IT Cloud Engineer

Creative Management Services LLC; Paramus (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental plans

401K

Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Job summary

Creative Management Services LLC in Paramus, NJ is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to lead cloud infrastructure operations within a hybrid IT environment. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and governing Azure services with strong emphasis on security and cost management.

You will troubleshoot incidents, optimize performance, and collaborate with global IT teams while advancing automation using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Terraform.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in cloud engineering, IT infrastructure, or systems engineering.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and cloud operations.
• Experience developing, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing Azure environments.
• Good understanding of hybrid cloud environments and cloud connectivity.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud, identity, networking, monitoring, and infrastructure‑related topics.
• Good documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across global IT teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, operate, and continuously improve Microsoft Azure services across infrastructure, networking, security, monitoring, governance, and cost management.
• Support Azure compute, storage, networking, backup, monitoring, security, and identity integration.
• Troubleshoot Azure‑related incidents, performance issues, and service disruptions, providing 2nd and 3rd level support.
• Contribute to automation, infrastructure as code, modernization, hybrid cloud, and Azure best‑practice initiatives.
• Support secure and reliable integration between Azure and on‑premises environments.
• Maintain cloud documentation, including configurations, procedures, standards, and troubleshooting guides.
• Assist with Windows and Linux server environments, virtualization platforms, backup and lifecycle management, and AD/DNS/DHCP services.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication

Independent work

Collaboration

Azure operations

Education

Azure certifications

Tools

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Terraform

Job description

About Us

As an international leader in the marketing industry, we lead the pack in creating dynamic places where people interact, face to face, with the world's best brands. This opening is resident in Paramus, NJ.

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on Azure Cloud Engineer with strong operational experience, a structured approach to troubleshooting, and a solid understanding of secure, reliable, and well‑governed cloud environments. Additional experience with on‑premises infrastructure is a plus and will be valuable in supporting our hybrid IT landscape.

Key Responsibilities

Azure Cloud Engineering & Operations

• Design, operate, and continuously improve Microsoft Azure services across infrastructure, networking, security, monitoring, governance, and cost management.
• Support Azure compute, storage, networking, backup, monitoring, security, and identity integration.
• Troubleshoot Azure‑related incidents, performance issues, and service disruptions, providing 2nd and 3rd level support.
• Contribute to automation, infrastructure as code, modernization, hybrid cloud, and Azure best‑practice initiatives.
• Support secure and reliable integration between Azure and on‑premises environments.
• Maintain cloud documentation, including configurations, procedures, standards, and troubleshooting guides.

Additional Infrastructure Responsibilities

• Support Windows and Linux server environments where required.
• Assist with virtualization platforms such as Hyper‑V and Nutanix.
• Support backup, restore, monitoring, patching, lifecycle management, and capacity planning activities.
• Assist with Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and related Windows services.

Required Qualifications

• Several years of experience in cloud engineering, IT infrastructure, or systems engineering.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and cloud operations.
• Experience developing, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing Azure environments.
• Good understanding of hybrid cloud environments and cloud connectivity.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud, identity, networking, monitoring, and infrastructure‑related topics.
• Good documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across global IT teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Azure certifications.
• Experience with PowerShell, Azure CLI, Terraform, or other automation tools.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Teams, or hybrid Microsoft environments.
• Experience with Windows Server, Linux, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy.
• Knowledge of virtualization platforms such as Hyper‑V, Nutanix AHV, or Nutanix Prism.
• Knowledge of backup, restore, monitoring, patching, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Network knowledge, including TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, firewalls, VPNs, and Azure networking.

We offer a robust benefits package including Medical (3 choices of plans), Dental (3 choices of plans), 401K, Vision, company paid Life Insurance, company paid Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness Insurance--plus more. Our culture fosters teamwork, individual strength, and innovation, all in a dynamic environment!

We are an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V.