Location: Cerritos, CA (Onsite) | Type: Full Time | Compensation: $145,000-$150,000
Reports to: Director of IT
We are seeking a Cloud Services Engineer who combines deep Microsoft/Azure expertise with leadership qualities to help drive our cloud-first strategy. This role will be instrumental in designing, implementing, and securing modern cloud services, while mentoring team members and enabling business agility. The successful candidate will have proven experience with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune, and cloud security frameworks, and will serve as both a technical leader and collaborator across IT and the business.
This role is ideal for a security-minded engineer with a passion for building scalable, resilient cloud solutions that improve operations, strengthen security posture, and deliver measurable business value.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and manage Microsoft Azure cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) aligned with a cloud-first strategy.
- Administer Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and Power BI Platform to enable secure collaboration and productivity.
- Own lifecycle management of Intune, Entra ID, and related M365 security/compliance solutions.
- Implement and continuously improve security controls, identity management, and conditional access policies across the environment.
- Remediate vulnerabilities, drive security hardening initiatives, and enforce FTC Safeguards and other compliance requirements.
- Lead incident response collaboration with the security team, ensuring rapid detection, containment, and recovery.
- Champion Single Sign-On (SSO) and modern authentication practices across the enterprise.
- Reduce non-integrated accounts by building seamless onboarding/offboarding processes tied to Entra ID and Active Directory.
- Enhance user experience through automation and streamlined identity workflows.
- Develop automation (PowerShell, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines) to streamline operations and improve consistency.
- Implement monitoring and alerting frameworks (e.g., PagerDuty, Azure Monitor) to ensure proactive response and system resilience.
- Drive adoption of AI/automation where it can enhance performance, security, or user experience.
- Act as a technical mentor for IT team members, sharing knowledge and developing cloud skillsets across the team.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with application, network, and security teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Represent IT in business discussions, translating complex cloud concepts into business language for executives.
- Contribute to IT governance, project planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- This role includes participation in on-call rotations and responding to after-hours incidents as needed
Qualifications
Required:
- 5+ years of experience engineering and administering Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 environments.
- Proven expertise with Entra ID, Intune, Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, and related M365 services.
- Strong knowledge of security frameworks (NIST, CIS, FTC Safeguards, and PCI DSS.) and hands-on remediation.
- Proficiency in automation (PowerShell, Terraform, scripting) and CI/CD concepts.
- Experience with monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Sentinel, PagerDuty, etc.).
- Demonstrated leadership skills (mentoring, project leadership, and cross-functional influence).
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and business stakeholders.
Preferred:
- Microsoft certifications (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-305, SC-100, MS-102).
- Experience in enterprise cloud migrations and hybrid architectures.
- Exposure to DevSecOps practices and infrastructure-as-code.
- Familiarity with automotive retail industry systems and compliance requirements.
Success Measures
- Strengthen the organization’s security posture, reducing vulnerabilities and non-compliant practices.
- Deliver scalable and resilient cloud services aligned with business priorities.
- Drive operational efficiencies through automation and streamlined processes.
- Mentor IT staff, growing the organization’s cloud and security maturity.
- Consistently represent IT as a trusted partner to the business, translating technology into measurable value.
For immediate consideration - please email your resume to jade.atwood@normreeves.com
