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# Cloud Architect

- **Company:** RED SHIFT RECRUITING LLC
- **Location:** Albany, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $165,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Performance Management, Microsoft Azure, Backup Devices, Bash Shell, Microsoft Online Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Collaborative Software, Data Centers, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Domain Name System (DNS), Multi-Factor Authentication, Hyper-V, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Network Security, Log Analysis, Windows PowerShell, Role-Based Access Control, Zero Trust Network Access, Microsoft SharePoint, Single Sign-On, Systems Integration, Virtual Machines, Software Vulnerability Management, Azure Automation, Computer Networking Systems, Enterprise Software Applications, Load Balancing, Cloud Platform System, Cloud Monitoring, IT Architecture, Bicep, Cloud Migration, Terraform, Block Storage, Azure Resource Manager, Vmware
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us9f6f8f8ba6c21840e9fc1a55a08e7375/eaa

## About the Role

* 4+ years of in-depth Azure infrastructure experience, including virtual machines, enterprise file and block storage, load balancing, and backup and recovery
 * Strong networking knowledge: virtual networks, VPN and private connectivity, network security groups, application gateways, and DNS
 * Infrastructure-as-code skills with tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, and Bicep
 * Understanding of cloud security practices, including Entra ID, RBAC, managed identities, and key management
 * Scripting and automation skills in PowerShell, Python, or Bash
 * Experience with Azure monitoring and security tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Sentinel
 * Experience with enterprise application workloads in Azure is a plus
 * Azure certifications, such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator Associate, are highly desirable

## Description

Our client is looking for a senior technologist to serve as the go-to authority for identity and cloud architecture across both its data center and cloud environments. You'll shape how the company manages user access, hosts applications, and protects its systems, and you'll set the technical direction for a modern, secure, and resilient Microsoft-centered infrastructure. This role combines hands-on engineering with strategy and leadership, and it works closely with infrastructure, security, application, and business partners.
What You'll Be Doing
Identity and Access

 * Building and maintaining enterprise identity solutions that span on-premises directories and cloud identity services
 * Managing identity synchronization, federation, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and conditional access
 * Defining approaches for identity lifecycle, role-based access, and privileged access
 * Leading identity modernization, directory consolidation, and migration projects
 * Maintaining directory infrastructure, including domains, trusts, group policy, DNS, DHCP, and certificate services, with strong high-availability and recovery plans

Cloud and Infrastructure Architecture

 * Designing secure, scalable, cost-conscious Azure solutions, and setting cloud adoption strategy, reference architectures, and roadmaps
 * Supporting enterprise application hosting and cloud modernization
 * Designing infrastructure across Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, storage, networking, and data center technologies, including backup and disaster recovery
 * Integrating cloud and on-premises systems and setting standards for automation and infrastructure as code

Collaboration Platforms

 * Architecting Microsoft 365 services such as Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive, along with hybrid mail flow
 * Making sure collaboration tools integrate cleanly with identity services

Security, Automation, and Leadership

 * Applying Zero Trust principles and partnering with security teams on compliance, audits, and vulnerability remediation
 * Building automation with PowerShell, Azure Automation, and Microsoft Graph, and improving monitoring and reporting
 * Acting as technical lead, mentoring engineers and administrators, and advising on strategic initiatives, including acquisitions