Cloud & Azure System Administrator

As a member of the infrastructure team, the Cloud & Azure Systems Administrator manages and optimizes St. Dominic’s Family Services’ Azure and hybrid infrastructure to ensure secure, reliable, and high-performing systems. This role oversees identity and access management, virtualization, networking, and Microsoft cloud services that support clinical, residential, educational, and administrative operations. The position ensures compliance with HIPAA and other regulatory standards governing protected health information.

The Cloud & Azure System Administrator manages and optimizes Azure infrastructure including virtual machines, storage, App Services, and networking, while maintaining the Azure governance framework, monitoring, and performance insights. This role administers Azure AD/Entra , including Conditional Access, RBAC, PIM, MFA, SSPR, application authentication, and lifecycle management, while monitoring login anomalies and enforcing Zero-Trust principles. In collaboration with the Cybersecurity team, the position supports HIPAA-aligned security safeguards for ePHI workloads, manages Defender for Cloud, vulnerability remediation, patch compliance, and supports security incident investigations and SIEM alert response.

The role also supports hybrid infrastructure integration, backup and disaster recovery, automation using Azure Automation and Power Shell, vendor coordination, documentation, and knowledge sharing.

Required Skills &

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent certifications and experience
• 3–5+ years administering Azure and/or Windows Server environments.
• Azure AD/Entra  experience including identity governance.
• Knowledge of Azure networking (VNets, NSG, Firewall, Private Link).
• Strong skills in Power Shell scripting and automation.
• Experience with Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Azure Monitor, Backup, and ASR.
• Strong documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred

Certifications:

• AZ-500:
  Azure Security Engineer Associate
• ITIL v4 Foundations
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to interact and complete assignments in a manner sensitive to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• May be required to lift up to 25 pounds or more.
• Required to commute to other agency locations as needed.