Employer: Motus Corporation Senior Cloud Engineer – Microsoft 365 & Azure Role Purpose The Senior Cloud Engineer – Microsoft 365 & Azure is accountable for the end-to-end engineering, stability, security, and optimization of the organization’s Microsoft cloud environments. The role provides senior-level technical leadership across Azure infrastructure and Microsoft 365 platforms, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned to enterprise governance standards. The position requires a strong blend of hands-on engineering capability, architectural oversight, operational discipline, and mentorship. Key Responsibilities 1. Azure Cloud Engineering & Operations - Design, deploy, configure, and maintain Azure infrastructure including virtual networks, virtual machines, storage accounts, backup, and recovery services. - Implement and maintain high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery architectures in Azure. - Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization across Azure subscriptions. - Monitor cloud environments using native and third-party tools, proactively identifying risks or degradation. - Act as the final escalation point for complex Azure-related incidents and lead root cause analysis. 2. Microsoft 365 Platform Engineering - Administer and optimise Microsoft 365 services including Entra ID (Azure AD), Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Intune etc.. - Design and enforce identity and access management controls including conditional access, MFA, and privileged access. - Maintain tenant-level configuration baselines, service health monitoring, and lifecycle management. - Support complex integrations and migrations involving Microsoft 365 workloads. 3. Security, Governance & Compliance - Implement and maintain cloud security best practices in alignment with organizational security policies. - Enforce least privilege access principles and privileged identity management controls. - Support security monitoring, audit readiness, and compliance reporting requirements. - Work closely with Information Security teams to remediate identified risks and vulnerabilities. - Ensure Security posture in Azure as well as O365 is consistent with Microsoft best practice recommendations. 4. Architecture, Standards & Documentation - Contribute to and maintain cloud architecture standards, patterns, and design documentation. - Review and approve cloud designs and changes to ensure alignment with enterprise standards. - Produce and maintain operational runbooks, technical documentation, and knowledge articles. 5. Automation & Infrastructure as Code - Design and implement automation using PowerShell, Azure Automation, Logic Apps, and Infrastructure as Code approaches. - Reduce manual effort and operational risk through repeatable, standardized automation. - Support CI/CD-aligned deployment practices where applicable. 6. Operational - Support service management processes including incident, change, and problem management. - Collaborate with network, security, application, and vendor teams to deliver integrated solutions. Skills & Competencies - Deep hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure (IaaS and PaaS). - Strong Microsoft 365 tenant administration and governance experience. - Advanced understanding of identity and access management. - Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills. - High standard of technical documentation and communication. Qualifications & Experience - Relevant IT qualification (Degree or Diploma) - Minimum of  3-5 years’ experience in enterprise cloud engineering roles. - Proven experience operating production Azure and Microsoft 365 environments. - Microsoft certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, or MS-102 are advantageous. Performance Expectations - Stable, secure, and well-governed cloud platforms with minimal unplanned outages. - Clear standards, documentation, and automation supporting operational efficiency. - Demonstrated technical leadership and contribution to continuous improvement initiatives.