Azure Cloud Engineer

WHO WE ARE

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. Our members provide electricity for more than 250 million Americans and operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. As a whole, the electric power industry supports more than 7 million jobs in communities across the United States. In addition to our U.S. members, EEI has more than 50 international electric companies as International Members, and hundreds of industry suppliers and related organizations as Associate Members.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AZURE CLOUD ENGINEER

The Azure Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the organization’s cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure. This role will also manage the Office 365 environment, including Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, and security/compliance configurations. In addition, the engineer will oversee the enterprise network infrastructure—ensuring reliable performance, security, and connectivity across firewalls, routers, and switches.

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in Azure cloud services, modern networking, and Microsoft 365 administration, with a focus on operational excellence, security, and scalability.

Other important responsibilities of the Azure Cloud Engineer, include:

Cloud Infrastructure (Azure):

• Design, deploy, and manage Azure IaaS and PaaS resources, including virtual machines, storage, networking, and Azure Active Directory.

• Implement and maintain Azure governance, security, and monitoring solutions (e.g., Azure Monitor, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel).

• Develop and maintain Azure automation scripts and templates using ARM, Bicep, or Terraform.

• Ensure cloud cost optimization, performance tuning, and adherence to best practices.

• Manage Azure backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity configurations.

• Experience with implementation of Copilot and MS Fabric desired

Office 365 Administration:

• Administer and support Office 365 services including Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams and Copilot.

• Manage user identity, access, and security through Azure AD and Conditional Access policies.

• Oversee compliance, retention, and security configurations within Microsoft Purview and Security & Compliance Center.

• Troubleshoot email flow, collaboration tools, and user access issues.

• Coordinate tenant updates, licensing, and feature rollouts.

Networking Infrastructure:

• Configure, maintain, and monitor enterprise firewalls, routers, and switches (e.g., Cisco Meraki, Palo Alto).

• Manage VPNs, VLANs, and network segmentation for secure, efficient connectivity.