Senior Cloud Engineer

American Institutes for Research

Senior Cloud Engineer I leading design and administration in Microsoft cloud services at AIR. Collaborating to ensure cloud platforms are secure, resilient, and optimized.

Posted 5/18/2026full-timeRemote • California, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $164,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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 (if applicable), and advanced troubleshooting of mail delivery issues.
Use Kusto Query Language (KQL) in tools such as Microsoft 365 Defender, Purview, and Log Analytics to investigate incidents, identify patterns, and develop detection queries and reports.
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 using PowerShell and Microsoft Graph API 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 or security events.
Produce and maintain technical documentation, standards, runbooks, and architectural diagrams for Microsoft 365 and Entra services.
Mentor junior administrators and provide guidance on best practices, governance, and operational excellence.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline and at least 9 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with at least 7 years of relevant experience, or at least 15 years of relevant industry experience.
At least 5 years experience of hands‑on administration experience with Microsoft 365 and Entra ID in a mid‑ to large‑enterprise environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

AIR’s Total Rewards Program
Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools

Microsoft 365 administrationExchange OnlineSharePoint OnlineOneDriveTeamsKusto Query Language (KQL)PowerShellMicrosoft Graph APICI/CDinfrastructure-as-code

Soft Skills

collaborationmentoringincident responseroot-cause analysistechnical documentation