Cloud engineer Jobs in Fullerton, CA

Job Description

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JOB SUMMARY:

This position is based on‑site and requires four days per week in the Brea office to support collaboration and business needs.

The Principal Microsoft Cloud Platform Engineer serves as the senior technical authority and platform owner for Envista's Microsoft cloud ecosystem. This role owns architecture, engineering, automation, governance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement for Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Azure, identity, collaboration, and cloud governance. This is a senior individual contributor who leads through technical expertise, architecture, mentoring, and engineering excellence.

The role also serves as the service owner for Microsoft cloud platforms and is accountable for platform strategy, lifecycle management, governance, service health, roadmap execution, and technical oversight of Managed Service Provider (MSP) delivery.

The position partners with business, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and vendor teams to ensure Microsoft cloud services deliver secure, reliable, and scalable business outcomes while supporting Envista's platform engineering transformation strategy.

Success in this role is demonstrated through stable platform operations, stronger service ownership and governance accountability; improved reliability, user experience, security posture, and operational efficiency; and delivery of roadmap objectives that advance Envista's platform engineering and infrastructure transformation strategy.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Platform Ownership & Technical Leadership

• Own the Microsoft cloud platform strategy, architecture, engineering, and lifecycle

• Serve as the technical authority for Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Azure, Defender, Purview, and related services

• Define engineering standards, governance, architecture patterns, and platform roadmaps

• Drive automation, standardization, and continuous improvement

• Establish platform engineering standards, reusable patterns, and architectural guardrails that promote consistency and operational excellence

• Establish clear service ownership and governance accountability across Microsoft cloud services, improving governance, security, and operational maturity

Microsoft 365 Engineering

• Lead engineering for Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Defender, Purview, and Microsoft 365 administration

• Ensure platform reliability, lifecycle management, security, and service improvement

Identity & Security

• Lead engineering for Entra ID, Conditional Access, Identity Governance, PIM, federation, and authentication

• Partner with Cybersecurity to strengthen enterprise identity

Azure Platform Engineering

• Own Azure Landing Zones, governance, networking, RBAC, Azure Policy, Monitor, Backup, Site Recovery, Azure Virtual Desktop, and platform security

• Define and maintain Azure platform architecture standards, cloud governance controls, operational guardrails, and deployment patterns

• Partner with application, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to enable cloud adoption while maintaining compliance and operational readiness

Automation & Platform Engineering

• Drive Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, ARM, PowerShell, Azure Automation, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and CI/CD

• Increase automation and Infrastructure as Code adoption to reduce manual effort and strengthen engineering maturity

• Develop reusable automation frameworks that improve speed, consistency, reliability, and scalability across Microsoft cloud services

Operational Excellence

• Maintain reliability, disaster recovery readiness, monitoring, lifecycle management, documentation, and technical debt reduction

• Maintain stable Microsoft platform operations and continuously improve platform reliability, user experience, security posture, and operational efficiency

Knowledge Management

• Reduce dependency on external vendors and individual knowledge holders through documentation, automation, knowledge transfer, and engineering maturity initiatives

Leadership & Vendor Partnership

• Serve as primary technical partner for Microsoft and MSP

• Strengthen Microsoft and MSP partnerships to support effective service delivery and platform outcomes

• Provide technical governance and engineering oversight for MSP-delivered Microsoft cloud services, ensuring alignment with approved architecture standards, operational processes, automation objectives, and platform roadmaps

• Deliver roadmap objectives that support Envista's platform engineering and infrastructure transformation strategy

• Mentor engineers, conduct architecture reviews, and improve engineering standards

Job Requirements:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• 10+ years enterprise Microsoft infrastructure experience

• 7+ years Microsoft 365 and Azure engineering

• Experience in enterprise environments supporting 5,000+ users

• Deep expertise with Entra ID, Exchange Online, Azure architecture, governance, disaster recovery, PowerShell, and Infrastructure as Code

• Experience partnering with Managed Service Providers

• Demonstrated experience establishing platform governance, architecture standards, and technology roadmaps

• Experience operating within a platform engineering, cloud center of excellence, or service ownership model

REQUIRED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:
Microsoft Cloud

• Azure, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Entra ID, Defender, Purview, Sentinel, Azure Policy, Azure Monitor, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, and Azure Virtual Desktop

Automation

• PowerShell, Terraform, Bicep, ARM, Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD, and REST APIs

Infrastructure

• Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, PKI, Networking, Disaster Recovery, and Cloud Governance

PREFERRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert, Azure Administrator, Identity & Access Administrator, or Security certifications

• Experience with FastTrack, tenant migrations, M&A, enterprise governance, and platform engineering

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Target Market Salary Range:

Actual compensation packages take into account a wide range of factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic location; skill sets; relevant education and certifications; depth of experience; performance; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed reasonable estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Envista, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The total compensation package for this position may also include an annual performance bonus, medical/dental/vision benefits, 401K match, and/or other applicable compensation plans.

$187,300 - $228,900

Operating Company:

Corporate

Envista is a global leader in the dental industry, uniting more than 30 trusted brands—including DEXIS, Kerr, Nobel Biocare, and Ormco—under one mission: partnering with dental professionals to improve patients’ lives. With a heritage of category-defining innovation, our brands have shaped modern dentistry: Nobel Biocare introduced the first dental implant, Ormco is a pioneer in both traditional and digital orthodontics, DEXIS has long been at the forefront of 2D, 3D and intraoral imaging, and Kerr has supported clinicians for over 135 years. Our high-performing culture is underpinned by our CIRCLe Values and the Envista Business System. Guided by these, we deliver a comprehensive portfolio of technologies, consumables, and services that empower clinicians to provide confident, efficient care—today and for the future. Learn more at .

Envista and all Envista Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “EEO is the Law” poster is available at: compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf.

Envista and its family of companies (Envista) will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Envista will consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes submitted by vendors such as search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies (Agency) to have been referred by the Agency free of charge and Envista will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt such unsolicited resumes. An Agency must obtain advance written approval from Envista's internal Talent Acquisition or Human Resources team to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract approved by the Global Talent Acquisition leader and in response to a specific job opening. Envista will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement and written approval in place.