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Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.\nCLA is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join our Digital team and support the delivery of client-facing cloud infrastructure solutions.\nThis role offers the opportunity to work alongside experienced cloud and infrastructure professionals while helping clients implement, migrate, secure, and optimize cloud environments. You will contribute to Microsoft 365, Azure, virtualization, and infrastructure modernization projects while expanding your technical expertise in a collaborative consulting environment.\nHow You’ll Create Opportunities in This Role\nAssist with the implementation, support, and maintenance of client cloud infrastructure solutions using modern cloud engineering and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.\nConfigure and support Microsoft 365, Azure, identity, networking, storage, backup, virtualization, and related cloud technologies.\nParticipate in cloud, tenant, workload, and infrastructure migrations, including planning, testing, cutover support, validation, and transition activities.\nGather and document business and technical requirements, current-state environments, dependencies, and project considerations under the guidance of senior engineers.\nAssess cloud and virtual infrastructure environments and provide recommendations for modernization, optimization, performance improvements, security enhancements, and operational efficiency.\nMonitor cloud and virtual infrastructure environments and assist with troubleshooting availability, performance, authentication, configuration, backup, synchronization, and security-related issues.\nContribute to automation and process improvement initiatives using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), scripting, source control, and DevOps tools.\nPrepare and maintain technical documentation, including environment inventories, migration plans, procedures, runbooks, test results, and transition materials.\nApply cloud security, identity management, governance, compliance, monitoring, and change management practices.\nCollaborate with clients, vendors, and project teams to communicate status, resolve issues, support knowledge transfer, and contribute to successful project outcomes.\nWhat You’ll Need\nBachelor's degree is required. Combination of relevant experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of degree. Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred.\n2 years of relevant experience required. 5 years of experience preferred. Infrastructure or cloud engineering experience in a consulting, managed services, or enterprise cloud engineering environment preferred.\nWorking knowledge of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 technologies.\nFamiliarity with identity and access management concepts, cloud networking, storage, backup, virtualization, and security practices. \nStrong communication, problem-solving, organization, and documentation skills.\nMicrosoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Security, VMware, Nutanix, or related cloud and virtualization certifications are preferred.\nEqual Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities\nClick here to learn about your hiring rights.\nWellness at CLA\nTo support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.\nTo view a complete list of benefits, click here.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3746,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Professional Services","Wealth Management & Financial Advisors","Nonprofits & Foundations"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-02T03:21:15Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":62,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.617,"p_room":1,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:1","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-04T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/cla-cliftonlarsonallen-cloud-engineer-associate","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/cla-cliftonlarsonallen-cloud-engineer-associate.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-05T01:22:09Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1873,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3127,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-06T00:00:00Z"}}}