Senior Exchange/365 Admin/Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Hi,

We have immediate requirement for Senior Exchange/365 Admin/Senior Azure Cloud Engineer role with one of our direct clients. (ONLY US Citizens or GC on W2) and local candidates.

Job title: Senior Exchange/365 Admin

Duration: Long term contract

Location: Philadelphia, PA 19122

Work Mode: 1st 90 days onsite; Hybrid, minimum 2 days in the office thereafter

Interview Schedule: 1st interview, 30min virtual; 2nd interview, 1hr virtual or in-person

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer to operate, enhance, and expand our existing Azure environment. This role will take ownership of day-to-day Azure infrastructure operations while driving improvements, supporting new projects, and making sound architectural decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain the existing Azure landing zone and subscription structure
• Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of Azure workloads
• Manage core services including networking, compute, storage, identity, and monitoring
• Serve as the primary Azure subject matter expert
• Design and implement new Azure infrastructure as business needs arise
• Extend and evolve the current landing zone architecture
• Lead infrastructure components of application deployments
• Evaluate new Azure services and recommend adoption where appropriate
• Make architectural decisions aligned with best practices and long-term scalability
• Partner with security teams on hardening initiatives
• Manage Azure networking including VNet peering, private endpoints, NSGs
• Automate operational tasks using PowerShell or Azure CLI
• Standardize deployment patterns and documentation
• Manage Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
• Implement proactive alerting and health monitoring
• Manage budgets, reservations, and cost reporting

Required Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of infrastructure experience
• 4+ years of hands-on Azure experience in production environments
• Experience operating and improving an existing Azure landing zone
• Strong Azure networking knowledge (VNet peering, VPN, Private Endpoints, NSGs)
• Experience with Azure Policy, RBAC, and governance frameworks
• Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform strongly preferred)
• Strong PowerShell or Azure CLI automation skills
• Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Monitor server performance, diagnostic tests, and failovers.
• Work with different teams to troubleshoot applications.
• Participating in disaster recovery exercises
• Administer and maintain hybrid identity solutions (Entra ID / Azure AD Connect) and cloud-only identity environments.
• Provide administration and policy management for Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, Teams and Intune.
• Experience with managing devices and policies in Intune.
• Lead Office 365 projects as primary contact for technical support.

If this opportunity aligns with your career interests, we kindly request you to share your updated resume along with your availability for a brief discussion to explore the role further.

Additionally, if you know of any professionals in your network who may be good fit, we would greatly appreciate your referrals.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to your response.

Have a nice day!

Thanks & Best Regards,

Venkat Eshwar

Sr Technical Recruiter

Venkat@diversitynexus.net

4365 Route 1 South Princeton NJ, 08540

www.diversitynexus.net

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