Staff Engineer - Microsoft 365

Role Summary

Staff Engineer – Microsoft Platform to support the design and creation of cloud-based products and services, defining and designing the cloud platform including cloud automation tools, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, and Azure subscription provisioning automation. Works with application support teams to redefine interfaces between Microsoft platform products and application installation and configuration processes.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Azure Landing Zone Greenfield Deployment: Architect, deploy, and optimize new Azure Landing Zones to establish secure, scalable, and compliant cloud environments from the ground up.
• GitHub CI/CD Pipelines: Design, implement, and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using GitHub Actions to streamline application delivery and infrastructure automation.
• M365 Governance via Code and 3rd Party Governance Tools: Develop and enforce Microsoft 365 governance policies using infrastructure-as-code approaches and integrate third-party governance solutions to ensure compliance, security, and operational efficiency.
• Entra ID Management via Code: Automate the management of Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) resources and policies using code-based solutions to enhance identity lifecycle management, access controls, and security posture.

Responsibilities (continued)

• Product Strategy & Roadmap (Product-Centric Focus): Assist in the development of technical solutions to complex problems which require ingenuity and creativity.
• Product Development & Delivery (Agile/Product Team Support): Participate in end-to-end development processes from ideation through CI/CD, security scanning, and production monitoring; implement improvements to processes and development procedures; apply long-term strategies on specific projects; participate in major initiatives or programs and lead small to medium size standard projects.
• Stakeholder Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product and Business stakeholders to prioritize features and set technical or business objectives; act as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects.
• Operational Excellence, Quality & Compliance: Document infrastructure and runbooks, lead incident response, root cause analysis, and resolution for critical system issues.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as the SME for assigned capabilities, providing technical leadership and guidance.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 7 years of related experience; or Associate’s degree with 9 years of experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Technical certification may be required.
• Experience: At least 5 years of experience in cloud infrastructure in a highly available and production environment; experience in a SOX and FDA regulated environment is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure services related to hosting (Azure Virtual Machines, Azure SQL Database, Azure Automation, Azure Active Directory, etc.).
• Intermediate knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, especially Terraform.

Education

• As listed above in Qualifications.

Additional Requirements

• No supervisory responsibilities.