Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Magna Legal Services is a nationwide provider of legal support services for law firms, corporations, insurance carriers, and government agencies. The company is seeking a senior cloud solutions architect and hands-on systems engineer to design, build, secure, govern, and optimize its Azure environment while partnering with development, infrastructure, and business teams on cloud architectures and operations.
Responsibilities
- Architect and build secure, cost-effective cloud solutions on Azure to meet business and application requirements across Magna
- Own the governance, configuration, security, and stability of the Azure environment — manage and monitor cloud costs, services, and hybrid infrastructure
- Partner with enterprise development teams to design and implement cloud-native and hybrid application architectures (IaaS, PaaS, containers, serverless)
- Partner with the general infrastructure team on identity, networking, directory services, and hybrid connectivity between on-premises and Azure
- Work with IT leadership and business units to understand requirements, and develop and execute plans to implement and deploy responsive solutions
- Track upcoming changes to the platform and plan how to absorb them without operational interruption
- Monitor and communicate service performance to stakeholders; make sure delivery meets business requirements and SLAs
- Champion the adoption of Microsoft 365 and Azure services where they genuinely help the business, and help train and develop the IT staff who support them
- Create and maintain policies and documentation for the proper use of Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, and other cloud services
- Collaborate with networking, security, support, and application teams to resolve issues effectively
- Document changes using change management best practices
- Maintain a highly secure environment through proper configuration and access monitoring
- Keep up to date with evolving Azure and Microsoft 365 technologies
Skills
- 8+ years designing, supporting, deploying, and evolving technology platforms and infrastructure in a highly distributed enterprise environment
- 8+ years of Microsoft Windows Server administration experience
- 5+ years of experience with Microsoft 365 in an environment of 700+ users
- 3+ years designing, deploying, and supporting Azure, including mission-critical and highly secure workloads
- Deep knowledge of the Microsoft cloud ecosystem — Azure Storage, App Services, Azure Networking, Containers, Data Services, Defender for Cloud, and Entra ID
- Deep knowledge of Active Directory, Configuration Manager, networking, DNS, Hyper-V, clustering, and GPOs
- Experience managing directory sync into Azure AD, migration to Azure AD, and hybrid coupling with Azure AD Domain Services
- Advanced PowerShell skills for managing Azure and Microsoft 365 at scale
- Excellent written and verbal communication — you'll be translating between business needs, developers, and infrastructure
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Sciences or a similar field, or equivalent experience and/or certifications
- MCSE, Microsoft 365, Azure (IaaS/PaaS), or equivalent cloud certifications
- Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (ARM/Bicep/Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with containerized (AKS) or serverless (Azure Functions) architectures
- Experience with Azure Landing Zones or similar governance/subscription design work
- Experience with data security standards and regulations relevant to the legal industry
- Experience in a legal or regulated business environment, including handling highly secure and confidential client data
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