Sr. Cloud Engineer

Tech Rakers Inc.; Arlington (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Rakers Inc. is seeking a Sr. Cloud Engineer with a focus on Microsoft 365/Entra to join a diverse team in Arlington. The role centers on managing and optimizing Microsoft 365 and Entra ID tenants, including Exchange Online, identity, security, and collaboration services.

The Senior Cloud Engineer will drive automation, CI/CD practices, and infrastructure-as-code concepts while collaborating with security and networking teams to implement baselines and policy controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline and extensive IT experience.
• 5+ years hands-on admin with Microsoft 365 and Entra ID in mid to large enterprise environments.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub, or similar tools for scripts, pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code for Microsoft 365.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and administer Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Copilot, and related security/compliance features.
• Harden Entra ID (Azure AD) including conditional access, identity protection, app registrations, and RBAC.
• Own Exchange Online configuration: mail flow, transport rules, connectors, policies, hybrid connectivity, and advanced mail delivery troubleshooting.

Skills

M365 Administration

Entra ID Administration

Exchange Online

Incident Response

Automation Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Master's degree in CS/CE

15+ years of relevant experience

Tools

Microsoft 365

Entra ID / Azure AD

Azure DevOps

GitHub

KQL

Exchange Online

Job description

Sr. Cloud Engineer-M365

Full time - Permanent

Hybrid - 2 days, Arlington, VA

About the job

Senior Cloud Engineer with a focus on Microsoft 365/Entra to join its diverse and talented group. The Senior Cloud Engineer manages and optimizes the organization's Microsoft 365 and Entra ID tenants, with primary responsibility for Exchange Online, identity, security, and collaboration services. This role requires advanced skills in Microsoft 365 administration, investigation, and strong crossplatform experience, with the ability to drive automation and modern cloud practices.

Top Skills

• 7 years of experience in IT
• At least 5 years experience of handson administration experience with Microsoft 365 and Entra ID in a mid to largeenterprise environment.
• Exposure to Azure DevOps, GitHub, or similar tools to manage scripts, pipelines, and infrastructureascode definitions for Microsoft 365.
• Strong experience using KQL in Microsoft 365 Defender, Sentinel, or Log Analytics to query logs, create custom detections, and analyze security or operational events.
• Demonstrated expertlevel experience with Exchange Online: mail flow troubleshooting, advanced transport configuration, security and compliance policies, and integration with thirdparty services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, configure, and administer Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Copilot, and related security/compliance features.
• Administer and harden Entra ID (Azure AD), including conditional access, identity protection, app registrations, and rolebased access control.
• Own Exchange Online configuration: mail flow, transport rules, connectors, policies, hybrid connectivity, and advanced troubleshooting of mail delivery issues.
• Investigate incidents, identify patterns, and develop detection queries and reports leveraging Microsoft 365 Defender, Purview, and Log Analytics.
• Collaborate with security and networking teams to implement and maintain security baselines, DLP, retention, eDiscovery, and auditing across the M365 environment.
• Develop and maintain automation, scripts, and integrations to streamline administration, reporting, and provisioning.
• Contribute to CI/CD and infrastructureascode practices (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub) for Microsoft 365 configuration and related workloads.
• Work with containerized and cloud workloads (e.g., Kubernetes) where they integrate with M365/Entra for identity, security, or application access.
• Lead complex incident response and rootcause analysis for M365 and identityrelated outages and security events.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, standards, runbooks, and architectural diagrams for Microsoft 365 and Entra services.
• Mentor junior collaborators and provide guidance on best practices, governance, and operational excellence.

Qualifications: Education, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline and at least 9 years of relevant experience in the IT industry, or a master's degree with at least 7 years of relevant experience, or at least 15 years of relevant industry experience.
• At least 5 years experience of handson administration experience with Microsoft 365 and Entra ID in a mid to largeenterprise environment.
• Exposure to Azure DevOps, GitHub, or similar tools to manage scripts, pipelines, and infrastructureascode definitions for Microsoft 365.
• Strong experience using KQL in Microsoft 365 Defender, Sentinel, or Log Analytics to query logs, create custom detections, and analyze security or operational events.
• Demonstrated expertlevel experience with Exchange Online: mail flow troubleshooting, advanced transport configuration, security and compliance policies, and integration with thirdparty services.