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Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

BlackFern RecruitmentNew York, NY🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 23, 2026

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeHybrid
LocationNew York, NY, United States
Posted18 hours ago
Microsoft OfficeTCP/IPActive DirectoryDNSPowerShellVaultZero TrustAzureWindows Server

Job description

Visa sponsorship or transfers is not available.

We re looking for a Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer to lead cloud projects for clients in co-managed IT environments. You'll design, deploy, and support Azure-based infrastructure while serving as an escalation point and technical mentor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will have strong experience designing and supporting Azure infrastructure and enterprise networks, along with a solid understanding of cloud security, identity, and modern infrastructure practices.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the primary technical resource for the Azure environment, including subscriptions, management groups, RBAC, Azure Policy, governance, tagging, and cost management.


Design, administer, and continuously improve core Azure services including virtual machines, storage, Key Vault, backup, disaster recovery, monitoring, and logging.


Support disaster recovery and business continuity planning, testing, and execution.


Manage hybrid infrastructure connecting on-premises systems with Azure and Microsoft 365, including Windows Server, Active Directory, and cloud identity services.


Lead cloud modernization initiatives and infrastructure migrations using established cloud architecture and landing-zone best practices.


Monitor infrastructure performance, availability, capacity, and overall health.


Design and maintain Azure networking environments, including VNets, peering, routing, hub-and-spoke architectures, and/or virtual WAN solutions.


Manage hybrid connectivity through VPN and/or dedicated network connections, including dynamic routing.

Qualifications

Experience with Microsoft Fabric is required.


Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and enterprise networking.


Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments and integrating on-premises infrastructure with Azure.


Strong understanding of Azure networking, security, identity, routing, DNS, and connectivity.


Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and cloud automation.


Proficiency with PowerShell and/or Azure CLI.


Working knowledge of Microsoft security technologies and Zero Trust concepts.


Experience working with managed service providers and third-party technology partners.

Skills and Experience:

Bachelor s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field,
or equivalent experience.
5+ years in infrastructure engineering, including 3+ years owning or operating production Azure
environments.


SME-level Azure networking experience: VNets, peering, UDRs, VPN/ExpressRoute, Azure
Firewall or NVAs, NSGs, Private Endpoints, and DNS.


Solid enterprise networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, routing (including BGP), subnetting, DNS,
firewalls, and VPN.


Working familiarity with Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Defender for Endpoint/Servers,
sufficient to support infrastructure remediation and collaborate with the Cybersecurity team.


Working understanding of Zero Trust principles and their application to Azure infrastructure,
networking, identity integrations, and workloads.

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