Network/Cloud Infrastructure Security Engineer

Position Overview

CFGI is seeking a full-time Network/Cloud Infrastructure Security Engineer to join its corporate Information Technology department, reporting to the Director of Information Technology. This hands-on role owns the identity, access, and cloud foundations behind more than 1,400 users across domestic and international offices, including Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, GitHub, Linear, Jira, and other business-critical applications.

As a professional services firm entrusted with sensitive client financial data, CFGI must meet the security expectations of public companies, private equity sponsors, and auditors, and this role turns those expectations into practical, well-documented controls. The engineer is the primary resource for Identity and Access Management (“IAM”) and infrastructure requests from product development, an escalation point for the IT team, and a partner to IT Service Management and functions across the firm.

Core Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure and Architecture

• Design, build, and maintain secure Azure environments, including landing zones, subscription structure, networking, and resource governance.
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code (Terraform, Bicep) and Azure Policy to keep cloud environments consistent, governed, and auditable.
• Plan and execute tenant, domain, and workload migrations, including Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant moves related to acquisitions and expansion.
• Maintain backup and disaster recovery for critical systems, and plan for future multi-cloud expansion, such as AWS.

Identity and Access Management

• Administer and improve Microsoft Entra ID, including Conditional Access, MFA and passwordless authentication, identity protection, and least-privilege RBAC across Azure and Microsoft 365.
• Create and manage Entra ID enterprise applications and app registrations, including SAML/OIDC SSO, SCIM provisioning, API permissions and admin consent, app owners, and certificate and secret expiration.
• Manage identity and access for GitHub, Linear, and Jira, including Entra ID SSO, SCIM provisioning, team and project permissions, access reviews, and timely offboarding.
• Enforce GitHub security best practices, including branch protection, required reviews, secret scanning, OIDC federation from GitHub Actions to Azure, and audit log streaming to Microsoft Sentinel.
• Serve as the primary contact for IAM requests from product development and an escalation point for the IT team on infrastructure and IAM tickets, tracked through Zoho ServiceDesk.
• Manage guest and external access for client collaboration in Teams and SharePoint, balancing productivity with confidentiality.

Security and Data Protection

• Design and improve security controls across Microsoft Defender and Defender for Cloud, and remediate posture findings using Microsoft Secure Score and CIS Benchmarks.
• Manage Microsoft Sentinel data connectors and detection rules, and lead incident response for cloud and identity threats alongside the Director of IT and the firm’s managed 24/7 SOC provider.
• Secure email, web, and SaaS access through Exchange Online, Mimecast, and Zscaler policy design.
• Create and manage Azure Key Vaults, including RBAC-based access, managed identity integration, and rotation and expiration monitoring for secrets, certificates, and keys.
• Design SharePoint and OneDrive permissions, Multi-Geo data residency, and Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels, DLP, and retention policies.

Automation and Integration

• Automate administrative and security tasks using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, Python, and the Azure CLI.
• Build workflow automations with Power Automate, Logic Apps, and REST APIs across IT and business platforms.
• Ensure AI tools and integrations meet CFGI’s identity, data, and security standards.

Compliance and Client Assurance

• Provide architecture documentation and technical evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and client-driven security reviews.
• Support responses to client security questionnaires and due diligence requests on cloud, identity, and data protection controls.
• Evaluate the security of new vendors and SaaS applications before they are connected to CFGI’s identity provider or data.

Documentation and Knowledge Transfer

• Maintain architecture diagrams, standards, runbooks, and change records, following change management practices for all environments this role owns.
• Train IT Specialists on identity, Intune, and cloud administration.

Qualifications

What you must have

• 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, systems engineering, identity, or security engineering.
• Experience administering and engineering Microsoft 365 and Azure environments, including at least 2 years of hands-on experience.
• Working knowledge of information security control frameworks.

What sets you apart

• Experience engineering identity and access controls, including conditional access, multifactor authentication, privileged identity management, role-based access, enterprise application integration, and hybrid identity.
• Experience administering cloud infrastructure, including networking, compute, storage, and resource governance.
• Experience administering source-code hosting organizations, including single sign-on, automated provisioning, team-based permissions, branch protection, secret scanning, and secure credential handling for CI/CD workflows.
• Proficiency in administrative scripting and API-based automation.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and version control.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, including enterprise applications, app registrations, Active Directory, and Entra Connect / Cloud Sync.
• Experience administering GitHub organizations and securing GitHub Actions.
• Proficiency with PowerShell and Microsoft Graph.
• Experience with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM, and Git.
• Working knowledge of frameworks such as CIS, NIST CSF, SOC 2, or ISO 27001.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Nice to have

• Certifications such as Microsoft SC-300, AZ-104, AZ-500, AZ-305, GitHub Administration, or AWS Solutions Architect – Associate.
• Working knowledge of AWS, including IAM, IAM Identity Center federation with Entra ID, AWS Organizations, and core security services such as CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and Security Hub.
• Experience administering Jira, including Atlassian Guard, or Linear.
• Experience in professional services, accounting, or financial services, including supporting client audits and security questionnaires.

Additional Information

Location

• Primarily remote, with in-person work when required.
• Eastern Time Zone, in the Northeast or Southeast US.
• Occasional travel for projects or company events.