Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

armaninollp; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Armanino LLP is seeking an experienced Cloud/Platform Engineer to design and maintain cloud architecture across Azure, Microsoft 365, and hybrid environments. You will develop landing zones, governance, and onboarding standards while ensuring resilient, compliant, and well-monitored operations.

You will automate workflows using PowerShell, Python, and Bash, and collaborate with cybersecurity teams to enforce secure configurations and cost governance.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Platform engineering

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/IS or related

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Job description

At Armanino, you determine your career path. This means it's possible to pursue challenges you are passionate about, in industries you care about.

Armanino is proud to be Among the top 20 Largest Firms in the Nation and one of the Best Places to Work . We have a community of resources that are ready and willing to support your ideas, build your skills and expand your professional network. We want you to integrate all aspects of your life with your career. At Armanino, we know you don't check-out of life when you check-in at work. That's why we've created a unique work environment where your passions, work, and family & friends can overlap. We want to help you achieve growth by giving you access to a network of smart and supportive people, willing to listen to your ideas.

Job Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

"Armanino" is the brand name under which Armanino LLP and Armanino Advisory LLC, independently owned entities, provide professional services in an alternative practice structure in accordance with law, regulations, and professional standards. Armanino LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services, and Armanino Advisory LLC and its subsidiary entities provide tax, advisory, and business consulting services. Armanino Advisory LLC and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.

Armanino provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Armanino complies with applicable state and local law