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We are driven by a commitment to excellence, leveraging a team of over 650+ highly skilled professionals to design, implement, and manage technology systems that are not only effective and competitive but also scalable and value driven. Our comprehensive suite of services includes the creation of customized technology solutions tailored to specific business needs, in-depth IT assessments and strategic planning, meticulous IT device and infrastructure management, robust data backup and recovery solutions, seamless cloud and on-premise migrations, enterprise-grade security services, and round-the-clock, 24/7/365 quad-lingual end-user support. At Jolera, we believe in empowering organizations worldwide with innovative and reliable IT solutions, and we invite you to join us in this mission.\nPosition Description\nWe are seeking a Senior Cloud Architect with deep hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 / Entra ID to serve as Jolera’s senior technical lead for our enterprise managed services customers. The ideal candidate has a strong background in production Azure operations, identity hardening, and direct customer-facing engineering work. This is a sustained, in-person engineering role requiring on-site presence multiple days per week. 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