Microsoft 365/Azure Systems Admin – IT Technician (Houston)

Life Cycle Power; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Job summary

Life Cycle Power, based in Houston, seeks an IT Microsoft 365 Systems Administrator to support a growing cloud environment and modernize our Microsoft 365 and Azure infrastructure. You will manage identity, access, email, device management, and security, partnering with the IT Manager and a consult to keep the tenant clean and reliable.

The role emphasizes collaboration, strong communication, and a proactive approach to learning cloud skills, with on-site work and occasional on-call rotation as

Qualifications

• 3 - 7 years of IT or Microsoft 365 Azure administration experience.
• Experience administering Microsoft 365 identity, permissions, licensing, integrations, and email management.
• Experience configuring or supporting Entra ID identity management and MFA.
• Hands-on experience with Intune migrations, implementation, device management, compliance policies, and configuration profiles.
• Worked deeply with conditional access, device governance, and cloud security fundamentals.
• Familiarity or experience with overall governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) documentation processes.

Responsibilities

• Liaison with vendor and manage Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant for a secure, reliable, and well-governed environment.
• Administer Microsoft 365 services including Entra ID, Intune, Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and related cloud platforms.
• Maintain Entra ID identity management program, user groups, security protocols, MFA, zero-trust, and RBAC.
• Assist with building and maintaining conditional access policies to strengthen identity protection.
• Support identity governance, including security defaults and identity protection alerts.
• Assist with Azure app registrations, enterprise application configurations, permissions, and SSO integrations.
• Monitor licenses and advise when upgrades/downgrades are needed; provide SOWs for improvements.
• Troubleshoot Exchange Online mail flow issues, including traces and delays.
• Build and maintain a structured SharePoint environment with permissions, libraries, governance, and access auditing.
• Support Intune device enrollment, Autopilot provisioning, automated deployments, profiles, and configuration policies.
• Assist with application deployment, device assignments, and lifecycle support across Windows and mobile platforms.
• Support preparation and execution of upcoming email migrations and planned infrastructure changes.
• Work with IT Security Engineer on identity threats and external file sharing risks.
• Provide weekly reporting on Microsoft 365 health, changes, outages, risks, and insights.
• Create and maintain Microsoft 365 and Azure documentation, diagrams, guides, and troubleshooting references.
• Participate in compliance work involving multiple standards (NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, NERC, NERF, GDPR).
• Help ensure company policies are followed in the cloud environment.
• Be prepared to participate in an on-call rotation.

Skills

Microsoft 365

Azure

Identity management

Intune

Conditional access

MFA

GRC documentation

Cloud security

Education

Associate degree in IT or cybersecurity

Bachelor’s degree in information systems or information security

Tools

Entra ID

Intune

Exchange Online

SharePoint

OneDrive

Azure AD

Job description

Life Cycle Power, based in Houston, seeks an IT Microsoft 365 Systems Administrator to support a growing cloud environment and modernize our Microsoft 365 and Azure infrastructure. You will manage identity, access, email, device management, and security, partnering with the IT Manager and a consult to keep the tenant clean and reliable.

The role emphasizes collaboration, strong communication, and a proactive approach to learning cloud skills, with on-site work and occasional on-call rotation as