Senior Cloud & Systems Engineer, Professional Services (Azure)

Location: Must reside and work within the United States; San Diego, CA, USA

Salary: USD 130,000–165,000 yearly

Company

Microsoft-focused consulting and managed services firm delivering cloud modernization, enterprise migrations, Microsoft 365 consolidation, and government compliance projects.

What you will do

• Deliver Azure infrastructure engagements covering networking, identity, compute, and storage.
• Execute Microsoft 365 tenant migrations and consolidations, including cutover planning and go-live support.
• Deploy endpoint management solutions for Windows fleets, including enrollment, configuration policies, and enterprise applications.
• Deploy Azure Virtual Desktop environments for clients moving from on-premises infrastructure.
• Lead technical workstreams for tenant-to-tenant migrations related to mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
• Scope technical work, estimate effort, manage concurrent projects, identify scope creep, and prepare handoff documentation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience architecting and delivering production Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 environments.
• Experience in consulting, MSP professional services, systems integration, or another project-based delivery model.
• Experience designing and deploying Azure infrastructure, including network and identity architecture.
• Experience with Windows endpoint and application management using Intune or an equivalent platform.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 and Azure security controls, including conditional access, identity protection, and tenant hardening.
• Must be a U.S. person and must reside and work within the United States; verification is required during hiring. PowerShell scripting, client-facing communication, effort estimation, and fixed-SOW delivery experience are required.

Nice to have

• AZ-305, AZ-500, AZ-140, MS-102, MD-102, MCSE, or related certifications.
• Exposure to GCC High or CMMC compliance environments.
• Experience tracking billable time and utilization in PSA or project-delivery systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on fixed-scope professional services engagements rather than steady-state support tickets.
• Collaborate with project managers and architects on mergers, acquisitions, digital transformation, and application modernization projects.
• Deliver projects with defined start dates, end dates, scopes, and client-facing outcomes.

Hiring process

• Complete a cognitive assessment and typing test.
• Provide professional references.
• U.S. person verification is completed during hiring.