The Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, security, and ongoing optimization of the firm’s Microsoft Azure environment, supporting mission-critical legal applications and data. This role ensures high availability, performance, and compliance within a secure hybrid cloud infrastructure, working closely with the IT operations team and other functional departments within firm administration to deliver reliable, scalable, and cost-effective cloud services aligned with the firm’s business and client requirements.
Responsibilitie
- sDesign, implement, and maintain the firm’s Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability
- .Manage hybrid cloud environments by integrating Azure with on-premises systems and legal applications
- .Administer Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), identity governance, role-based access controls, and secure access configurations
- .Implement and maintain cloud security controls aligned with legal industry standards, client security requirements, and firm data protection policies
- .Deploy and support Azure Virtual Machines, networking, storage, backup, and disaster recovery solutions
- .Automate infrastructure deployments using preferred Infrastructure-as-Code tools (examples: ARM, Bicep, Terraform) and scripting (examples: PowerShell, Azure CLI, Bash)
- .Monitor system performance, availability, and cost optimization using Azure monitoring and management tools
- .Support cloud-hosted legal platforms and integrations, ensuring high availability of document management, financial, and practice systems
- .Collaborate with Security, IT Customer Service Desk, and other Functional Department teams to ensure stable and secure operations
- .Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and business continuity initiatives
- .Assist with vendor coordination, cloud governance, and responses to client security audits or questionnaires
- .Engineer and support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) workloads in Azure, including patching, hardening, and performance tuning
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Qualificatio
- nsBachelor’s Degree in related field require
- d.7+ years of engineering experience supporting large-scale (400+ users) infrastructure and cloud environment
- s.Relevant Professional Certifications (Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty, CCA / CCP / CCE / VCP) preferre
- d.Strong experience with Azure architecture (compute, networking, identity, governance
- ).Experience managing hybrid cloud environments integrating on-premises systems with Azur
- e.Knowledge of Citrix to AVD migration and/or VMware to Azure migration preferre
- d.Demonstrated experience implementing cloud security best practices in regulated or professional services environment
- s.Experience with monitoring, performance optimization, and Azure cost managemen
- t.Strong troubleshooting skills, attention to detail, and ability to work collaboratively across technical and business team
- s.Familiarity with legal technology cloud services, such as document management systems, case management software, and e-discovery tools, is highly desirabl
- e.Client service driven with a solution driven mindse
- t.Understanding of cybersecurity best practices and relevant legal compliance requirement
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Measures of Succ
- essAzure-hosted systems achieve high availability and performance for mission-critical legal applicatio
- ns.Cloud security controls remain strong, with successful audit outcomes and no material configuration-related inciden
- ts.Disaster recovery capabilities are tested and meet defined recovery objectiv
- es.Cloud infrastructure is cost-optimized and operates within approved budget paramete
- rs.The Azure environment reliably supports firm growth, legal technology platforms, and innovation initiativ
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