Senior Network & Cloud Lead - Azure, SD-WAN, Security

Scale Technology; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full certification sponsorship

Growth path to Director/vCIO roles

Performance bonus

Job summary

Scale Technology in Little Rock, Arkansas is seeking a Network and Cloud Administrator (Team Lead) to lead the technical team and own complex infrastructure projects. You will supervise escalations while contributing hands-on engineering across cloud, network, and security domains.

The role emphasizes leadership, MSP exposure, and enterprise technology stacks, including Azure, Entra ID, and M365, with a focus on security, backups, and disaster recovery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in IT infrastructure or cloud
• MSP experience strongly preferred
• Enterprise firewall expertise
• Advanced networking knowledge (BGP, VLANs, QoS)
• Cybersecurity framework familiarity
• PowerShell scripting ability
• Leadership and mentoring capabilities

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical team, coach and mentor L1/L2 technicians
• Manage escalations and serve as final escalation point
• Design and manage LAN/WAN environments, VLANs, routing, wireless networks
• Implement VPN and SD-WAN solutions
• Administer Azure environments, Entra ID and M365, maintain tenant health
• Oversee backups and disaster recovery
• Lead security architecture decisions, manage EDR
• Implement zero-trust and email security
• Conduct vulnerability and compliance reviews

Skills

5+ years IT infrastructure/cloud

MSP experience

Enterprise firewall

Advanced networking (BGP, VLANs, QoS)

Cybersecurity framework

PowerShell scripting

Leadership & mentoring

Education

Certifications (AZ-104, MS-500/MS-700, Security+ or Network+, CCNA/Fortinet NSE)

Tools

Azure

Entra ID

M365

EDR platforms

Job description

Scale Technology in Little Rock, Arkansas is seeking a Network and Cloud Administrator (Team Lead) to lead the technical team and own complex infrastructure projects. You will supervise escalations while contributing hands-on engineering across cloud, network, and security domains.

The role emphasizes leadership, MSP exposure, and enterprise technology stacks, including Azure, Entra ID, and M365, with a focus on security, backups, and disaster recovery.