Lead Windows & Azure Hybrid Cloud Architect — Remote

Estrada Consulting, Inc; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Estrada Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to join the System Administration team. You will administer and optimize Azure and Windows Server environments, manage identity and access workflows, and oversee VMware/SAN operations during the transition to cloud and SaaS solutions.

Remote work from the United States is supported. The role requires strong IaC capabilities with PowerShell and Terraform, plus experience with Azure Arc and hybrid-cloud governance.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years aligning IT systems with organizational business processes.
• Five+ years in a lead capacity.
• Bachelor's degree in IT-related or Engineering field (or equivalent qualifying experience).

Responsibilities

• Support and enhance Azure/Windows Server configuration, stability, and reliability.
• Engineer and optimize Azure Cloud environments.
• Maintain on-prem VMware virtualization and SAN storage.
• Administer Windows Server, Microsoft Entra ID, conditional access, RBAC, identity lifecycle.
• Manage SSO integrations with SaaS platforms; Implement automation and IaC solutions using PowerShell, Terraform, and Azure-native tools.
• Support containerization.
• Perform routine administration (monitoring, updates, backups, tuning).
• Support audit and compliance.
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Develop system documentation and baselines.
• Utilize Azure Arc and Update Manager.

Skills

Azure cloud administration

Windows Server administration

Identity and Access Management

VMware virtualization management

SAN storage management

Hybrid-cloud infrastructure

Infrastructure-as-Code

Containerization

PowerShell

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT-related or Engineering field

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

Job description

Estrada Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to join the System Administration team. You will administer and optimize Azure and Windows Server environments, manage identity and access workflows, and oversee VMware/SAN operations during the transition to cloud and SaaS solutions.

Remote work from the United States is supported. The role requires strong IaC capabilities with PowerShell and Terraform, plus experience with Azure Arc and hybrid-cloud governance.