IaC (Terraform/Bicep/ARM)

Azure networking

Documentation

Client-facing communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related

Tools

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Intune

Microsoft Defender

Defender for Cloud

Microsoft Sentinel

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Job description

iT1, a leading national technology solution provider headquartered in Tempe, AZ, is looking for an Azure Cloud Engineer II to join our team. You will deliver proactive, secure, and standardized operational support for customer environments within iT1's 24x7x365 Managed Services Division.

The Azure Cloud Engineer II will administer, monitor, maintain, and optimize Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and hybrid infrastructure services with emphasis on availability, security, automation, performance,