Senior Cloud Engineer

Connexure•Atlanta, GA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

We’re seeking an Senior Cloud Engineer for day-to-day management of our Azure environment. The role bridges traditional infrastructure (networking, hybrid identity, storage, DR) with modern cloud engineering. You’ll partner with Lead Cloud Engineer, Security, DEVOPS, and Application Development to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-efficient platforms.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or associate degree in information systems or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
7–10 years in IT support, including 3–5 years in a Azure role.
Proven experience leading IT helpdesk operations and leading customer-facing teams.
Familiarity with infrastructure, networking, security protocols, and application support.
Experience in project management, risk assessment, and team performance evaluation.
Strong knowledge of Windows 10/11, Office 365, Intune, Azure and Microsoft Teams.
Experience with incident/change/problem management tools and methodologies.
Familiarity with AV support, inventory management, and CRM systems.
Strong leadership and communication skills.
Customer service-oriented mindset.
Ability to multitask, prioritize, and solve problems effectively.
Team player with a positive, proactive attitude.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary contact for client communication, escalations, and status reporting.
Participate in regular team meetings, communicate departmental goals, and ensure alignment with service level agreements (SLAs).
Design, deploy, and maintain Azure resources: VNets, subnets, VPN Gateways, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, NSGs, load balancers, Application Gateway, Azure FrontDoor, Bastion, Private Endpoints, Private DNS.
Configure and manage VMs, Storage Accounts, Shared Disks, Azure SQL (PaaS), Key Vault, and data-at-rest encryption.
Implement and test high availability, disaster recovery, and backup solutions (e.g., Recovery Services Vault) with defined RPO/RTO.
Support integrations with Logic Apps, Data Factory, Event Hub, Log Analytics workspaces, Automation Accounts, Azure Monitor, Network Watcher.
Plan and execute workload migrations from on-premises to Azure with minimal downtime.
Manage Entra ID (Azure AD), Azure AD Domain Services, AAD Connect, App registrations, Service Principals/Managed Identities, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
Enforce least-privilege access, secure secrets with Key Vault, and ensure TLS/SSL best practices.
Ensure compliance with internal policies and industry standards; collaborate with Security on reviews and audits.
Define and enforce governance: RBAC, Azure Policy, tagging, subscription/resource hierarchies.
Automate environment provisioning across Dev/QA/UAT/Prod; implement FinOps cost governance, rightsizing, budgets, and alerts.
Implement CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
Establish observability with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Datadog; configure auditing, metrics, and alerting.
Produce clear runbooks and documentation; provide engineering support and knowledge transfer to cross-functional teams.