Azure Cloud Engineer: Secure, Scalable Infra & Automation

Lowenstein Sandler LLP; Roseland (NJ); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Lowenstein Sandler LLP is seeking an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Architect to design and manage our Azure-based hybrid infrastructure. The role focuses on Azure IaaS/PaaS, governance, policy, and automation to support secure, scalable services across the firm’s environments.

You will lead cloud deployment efforts, enforce standards with the security team, and optimize for cost, performance, and reliability while collaborating with cross-functional teams including security, networking, and

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years designing cloud architecture and contributing to cloud strategy and standards.
• Experience designing and supporting Azure infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, and identity).
• Experience using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and related tools to monitor and troubleshoot platform health.
• Experience implementing governance and compliance controls using Azure Policy and related standards.
• Familiarity with best practices for securing cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Experience administering Entra ID, including CA, PIM, and passwordless authentication (FIDO2 / YubiKey).
• Experience delivering infrastructure as code using Bicep, Terraform, or equivalent tools.
• Proficiency with PowerShell scripting and automation, including Microsoft Graph SDK.
• Strong Windows Server administration skills in hybrid environments.
• Experience administering Active Directory and Group Policy in an enterprise environment.
• Experience supporting Microsoft 365 services such as Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, and Intune.
• Strong knowledge of security best practices and ability to apply standards in a production environment.
• Experience optimizing cloud environments for cost, performance, and reliability.
• Experience supporting backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity practices.
• BS degree or equivalent experience and IT certifications.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect end-to-end Azure infrastructure solutions aligned with business, security and technical requirements.
• Lead cloud deployment initiatives, and work with security to secure applications on Azure and other cloud platforms.
• Assist in the development and enforcement of cloud architecture standards, governance frameworks, and best practices.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, endpoint, security, and software engineering teams to ensure scalable and secure infrastructure design and compliance of cloud infrastructure systems.
• Optimize cloud environments for cost, performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Work with infrastructure engineers to implement and secure cloud networking solutions including VNets, VPNs, ExpressRoute, and hybrid connectivity.
• Implement and maintain monitoring and observability across the Azure estate using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, diagnostic settings, workbooks, and action groups; tune alerting for platform health, performance, capacity, and cost.
• Work with the Director of Security to define and deploy Azure Policy and other initiatives to enforce governance, security baselines, resource tagging, and regulatory compliance; author custom policies and remediation tasks where built-in definitions fall short.
• Administer Entra ID at scale: Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), named locations, passwordless / FIDO2 / YubiKey, administrative units, and Graph API automation.
• Automate routine tasks and workflows using PowerShell, including modules, error handling, REST API consumption, and Microsoft Graph SDK.
• Deliver infrastructure as code using Bicep, Terraform, or equivalent tooling.
• Support and enhance Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, and Intune.
• Implement and maintain hybrid environments integrating on-premises systems with Azure AD.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and provide root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with security team to enforce compliance, patching, and vulnerability management.
• Support backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to cloud architecture strategy.
• Participate in infrastructure projects, upgrades, and migrations.
• Respond to system and security alerts as required to maintain up-time and system performance.
• Participate in on-call rotation once a month.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Azure IaaS/PaaS

Monitoring & troubleshooting

PowerShell scripting

Security & compliance

Hybrid environments

Active Directory/GP

Microsoft 365 services

Education

BS degree or equivalent

Tools

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Azure Policy

Microsoft Graph SDK

Bicep / Terraform

Job description

Lowenstein Sandler LLP is seeking an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Architect to design and manage our Azure-based hybrid infrastructure. The role focuses on Azure IaaS/PaaS, governance, policy, and automation to support secure, scalable services across the firm’s environments.

You will lead cloud deployment efforts, enforce standards with the security team, and optimize for cost, performance, and reliability while collaborating with cross-functional teams including security, networking, and