About the Role

We are seeking a Lead Azure Engineer to drive two connected missions: the consolidation of Forgent's Azure environments into a single enterprise-scale cloud platform, and the day-to-day ownership of on-premises infrastructure across all sites. This is a hybrid cloud and infrastructure engineering role — you will own the full stack from physical servers and Hyper-V environments through to Azure landing zones and governance.

You will play a critical role in building a secure, scalable, and cost-efficient Azure foundation that supports long-term growth, while simultaneously maintaining and modernizing the on-premises infrastructure that powers Forgent's manufacturing and operations sites.

What You'll Do

Azure Tenant Consolidation & Platform

•      Lead consolidation of multiple Azure tenants, subscriptions, and environments into a unified enterprise Azure platform

•      Design and implement Azure landing zones, subscription models, and resource organization strategies

•      Standardize and optimize:

◦      Networking (VNets, peering, hybrid connectivity)

◦      Compute and storage services

◦      Disaster recovery and high availability architectures

•      Drive cost optimization initiatives:

◦      Rightsizing resources and eliminating redundant environments

◦      Reserved instances and savings plans

•      Implement and enforce Azure governance: Azure Policy, RBAC, tagging standards, and cost controls

•      Lead identity integration using Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), including cross-tenant trust and access models

•      Partner with security teams to implement Zero Trust architecture and compliance controls

•      Provide technical leadership, roadmap planning, and executive-level updates

On-Premises Infrastructure

•      Own and manage Hyper-V environments across all Forgent sites

•      Manage physical server infrastructure including Dell PowerEdge servers — hardware lifecycle, rack and stack, capacity planning

•      Maintain Active Directory (on-prem) site health, replication, and DNS/DHCP across all sites

•      Manage Azure DNS and on-prem Windows DNS for all entities

•      Maintain and operate Synology NAS and backup tooling across the environment

•      Build and maintain a server golden image pipeline for standardized OS deployments

Security & Patching

•      Deploy and manage Defender for Servers P2 across all Arc-onboarded on-premises servers

•      Implement Azure Arc to extend Azure governance, policy, and Defender coverage to on-prem infrastructure

•      Implement Azure Update Manager for unified patch management across Azure VMs and Arc-enabled servers

•      Define and maintain patch cadence, compliance reporting, and maintenance windows across all entities

Backup & Resilience

•      Define and execute a unified backup strategy across Azure VMs, on-prem servers, and NAS

•      Configure recovery vaults, retention policies, and offsite replication

•      Define and validate RTOs and RPOs per entity and workload tier

•      Ensure disaster recovery and high availability architectures are documented and tested

What You Bring

Required

•      7+ years of experience in Azure cloud engineering and infrastructure

•      Proven experience consolidating Azure tenants, subscriptions, or large-scale environments

•      Deep expertise in Azure networking — VNet design, VPN/ExpressRoute, segmentation

•      Strong experience with Azure compute, storage, and platform services

•      Hands-on experience with Azure governance — Policy, RBAC, management groups

•      Experience managing on-premises Windows Server environments including Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP

•      Experience with Hyper-V in a multi-site or multi-entity environment

•      Strong experience with cloud cost optimization and financial governance (FinOps)

•      Experience with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) for identity and access management

•      Ability to lead complex, multi-team cloud and infrastructure transformation efforts

Nice to Have

•      Experience with M&A or multi-entity environment consolidation

•      Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code — Terraform, Bicep, ARM

•      Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and observability platforms

•      Experience with Azure Arc and Azure Update Manager

•      Experience with Defender for Servers and Microsoft Defender for Cloud

•      Knowledge of hybrid environments — on-prem to Azure transition

•      Microsoft Azure certifications — Solutions Architect, Security, Network