Lead Cloud Systems Engineer; Microsoft 365, AWS, Collaboration Tools

OVERVIEW

The Company

U.S. Financial Technology (U.S. Fin Tech) is seeking an experienced Lead Cloud Systems Engineer (Microsoft 365, AWS, Collaboration Tools) to join our team of talented professionals. This is a full-time remote opportunity.

U.S. Fin Tech built and operates the largest and most advanced mortgage securitization platform in the world, supporting the Uniform Mortgage‑Backed Security (UMBS) of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Supporting 70% of the mortgage‑backed securities in the market, U.S. Fin Tech provides best‑in‑class single‑family issuance, bond administration, disclosure, and tax services. We support a broad portfolio of products for our clients with full lifecycle management.

Our market‑leading, cloud‑based, end‑to‑end platform executes transactions on an extraordinary scale which has bolstered liquidity in the secondary mortgage market, one of the largest and most important financial markets in the world. Our unique approach to securitization combines the best minds in financial services with the know‑how, flexibility, and innovation of leading technologists.

Job Information

The Lead Cloud Systems Engineer (Microsoft 365, AWS, Collaboration Tools) is a strategic technical leader responsible for architecting, managing, and optimizing enterprise collaboration platform across Microsoft 365, AWS, integrated third‑party applications, and providing audio/visual technology solutions. This role ensures secure, scalable, and compliant communication and productivity solutions for the organization, while driving innovation within the collaboration space and end‑user enablement. The position partners with cross‑functional teams to deliver seamless collaboration experiences, enforce policy controls, and support enterprise‑wide initiatives including audits, patching, and software lifecycle management.

This is an important role for our business and presents an opportunity to implement and optimize the latest hardware and software solutions.

Must be able to travel into the headquartered Bethesda, MD office on an as needed basis. The preferred candidate is local to the DC, Maryland, Virgina area.

Key Job Functions

• Lead administration and lifecycle management of Microsoft 365 suite (Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, One Drive, Intune, etc.).
• Architect and implement Microsoft Teams Room A/V solutions for hybrid collaboration and executive townhalls.
• Manage integration of third‑party collaboration tools into the M365 and AWS ecosystems.
• Manage integration of AI tools withing the collaboration space of M365 and AWS ecosystems to include Microsoft Copilot, Security Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.
• Design and enforce Conditional Access policies.
• Manage Active Directory Groups and role‑based access controls across platforms.
• Support AWS‑hosted collaboration tools and services for users.
• Oversee & Support email system architecture, routing, and hygiene across hybrid environments.
• Oversee & Support Microsoft Teams architecture.
• Lead collaboration‑related audit responses and documentation for NIST, FHFA, Internal Audits, and Info Sec reviews.
• Manage M365 software lifecycle, including feature rollouts, license optimization, and change management.
• Maintain and enhance DLP policies, Purview governance, Conditional Access, Security Control, and Identity management.
• Maintain and enhance Intune Management, Intune MDM, Intune MAM, Compliance policies, configuration profiles, app deployment, security baselines.
• Benchmark and evaluate emerging collaboration technologies for continuous improvement.
• Supporting Windows Servers and Windows Desktops with increasing responsibilities administering client/server applications.
• Perform system monitoring verifying the integrity and availability of all server hardware and software, reviewing system and application logs.
• Implement and support infrastructure solutions such as collaboration tools – EFAX, B2B Integrations, Federation Services, Teams Rooms, Crestron Devices, UC Engines, Conference Room Cameras/Multi‑Display Setups.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2, RDS, S3, VPC. Supporting OS Windows & Linux servers.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer…