Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

Our client is a leading global law firm with a strong focus on technology, innovation, and professional services operations. The organization supports a complex international infrastructure spanning multiple offices, cloud environments, and business-critical applications. The infrastructure team is focused on higher-level initiatives, and many operational and administrative Azure tasks have fallen behind. He needs someone to help clean up and maintain the environment. This role will be responsible for routine Azure administration, environment cleanup initiatives, virtual machine and storage management, cost optimization efforts, infrastructure maintenance, and general operational support across the cloud environment. The environment supports approximately 200-250 servers across six Azure regions and multiple global office locations, including the United States, London, and Hong Kong.

This role can sit remotely near an office location: Charlotte NC, Chicago IL, Dallas TX, Houston TX, Los Angeles CA, Miami FL, New York NY, San Francisco CA, Silicon Valley CA, Washington DC; as there will be occasional days onsite each week preferably 2-3.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain Azure infrastructure resources (VMs, storage accounts, disks, resource groups, networking).
• Perform routine cleanup of unused or orphaned Azure resources, including disks, snapshots, and storage.
• Review and implement Azure Advisor recommendations for cost, performance, reliability, and security improvements.
• Create, modify, and monitor Azure Reservations and Savings Plans to optimize cloud costs.
• Monitor and validate Azure Backup, Recovery Services Vaults, and backup retention policies.
• Monitor and validate Azure Site Recovery (ASR) replication health and disaster recovery readiness.
• Manage VM snapshots and recovery points, including retention and cleanup activities.
• Configure and maintain Azure Monitor alerts, action groups, and notifications for critical infrastructure.
• Configure, maintain, and monitor Azure Automation runbooks and scheduled tasks.
• Review Azure Service Health and Resource Health events and escalate issues as needed.
• Maintain Azure resource tagging, governance, and operational standards.
• Produce operational reports covering backups, replication, cloud costs, reservations, and infrastructure health.
• Assist with basic troubleshooting of Azure infrastructure issues and coordinate with engineering teams when required. Maintain documentation for Azure operational procedures, monitoring, and disaster recovery processes

Compensation: $50/hr to $60/hr. Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including location, skills, experience, and education. Employees in this role will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one of employment, including options for medical, dental, and vision insurance. Eligibility to enroll in the 401(k) retirement plan begins after 90 days of employment. Additionally, employees in this role will have access to paid sick leave and other paid time off benefits as required under the applicable law of the worksite location.

Skills and Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on Azure infrastructure administration supporting production cloud environments.
• Strong scripting and automation experience with PowerShell & Azure CLI, including the ability to create scripts from scratch.
• Experience managing Azure Virtual Machines, Managed Disks, Storage Accounts, Resource Groups, and networking resources.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Backup, Recovery Services Vaults, backup monitoring, and disaster recovery operations.
• Experience administering and monitoring Azure Site Recovery (ASR), replication health, and DR readiness.
• Experience configuring and supporting Azure Monitor, alerts, action groups, and infrastructure monitoring solutions.
• Strong understanding of Azure cost optimization, including Azure Advisor recommendations, Reservations, Savings Plans, and resource cleanup activities.
• Proven operational support experience with troubleshooting, documentation, governance, tagging standards, and day-to-day cloud infrastructure maintenance.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].