Senior Cloud Engineer: Azure & Entra Identity Lead

Morrison Foerster; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave and family benefits

Global wellness program

Job summary

Morrison Foerster is hiring a Senior Cloud Systems Engineer to own the Azure and Entra ID platform, drive governance, security, and resiliency, and lead cloud infrastructure projects. You will manage landing zones, RBAC, and network design while automating deployments with IaC and scripting.

You will also oversee Endpoint and Virtual Desktop services, including Intune and Azure Virtual Desktop, partnering with Information Security on cloud security controls and cost optimization across multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent education and work experience.
• A minimum of eight years of enterprise systems engineering experience, including at least five years engineering and administering Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Experience with large, multi-location organizations; law firm experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale cloud migration or modernization initiatives.
• Microsoft certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305, SC-300) preferred; SC-500, AZ-700, AZ-140, MD-102 are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architects and maintains the Firm’s Azure environment, including landing zones and RBAC governance.
• Designs and implements cloud networking, security controls, and cost management.
• Develops infrastructure as code patterns and automates deployment with PowerShell and Graph APIs.
• Provides Tier III support and mentors other IT staff.
• Prepares architecture runbooks and documentation for non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Azure

Cloud governance

Identity management

PowerShell scripting

Infrastructure as code

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Azure

Azure Entra

Azure VM/Compute

Terraform

Bicep/ARM

Job description

Morrison Foerster is hiring a Senior Cloud Systems Engineer to own the Azure and Entra ID platform, drive governance, security, and resiliency, and lead cloud infrastructure projects. You will manage landing zones, RBAC, and network design while automating deployments with IaC and scripting.

You will also oversee Endpoint and Virtual Desktop services, including Intune and Azure Virtual Desktop, partnering with Information Security on cloud security controls and cost optimization across multiple