Senior Cloud Engineer

DescriptionKforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer. This position offers hybrid work flexibility, requiring three days per week in Arlington, VA, with occasional travel for meetings, training sessions, and conferences.Summary:Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer with a focus on Microsoft 365/Entra to join its diverse and talented group. The Senior Cloud Engineer manages and optimizes the organization's Microsoft 365 and Entra ID tenants, with primary responsibility for Exchange Online, identity, security, and collaboration services. This position reports to the Director of IT Infrastructure Operations.Responsibilities:* Design, configure, and administer Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Copilot, and related security/compliance features* Administer and harden Entra ID (Azure AD), including conditional access, identity protection, app registrations, and role-based access control* Own Exchange Online configuration: mail flow, transport rules, connectors, policies, hybrid connectivity, and advanced troubleshooting of mail delivery issues* Investigate incidents, identify patterns, and develop detection queries and reports leveraging Microsoft 365 Defender, Purview, and Log Analytics* Collaborate with security and networking teams to implement and maintain security baselines, DLP, retention, eDiscovery, and auditing across the M365 environment* Develop and maintain automation, scripts, and integrations to streamline administration, reporting, and provisioning* Contribute to CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub) for Microsoft 365 configuration and related workloads* Work with containerized and cloud workloads (e.g., Kubernetes) where they integrate with M365/Entra for identity, security, or application access* Lead complex incident response and root-cause analysis for M365 and identity-related outages and security eventsRequirements* To be considered for this position, candidates must have experience in a similar role, or they must possess significant knowledge, experience, and abilities to successfully perform the responsibilities listed* Relevant education and/or training will be considered a plusJob TypeDirect HireCompensation140000 - $170000