Cloud Engineer

Role OverviewAs an Azure Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the firm's Microsoft Azure cloud environment. You will play a key role in ensuring high availability, security, and performance of legal applications and infrastructure, enabling the firm's ongoing growth and operational excellence.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign, deploy, and manage the firm's Azure cloud infrastructure, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.Integrate Azure with on-premises systems and legal applications in a hybrid cloud environment.Administer Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), including identity governance, access controls, and security configurations.Implement cloud security controls aligned with industry standards and legal compliance.Support Azure Virtual Machines, networking, storage, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.Automate infrastructure deployment and management using Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, ARM, or Bicep, along with scripting languages like PowerShell and Azure CLI.Monitor performance, optimize costs, and ensure system availability with Azure management tools.Support cloud-hosted legal platforms, ensuring high availability of document management, practice management, and financial systems.Collaborate with security and IT teams to maintain secure, compliant operations.Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and business continuity efforts.Assist with vendor coordination, cloud governance, and client security audits.Engineer and support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) workloads in Azure, including patching, hardening, and performance tuning.RequirementsBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.7+ years of experience supporting large-scale infrastructure and cloud environments.Proven expertise in Azure architecture (compute, networking, identity, governance).Hands-on experience managing hybrid cloud environments, integrating on-premises systems with Azure.Relevant professional certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty) preferred.Strong security experience, especially in regulated or professional services environments.Familiarity with monitoring, performance optimization, and Azure cost management tools.Excellent troubleshooting skills and collaborative mindset.Nice-to-Have QualificationsExperience with Citrix to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) migrations or VMware to Azure migrations.Knowledge of legal technology cloud services such as document management and e-discovery platforms.Experience supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) workloads in Azure.