Ardent
Senior Microsoft Cloud Engineer
Washington, D.C · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$53k-$800kDetected 1 day ago
PowerShelliOSAzureCloud PlatformsData VisualizationCybersecurityMicrosoft SentinelMicrosoft DefenderIncident ResponseForecastingBudgetingZero TrustLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMicrosoft TeamsSharePoint
About the role
- Ardent is seeking a Senior Microsoft Cloud Engineer to join our team.
- This is a hybrid position in Washington, DC.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, operate, and optimize Microsoft 365, Azure, and Microsoft Security services to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Implement and maintain cloud security controls aligned with NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-207 (Zero Trust Architecture), and FedRAMP Moderate requirements.
- Manage and support Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, and related Microsoft 365 collaboration services.
- Configure and manage Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Purview, and related security platforms to support threat protection, data governance, information protection, and incident response readiness.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, training materials, standard operating procedures, and change management records.
- Support audits, assessments, compliance reviews, and security posture improvement initiatives.
- Implement automated reporting and dashboard solutions using Power BI and other Microsoft technologies.
- Configure Azure budgeting, monitoring, alerting, and forecasting capabilities to support cost management objectives.
- Develop and maintain incident response and disaster recovery playbooks aligned with organizational continuity requirements.
- If you want to build something meaningful, while enjoying the kind of flexibility and support that you need to do your best work - Ardent is where your next mission begins.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience supporting enterprise Microsoft cloud environments.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience serving in a senior engineering, architecture, or technical leadership capacity.
- Experience designing, implementing, operating, and optimizing Microsoft cloud services in large enterprise environments.
- Experience implementing cloud security architectures aligned with NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-207, and FedRAMP Moderate requirements.
- Experience managing Windows, macOS, and iOS devices using Microsoft Intune.
- Experience supporting Autopilot deployments, endpoint compliance, software delivery, and device management for large enterprise environments.
- Advanced experience with identity and access management, including Conditional Access, privileged access management, MFA, FIDO authentication, and least-privilege access models.
- Experience supporting Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, and related Microsoft workloads.
- Experience configuring and supporting Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Purview, and related security technologies.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting federal government environments.
- Experience supporting Zero Trust initiatives and enterprise cloud modernization efforts.
- Experience supporting FedRAMP Moderate environments.
- Experience with Microsoft Sentinel data ingestion, monitoring, and reporting.
- Experience supporting enterprise environments with 700+ endpoints.
- Experience with Power BI reporting, cloud cost management, and operational analytics.
- Due to the nature of the work we support, all candidates in consideration for this role must be willing to undergo the government issued background investigation process.
- We highly encourage all Veterans and those with disabilities to apply.
Compensation
- We will not discriminate in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gend
Benefits
- Manage data sources feeding Microsoft Sentinel and support health reporting and alerting on ingest log data quality.
- Develop reporting related to system health, compliance, utilization, and cloud spending forecasts.
Company info
- At Ardent, we hire people who want more than a job - they want to serve a mission that matters.
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