Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Jobtailor

California (MO)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 200,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineering Lead to design and maintain Azure and Microsoft 365 architectures, establish landing zones, and drive governance and automation across hybrid environments. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with security and ops teams, and ensure production readiness while optimizing costs and operational excellence.

The role requires deep hands-on experience with Azure and Microsoft 365, strong governance skills, and the ability to scale standards

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
Minimum of 7 years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, Microsoft 365 administration, systems engineering, or infrastructure engineering.
Hands-on experience with Azure, Microsoft 365, and hybrid infrastructure environments.
Experience implementing cloud governance, landing zones, monitoring, automation, and operational support frameworks.
Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar technologies.
Expertise administering Microsoft 365 technologies including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, Entra ID, Intune, Defender, and Purview.
Experience designing Azure landing zones, cloud governance frameworks, and enterprise platform standards.
Knowledge of identity and access management, conditional access, role-based access controls, and endpoint management.
Experience with cloud networking, hybrid connectivity, DNS, and segmentation.
Experience implementing observability, monitoring, alerting, backup, resiliency, and disaster recovery solutions.
FinOps experience, including cloud cost optimization, reporting, and budget governance.
Industry certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert, Azure Security Engineer Associate, or equivalent.
Experience mentoring engineers and driving cloud platform standardization across large enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

Design and maintain cloud architecture, standards, and reference patterns across Azure and Microsoft 365.
Develop and mature Azure landing zones, governance controls, workload onboarding standards, and tenant configurations.
Establish reusable patterns for monitoring, identity, backup, networking, resiliency, endpoint management, and support operations.
Support and optimize Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, Entra ID, Intune, Defender, and Purview.
Improve cloud and Microsoft 365 operational readiness through monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and service management practices.
Define and maintain production readiness standards, including backup, recovery, telemetry, runbooks, and escalation procedures.
Develop and maintain cloud engineering standards, governance processes, and onboarding frameworks.
Reduce configuration drift and improve consistency through automation, policy enforcement, and standardization.
Partner with cybersecurity teams to implement secure configurations, identity protection, endpoint security, and data protection controls.
Build resilient cloud and Microsoft 365 solutions that support security, compliance, and business continuity objectives.
Strengthen cloud cost governance through tagging standards, budget monitoring, reporting, and optimization efforts.
Identify and remediate inefficiencies, unsupported patterns, and opportunities for platform improvement.
Collaborate with infrastructure, networking, endpoint, DevOps, security, and operations teams to deliver cloud initiatives.
Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, onboarding guides, and operational procedures.
Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance, troubleshooting support, and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Mentoring engineers

Technical guidance

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/IS

Azure Administrator Associate

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert

Azure Security Engineer Associate

Tools

Azure

Microsoft 365

Exchange Online

SharePoint Online

Teams

OneDrive

Entra ID

Intune

Defender

Purview

Job description

Design and maintain cloud architecture, standards, and reference patterns across Azure, Microsoft 365, and hybrid environments
Develop and mature Azure landing zones, governance controls, workload onboarding standards, and tenant configurations
Establish reusable patterns for monitoring, identity, backup, networking, resiliency, endpoint management, and support operations
Support and optimize Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, Entra ID, Intune, Defender, and Purview
Improve cloud and Microsoft 365 operational readiness through monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and service management practices
Define and maintain production readiness standards, including backup, recovery, telemetry, runbooks, and escalation procedures
Develop and maintain cloud engineering standards, governance processes, and onboarding frameworks
Reduce configuration drift and improve consistency through automation, policy enforcement, and standardization
Partner with cybersecurity teams to implement secure configurations, identity protection, endpoint security, and data protection controls
Build resilient cloud and Microsoft 365 solutions that support security, compliance, and business continuity objectives
Strengthen cloud cost governance through tagging standards, budget monitoring, reporting, and optimization efforts
Identify and remediate inefficiencies, unsupported patterns, and opportunities for platform improvement
Collaborate with infrastructure, networking, endpoint, DevOps, security, and operations teams to deliver cloud initiatives
Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, onboarding guides, and operational procedures
Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance, troubleshooting support, and knowledge transfer

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Minimum of 7 years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, Microsoft 365 administration, systems engineering, or infrastructure engineering
Hands-on experience with Azure, Microsoft 365, and hybrid infrastructure environments
Experience implementing cloud governance, landing zones, monitoring, automation, and operational support frameworks
Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar technologies
Expertise administering Microsoft 365 technologies including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, Entra ID, Intune, Defender, and Purview
Experience designing Azure landing zones, cloud governance frameworks, and enterprise platform standards
Knowledge of identity and access management, conditional access, role-based access controls, and endpoint management
Experience with cloud networking, hybrid connectivity, DNS, and segmentation
Experience implementing observability, monitoring, alerting, backup, resiliency, and disaster recovery solutions
FinOps experience, including cloud cost optimization, reporting, and budget governance
Industry certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert, Azure Security Engineer Associate, or equivalent
Experience mentoring engineers and driving cloud platform standardization across large enterprise environments

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and maintaining cloud architecture across Azure and Microsoft 365, with a strong focus on governance, operational readiness, and security. Proficient in implementing automation, monitoring, and cost optimization strategies to enhance cloud solutions and ensure compliance.

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