M365 & Azure Architect – Cloud Security Lead

Auriga Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Flexible schedule

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Paid time off

Profit sharing

Relocation bonus

Training & development

Vision insurance

Job summary

Auriga Corporation is hiring a Microsoft 365 & Azure Architect to lead the architecture, configuration baseline, and lifecycle of the M365 tenant and related Azure resources in Los Angeles. You will drive security governance, licensing strategy, and a modernization roadmap integrated with on-premises identity infrastructure.

The role demands deep expertise in M365/Azure at scale, strong scripting with PowerShell, and collaboration with Cybersecurity to enforce controls across the estate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in IT/cybersecurity.
• 8+ years designing and operating enterprise Microsoft environments, with 5+ years on M365/Azure at scale.
• Expert-level M365 administration for large tenants (10,000+ accounts).
• Deep knowledge of Azure IaaS/PaaS, VM, networking, storage, governance.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, baseline, and lifecycle of the M365 tenant (Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams).
• Define tenant policies for identity, licensing, data loss prevention, retention, eDiscovery, and information protection.
• Remediate legacy configurations and drift with a roadmap to a hardened target state.
• Manage hybrid identity via Entra ID/Entra Connect, CA, and PIM with on-prem AD integration.

Skills

M365 administration

Azure architecture

PowerShell

Security governance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Cybersecurity or equivalent

Tools

Azure AD / Entra ID

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

IaC (ARM/Terraform)

Job description

Auriga Corporation is hiring a Microsoft 365 & Azure Architect to lead the architecture, configuration baseline, and lifecycle of the M365 tenant and related Azure resources in Los Angeles. You will drive security governance, licensing strategy, and a modernization roadmap integrated with on-premises identity infrastructure.

The role demands deep expertise in M365/Azure at scale, strong scripting with PowerShell, and collaboration with Cybersecurity to enforce controls across the estate.