crete-professionals-alliance - IT Systems Engineer, Firm Operations
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Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or equivalent experience. • 5–8+ years engineering global enterprise IT environments with strong focus on Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and Azure. • Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining reliable, scalable cloud systems. • Experience supporting CPA/professional services applications and operations. • Strong communication, leadership, and project management skills • Experience with technology integration projects within high-growth platform companies. • Microsoft certifications (AZ-104, MS-102, SC-300/400, AZ-305, or equivalent). • ITIL certification and/or experience with mature ITSM processes. • Experience implementing Zero Trust, cloud governance, and automation frameworks. • Background in hybrid and cloud-only modernization initiatives.
Responsibilities
• IT Operations & Enterprise Support • Provide support to local firm IT operations including service desk, endpoint management, patching, monitoring, and incident response. • Ensure consistent support for tax, audit, workflow, and document applications commonly used by CPA firms. • Maintain ITIL-aligned processes that enhance reliability, uptime, and partner-firm satisfaction. • Ensure system uptime, performance, and reliability by proactively monitoring and resolving issues before they impact operations. • Assist firms with life cycling technology assets and implementing industry leading solutions such as cloud-based platforms, LAN/WAN infrastructure, firewalls/VPN’s, and backup systems • M&A Integrations • Assist with the execution of IT integration playbooks, ensuring smooth technology alignment and rapid adoption of corporate standards. • Assess acquired firm infrastructure, identity, and application landscapes to design structured and relevant technology roadmaps. • Coordinate cross-functionally on projects, timelines, communications, and resource allocations. • Systems & Infrastructure • Lead the configuration, optimization, and governance of Microsoft 365, Active Directory, Azure AD, Intune/Endpoint Manager, and related enterprise services. • Assist firms with maintenance, configuration, and support of on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-based systems including servers, virtualization platforms, storage, identity management, and endpoint management tools. • Ensure a modern, seamless end-user experience across all partner firms through standardization, automation, and proactive monitoring. • Support access management using Microsoft Entra ID, including Conditional Access, MFA, SSO integrations, identity governance, and privileged identity management. • Maintain secure, scalable identity architecture that supports cross-firm collaboration and onboarding of acquired or partner entities. • Manage and optimize Azure services including compute, storage, networking, virtual desktops, security services, and hybrid-cloud integrations. • Design and maintain scalable infrastructure architectures aligned with best practices in availability, performance, and cost management. • Maintain Azure governance, resource organization, policies, and automation frameworks for consistent standards across partner firms. • Support the implementation and management of modern security platforms including Microsoft Defender XDR, Intune, and other security-related tools. • Ensure all systems adhere to firm, client, and industry regulatory requirements relevant to CPA and professional services. • Contribute to the development of technology standards, cloud strategy, and long-term infrastructure roadmaps. • Work closely with partner firms and business leaders to align technology with organizational goals and operational needs.
Benefits
• Estimated Base Salary $130K – $156K • Offers Bonus • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • Provide your full mailing address INCLUDING city, state and zip code. Applications missing this information WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. • or drag and drop here • Decline to self-identify • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. • White • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. • Black or African American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. • Asian • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. • American Indian or Alaska Native • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races. • Two or More Races • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) • I identify as one or more of the classifications of protected veteran listed above • I am not a protected veteran
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