Sr microsoft cloud engineer

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About the Role

A Senior Cloud Engineer leads the planning, execution, and delivery of Microsoft cloud solutions across Azure, M365, and related technologies for small and mid-sized businesses. Our practice delivers these engagements on behalf of MSP and reseller partners, often white label, while the partner keeps the customer relationship. This role combines deep technical engineering expertise with strong project leadership, ensuring cloud initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with customer and business objectives. The Senior Cloud Engineer work directly with clients and partners, manage technical workstreams, guide engineering teams, and ensure that deployed solutions meet quality, security, and operational standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, implementation, testing, and delivery of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud projects.
• Configure, deploy, and troubleshoot Azure, SharePoint, Teams, Intune, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Entra ID solutions.
• Implement Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio agents, and GitHub Copilot based on customer needs.
• Gather requirements, define technical scope, manage milestones, and coordinate project deliverables.
• Develop and maintain Statements of Work (SOWs), project plans, runbooks, deployment guides, and technical documentation.
• Provide hands-on engineering support and resolve complex technical issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with architects, project managers, engineers, MSP partners, and customers to ensure successful delivery.
• Apply Microsoft security, governance, compliance, and operational best practices.
• Deliver right-sized solutions that align with SMB budgets, staffing, and business requirements.
• Contribute to engineering standards, technical best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Microsoft Cloud Engineer, Systems Engineer, Cloud Project Engineer, or in a related technical role.
• Required MSP or IT consulting experience delivering Microsoft cloud projects across multiple customer environments.
• Proven success delivering cloud projects for small and mid-sized businesses within defined scope, timelines, and budgets.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, Microsoft Defender, identity management, and cloud security.
• Experience with cloud project planning, requirements gathering, technical implementation, testing, and operational handoff.
• Ability to create and execute Statements of Work (SOWs), project plans, runbooks, and technical documentation.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, project coordination, and risk management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including customer-facing technical discussions and stakeholder updates.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with distributed engineering and project teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Hands-on experience configuring Microsoft Purview, including data loss prevention (DLP), sensitivity labels, retention policies, and eDiscovery.
• Experience deploying Microsoft Sentinel, including data connectors, analytics rules, and automation.
• Experience implementing Microsoft 365 Copilot and developing AI agents using Copilot Studio.
• Experience deploying and configuring GitHub and GitHub Copilot for customer organizations.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, cloud governance, and hybrid cloud architecture.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall project delivery methodologies.
• Experience supporting compliance requirements such as HIPAA and CMMC.
• Microsoft Azure or Microsoft 365 certifications, such as Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), or Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert (MS-102).

What Success Looks Like

• Microsoft cloud projects delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with customer requirements.
• Secure, supportable, and cost-effective solutions tailored to SMB environments.
• High-quality technical documentation and smooth operational transitions.
• Strong customer and partner relationships built through reliable technical delivery.
• Continuous improvement in cloud engineering standards, security, and delivery quality.

Why Join Ingram Micro?

Help small and mid-sized businesses modernize their cloud environments through innovative Microsoft technologies. At Ingram Micro, you’ll combine hands-on engineering, project leadership, and emerging AI capabilities to deliver meaningful customer outcomes while expanding your cloud expertise.

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $121,300.00 - $206,200.00 per year.

The ranges above reflect the potential annual base pay across the U.S. for all roles; the applicable base pay range will depend on the candidate’s primary work location, pay grade, and variable compensation plan. Individual base pay within each range depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time of hire. New hires starting base pay generally falls in the bottom half (between the minimum and midpoint) of a pay range.

At Ingram Micro certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus or sales incentives and long-term incentives. These awards are allocated based on position level and individual performance. U.S.-based employees have access to healthcare benefits, paid time off, parental leave, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and wellbeing benefits, among others.

This is not a complete listing of the job duties. It’s a representation of the things you will be doing, and you may not perform all these duties.

Please be prepared to pass a drug test and successfully pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check.

Ingram Micro Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.