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# Azure Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** Clark Davis Associates
- **Location:** Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Online Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Monitoring of Systems, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Log Analysis, Windows Servers, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Windows PowerShell, Microsoft SharePoint, Software Engineering, Microsoft InTune, Bicep, CIS Benchmarks, Cloud Optimization, Terraform
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.nettemps.com/us/en/W47EF94684BD6E82A07.ntap

## About the Role

* Minimum 5 years experience designing cloud architecture and contributing to cloud strategy and standards.
 * Experience designing and supporting Azure infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, and identity).
 * Experience using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and related tools to monitor and troubleshoot platform health.
 * Experience implementing governance and compliance controls using Azure Policy and related standards.
 * Familiarity with best practices for securing cloud infrastructure and applications.
 * Experience administering Entra ID, including Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and passwordless authentication (FIDO2/YubiKey).
 * Experience delivering infrastructure as code using Bicep, Terraform, or equivalent tools.
 * Proficiency with PowerShell Scripting and automation, including Microsoft Graph SDK.
 * Strong Windows Server administration skills and experience supporting hybrid environments.
 * Experience administering Active Directory and Group Policy in an enterprise environment.
 * Experience supporting Microsoft 365 services such as Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, and Intune.

## Description

* Design and architect end-to-end Azure infrastructure solutions aligned with business, security and technical requirements.
 * Lead cloud deployment initiatives, and work with the Director of Information Security to secure applications on Azure and other cloud platforms.
 * Assist in the development and enforcement of cloud architecture standards, governance frameworks, and best practices.
 * Collaborate with infrastructure, endpoint, security, and software engineering teams to ensure scalable and secure infrastructure design and compliance of cloud infrastructure systems.
 * Optimize cloud environments for cost, performance, scalability, and reliability.
 * Work with infrastructure engineers to implement and secure cloud networking solutions including VNets, VPNs, ExpressRoute, and hybrid connectivity.
 * Implement and maintain monitoring and observability across the Azure estate using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, diagnostic settings, workbooks, and action groups; tune alerting for platform health, performance, capacity, and cost.
 * Work with the Director of Security to define and deploy Azure Policy and other initiatives to enforce governance, security baselines, resource tagging, and regulatory compliance; author custom policies and remediation tasks where built-in definitions fall short.