Lead Systems Cloud Engineer-2

Techgene Solutions LLC; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Techgene Solutions LLC seeks a Sr Lead Systems Cloud Engineer-2 to lead data platform initiatives and manage cloud-based data services. You will drive platform roadmaps, integrate cloud infrastructure, and collaborate with data engineers to optimize business operations.

The role emphasizes lead-level design and implementation across Entra ID, AD, Windows Server, and cloud deployments with a focus on scalable data solutions and secure authentication practices.

Qualifications

• 7 years of relevant IT experience.
• Demonstrated experience in a high-tech customer-facing role (Professional Services, Solution Architecture, Systems Administrator, Engineering or Consulting).
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Microsoft Windows Server and related technologies; senior level operational support.
• Design of infrastructure and integration into Entra ID and AD services.
• Five years supporting Active Directory or Microsoft Entra ID.
• Monitoring best practices with Splunk, MECM and Quest Change Auditor.
• Experience with virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper‑V) and networking concepts.
• PowerShell scripting experience.
• Experience with MFA, SSO, and SSL certificate management.
• Understand WAN/LAN concepts and TCP/IP.

Responsibilities

• Provide lead level technical support, design, and implementation for Microsoft Entra and Active Directory across the enterprise, including cloud deployments in AWS and Azure.
• Develop and enhance Microsoft Entra ID and AD engineering standards for a multi-site organization.
• Develop technical partnerships with architecture, project, operations, and support teams.
• Automating Microsoft authentication solutions in multi-forest/multi-domain environments with IaaS like AWS and Azure.
• Provide 3rd level support for enterprise-wide Entra ID and AD, including Graph API and related technologies.

Skills

Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

PowerShell

SAML/OAuth2

SSO

TLS/SSL certificates

VMware/Hyper-V

Networking fundamentals

MECM

Multi-factor authentication

Azure/AWS cloud

Graph API

LDAP/Kerberos

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Computer Science or related field

Tools

Splunk

Quest Change Auditor

MECM

VMware

Job description

Sr Lead Systems Cloud Engineer-2

Location: New Jersey

Job Description:

The Senior Lead Data Platform Engineer - Cloud provides data management and analytics support to the data platform team and organizes data from a variety of internal and external sources. While establishing operational plans, this job ensures the delivery of scalable data services and drives data consumption via cloud-based technology.

Key Responsibilities And Duties

• Leads data platform initiatives through the integration of engineering principles and maintenance of cloud services.
• Reviews data platform requirements, builds scalable and efficient processes, and populates platform data in the cloud.
• Curates large amounts of real-time and relational data and disseminates among the data platform team.
• Utilizes data engineering expertise and enhances the data cloud and team processes.
• Drives the data platform roadmap and defines requirements, timelines, and resources.
• Streamlines operations for the data platform and leads complex integrations with the data engineering team.
• Collaborates with data engineers on platform initiatives and cloud management for optimal business operations.
• Reviews data platform requirements, builds scalable processes, and populates platform data in the cloud.

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level

This role will provide lead level solution architecture, engineering design, implementation and technical third-level support services for Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Active Directory and the Windows Server platform across our enterprise. This includes authentication services in Entra ID, (Azure Active Directory), and on-prem AD. The core infrastructure technology tasking includes enterprise standards for authentication services including: SSO for SaaS applications using modern authentication protocols such as SAML and OAuth2, other authentication services such as Kerberos and LDAP, global system security standards and top-level support for enterprise-wide infrastructure applications.

Responsibilities:

• Provide lead level technical support, design, and implementation for Microsoft Entra and Active Directory authentication services across the enterprise, including cloud deployments in Amazon (AWS) and Microsoft Azure
• Develop and enhance Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory engineering standards for a multi-site organization, including the core operating system and authentication services
• Develop technical partnerships with key architecture, project, operations, and support teams
• Automating Microsoft authentication solutions in a multi-forest and multi-domain environment and configuration for Microsoft Entra and Active Directory, while considering IaaS Cloud solutions such as AWS and Azure
• Provide 3rd level support for an enterprise-wide, distributed Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory, including related technologies such as AAD Connect, SSO, the Graph API, etc.

Required:

• 7 years of relevant IT experience
• Demonstrated experience in a high-tech customer-facing role (i.e. Professional Services, Solution Architecture, Systems Administrator, Engineering or Consulting)
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, Microsoft Windows Server and related technologies; experience providing senior level operational support and implementation of large-scale, enterprise level solutions
• Previous experience with the design of infrastructure and integration into new and existing authentication services like Entra ID and AD services
• Five years of demonstrated experience supporting Active Directory or Microsoft Entra ID
• In-depth and thorough understanding of monitoring best practices preferably with Splunk, Microsoft EndPoint Configuration Manager (MECM) and/or Quest Change Auditor
• Experience with infrastructure and server theories, principles and concepts, application infrastructure and standards, networking fundamentals, physical server architecture, and virtualization technologies (i.e. VMware, Hyper‑V and LAN/WAN/Firewall/VPN networks
• Power Shell scripting experience
• Hands-on experience with Multi-Factor Authentication, SSO, and SSL certificates implementation and management
• Understand WAN/LAN concepts and the TCP/IP protocol stack

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology; Computer Science or related technical field
• Microsoft Windows Server certifications; Azure Certifications or MCSE
• Working knowledge of ticketing systems; creating, updating and closing tickets
• Strong customer service customer service skills (both written and verbal)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to listen and understand what is being described
• Experience with one or more cloud providers such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform
• Ability to effectively deliver and execute technical projects across multiple engagements in a customer-facing-capacity