Senior Systems Engineer – Azure

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior Azure Engineering professional to lead architecture, security, and cost management for a regulated enterprise in the United States. The role emphasizes hybrid identity, Entra ID governance, and Azure networking across multiple subscriptions.

You will own security posture, policy enforcement, and cross-team collaboration with audit readiness at scope; experience with FFIEC guidance is a strong plus. A rigorous, multi‑domain enterprise background is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/IT or related field.
• 7+ years Azure infrastructure and identity experience in production.
• 5+ years Active Directory in multi-domain enterprise environments.
• 4+ years Entra ID including Conditional Access and PIM in hybrid identity.
• 3+ years in a federally regulated industry with audit/compliance exposure.
• Designing and maintaining Azure Networking (hub-spoke, NSGs) experience.
• Hands-on Defender for Cloud and Azure Policy remediation experience.
• Azure Cost Management, budgeting, and forecasting across subscriptions.
• PowerShell scripting for automation and AD provisioning.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure subscription architecture across all subscriptions.
• Own and administer Azure VNet hub-spoke topology, NSGs, and connectivity.
• Manage IaaS and PaaS lifecycle with change-management in ServiceNow.
• Maintain baseline Azure state and remediate drift on a defined cycle.
• Act as technical owner for Azure projects including AXOS Private Cloud and data lake infra.
• Administer Entra ID tenancy health and governance (groups, registrations, service principals).
• Implement Conditional Access policies and MFA aligned with bank policy and FFIEC guidance.
• Manage PIM, access reviews, and just-in-time access configurations.
• Monitor Azure AD Connect sync health and coordinate hybrid identity topology changes.
• Coordinate with Intune/GPO/Entra teams on endpoint compliance integrations.
• Conduct semi-annual Azure RBAC reviews and report findings to audits.
• Own Defender for Cloud posture and drive remediation beyond dashboards.
• Design and maintain Azure Policy assignments and test policy definitions.
• Document RBAC across resources with business justification.
• Produce quarterly security posture reports for audit requests (KPMG).
• Participate in architectural discussions and platform standards as a senior voice.
• Support weekly leads synchronization with Azure platform status and capacity.

Skills

Azure infrastructure

Active Directory

Entra ID

PowerShell

Azure AD Connect

Hybrid identity

Cloud security

Cost management

Education

Bachelor's in CS/IT

Tools

ServiceNow

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure subscription architecture, including management groups, resource groups, and naming and tagging governance across all subscriptions.
• Own and administer Azure Virtual Network topology, including hub‑spoke design, VNets, subnets, NSGs, route tables, and VNet peering aligned to bank security requirements.
• Manage IaaS and PaaS resource lifecycle—provisioning, scaling, monitoring, and decommission—with full change‑management documentation in ServiceNow.
• Maintain the documented baseline state of the Azure environment; identify and remediate configuration drift from established standards on a defined cycle.
• Serve as the primary technical owner for Azure‑dependent infrastructure projects including AXOS Private Cloud and data lake infrastructure initiatives.
• Administer and maintain Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) tenancy health—user lifecycle, group management, application registrations, and service principal governance.
• Design, implement, and maintain Conditional Access policies, named locations, sign‑in risk policies, and MFA enforcement in alignment with bank security policy and FFIEC guidance.
• Manage Privileged Identity Management (PIM) including role activation policy, access reviews for privileged accounts, and just‑in‑time access configuration.
• Monitor and maintain Azure AD Connect synchronization health; resolve sync conflicts; coordinate with the Sr. Architect on hybrid identity topology changes.
• Coordinate with the Intune/GPO/Entra sub‑team on endpoint compliance integration with Conditional Access and device‑based authentication requirements.
• Conduct and document semi‑annual Azure RBAC assignment reviews and deliver findings to the Audit and Compliance Engineer.
• Own Defender for Cloud operational posture—monitor, prioritize, and drive hands‑on remediation of high and critical recommendations, not dashboard observation alone.
• Manage Azure Policy assignments for baseline compliance enforcement; author and test policy definitions as bank requirements evolve.
• Design and maintain RBAC assignments across Azure resources in alignment with least‑privilege principles; document all role assignments with business justification.
• Produce quarterly Azure security posture reports for the Audit and Compliance Engineer; provide documentation sufficient to satisfy KPMG audit requests related to Azure infrastructure and identity.
• Participate as the Azure technical SME in KPMG audit preparation and response.
• Maintain working knowledge of FFIEC IT examination guidance and align Azure governance practices accordingly.
• Own Azure Cost Management analysis, reporting, budget alert configuration, and anomaly detection across all Azure subscriptions.
• Enforce tagging policy compliance; identify and remediate untagged or incorrectly tagged resources on a defined cycle.
• Provide monthly cost forecasting and variance analysis to the Sr. IT Manager—communicate material spend changes before they appear in billing, not after.
• Identify and recommend cost optimization opportunities including right‑sizing, reserved instance analysis, and elimination of unused resources.
• Develop and maintain Azure Automation runbooks and PowerShell/Python scripts for operational task automation; prioritize progressive elimination of manual repetitive processes.
• Configure and maintain Azure Monitor alerts, Log Analytics workspaces, and operational dashboards for infrastructure health and performance visibility.
• Author and maintain runbook documentation for all operational procedures within the Azure domain—sufficient for another senior engineer to execute independently.
• Participate in quarterly cross‑team cross‑training; contribute at least one procedural training session per cycle.
• Serve as primary backup to the Sr. Engineer and Technology Architect for Azure decisions, architecture reviews, and cross‑domain escalation during periods of unavailability.
• Partner with the Sr. Engineer and Technology Architect on changes to hybrid identity topology, Entra tenant configuration, and Azure AD Connect sync rules—this is a genuine peer relationship with shared architectural ownership, not a sign‑off chain.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, design reviews, and platform standards development as a senior technical voice on the Microsoft Operations team.
• Participate in the weekly leads synchronization meeting and contribute Azure platform status, blockers, and capacity to the standing agenda.
• Complete ServiceNow change requests for all Standard, Normal, and Emergency changes including full description, rollback plan, and approval routing per change‑management policy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a directly related field; OR equivalent combination of education and verifiable professional experience.
• 7+ years of hands‑on, production‑environment experience administering and engineering Microsoft Azure infrastructure and Microsoft identity technologies.
• 5+ years administering Active Directory Domain Services in a multi‑domain enterprise environment—Group Policy, OU structure, trust relationships, and schema‑level understanding.
• 4+ years with Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) including Conditional Access policy authoring, PIM configuration, and Azure AD Connect sync administration in a hybrid identity environment.
• 3+ years of experience in a federally regulated industry—banking, financial services, healthcare, or government—with direct exposure to audit processes, change‑management requirements, and compliance documentation.
• Demonstrated experience designing and maintaining Azure Virtual Network topology—hub‑spoke architecture, NSG management, and on‑premises connectivity.
• Demonstrated experience with Defender for Cloud and Azure Policy including hands‑on security recommendation remediation—not limited to monitoring.
• Demonstrated experience with Azure Cost Management including budget configuration, cost anomaly detection, and spend forecasting across multiple subscriptions.
• Proficiency in PowerShell scripting for Azure and Active Directory automation—scripts that are maintainable and executable by other engineers.
• Required Certification Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ‑104).