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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