Long-term contract position | Global, cutting-edge Azure applications
We are seeking senior application engineers to support sophisticated Azure-based applications used by a global organization. Long-term (24 mo +) contracts, Hybrid 3 days/week onsite (Tue, Wed, Thurs).
These are hands-on technical roles—not help-desk or traditional support-management positions. You will solve difficult production problems, guide a distributed onshore/offshore support team, and work closely with application development and program leadership to improve reliability and performance.
What You’ll DoLead the investigation and resolution of complex Azure application issues.
Troubleshoot problems across the user interface, application services, integrations, databases, and Azure PaaS environment.
Use Application Insights, Azure Monitor, and KQL to diagnose performance issues, errors, and unexpected application behavior.
Coordinate major incident response, identify root causes, and ensure permanent corrective actions are completed.
Provide technical direction to onshore and offshore support resources.
Work closely with developers on application changes, releases, fixes, and production readiness.
Improve support processes, monitoring, technical documentation, and team effectiveness.
Strong hands-on experience supporting Azure-based enterprise applications in production.
Ability to troubleshoot across multiple application layers—not simply route or manage tickets.
Experience with Azure PaaS services, Application Insights, Azure Monitor, and KQL.
Working knowledge of application performance, APIs, integrations, networking, and cloud infrastructure.
Familiarity with Cosmos DB or PostgreSQL is helpful.
Experience leading distributed technical teams and holding internal and external resources accountable.
Calm, methodical problem-solving skills during critical incidents.
Strong communication, ownership, and empathy for application users.
Experience supporting applications within a large, global organization is strongly preferred.
Any experience supporting applications that use Azure OpenAI, generative AI, or related AI services is helpful.
Azure certifications, ITIL experience, and a computer science degree are helpful but not required.
Why Consider This Role?You’ll support modern, highly visible applications within a global enterprise, work with advanced Azure and AI technology, and have the authority to improve how critical applications are supported. These are stable, long-term assignments offering both challenging hands-on work and meaningful technical leadership.
Work authorization: Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.
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Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Fully Remote – United States Work Authorization: Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employment-based visa sponsorship. About the RoleOur client is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead the engineering organization responsible for a mission-critical cloud platform and the products built around it.
This is a highly visible leadership role with ownership of engineering execution, technical direction, architecture, security, infrastructure, and team development. The VP will lead an experienced, distributed engineering organization while remaining technically engaged in architecture and production systems.
Working closely with executive and product leadership, this individual will shape engineering strategy, establish investment priorities, improve delivery predictability, and guide the continued evolution of the platform.
The ideal candidate is a proven engineering leader who can operate comfortably with executives while maintaining the technical depth to engage directly with architects and senior engineers.
Key Responsibilities Engineering Leadership & Team DevelopmentOur direct client seeking a hands-on Director of Enterprise Systems to lead and evolve their technology environment while helping drive the next phase of growth through automation, AI, and business-focused technology initiatives.
This role serves as a strategic partner to leadership, aligning systems, vendors, and technology investments with business priorities. The ideal candidate combines strong technical and infrastructure expertise with the ability to identify opportunities where technology, automation, and AI can improve efficiency, decision-making, and execution across the organization.
This is a highly visible role within a lean team environment. Success requires both strategic thinking and a willingness to roll up your sleeves to help solve complex technology challenges when needed.
Responsibilities Technology Strategy & Business EnablementApply today for immediate consideration! This is an immediate interview and hire opportunity
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Location: Monroe, CT Work Arrangement: Hybrid — 3 days onsite / 2 days remote after an initial 3-month period, subject to business needs Compensation: $106,000–$125,000 Base Salary Work Authorization: Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employment sponsorship. About the RoleOur client is seeking a Senior Network Security Engineer to maintain, secure, and enhance a complex enterprise network infrastructure. This hands-on role will focus on network engineering, firewall and security administration, infrastructure reliability, and the design and implementation of network solutions.
The ideal candidate brings deep networking expertise, strong troubleshooting skills, and experience managing enterprise-scale network security environments. This individual will also contribute to infrastructure projects, technical documentation, and compliance with applicable industry and regulatory standards.
Key Responsibilities Network & Security EngineeringAdminister, maintain, and enhance network infrastructure, including switches, routers, firewalls, VPNs, and network management systems.
Design, implement, and support network and security solutions, including standardized configurations and build templates.
Troubleshoot complex network issues, analyze traffic, and resolve performance, connectivity, and security problems.
Monitor network performance, resource utilization, licensing, and infrastructure health.
Ensure network equipment and configurations meet applicable security and compliance standards.
Design, install, and support new network hardware, software, and infrastructure.
Lead or coordinate network and security projects, managing scope, schedules, budgets, and resources.
Develop and maintain network diagrams, configuration standards, technical documentation, and work instructions.
Support infrastructure procurement, licensing, and vendor or contract activities.
Perform preventative maintenance and participate in a rotating after-hours support schedule.
Apply advanced network engineering and security principles to complex infrastructure challenges.
Support firewall management, network access controls, and network security investigations.
Use packet captures, protocol analysis, monitoring, and alerting tools to investigate and resolve issues.
Identify opportunities to improve network reliability, security, efficiency, and performance.
8+ years of experience in network infrastructure engineering, including at least 4 years managing firewalls or network security systems.
Strong experience with Cisco routing and switching, enterprise network architecture, and network services.
Hands-on firewall configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting experience.
Solid understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, network protocols, and network monitoring.
Experience designing, implementing, troubleshooting, and maintaining complex network environments.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage projects, document technical solutions, and coordinate work across teams.
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
Bachelor’s degree in IT, business, or a related field.
Ability to participate in a rotating after-hours support schedule.
Experience with network security investigations and packet capture/protocol analysis.
Knowledge of network architecture standards, emerging technologies, and industry-specific regulatory requirements.
Experience creating detailed network design diagrams and technical documentation.
Cisco CCNA, CCNP, or relevant security certifications.
Take ownership of network engineering and security across a complex enterprise environment.
Work on infrastructure design, network security, performance optimization, and technical projects.
Apply advanced troubleshooting and engineering skills to meaningful infrastructure challenges.
Collaborate with technical teams while contributing to long-term network architecture and security improvements.
Competitive $106,000–$131,000 base salary with benefits and a hybrid work arrangement after the initial three months.
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Location: Patterson, NY – On-Site Compensation: $90,000–$110,000 Base Work Authorization: U.S. Citizenship Required; this position does not offer employment sponsorship. Background Check: Required About the RoleOur client is seeking an IT Systems Administrator to provide hands-on, on-site IT support and help keep day-to-day technology operations running smoothly across office, engineering, and production environments.
This role will serve as the primary on-site resource for end-user support while also taking ownership of recurring systems, network, endpoint, and infrastructure tasks. A managed service provider (MSP) handles much of the Tier 2/Tier 3 support, so this position will work closely with the MSP while owning the hands-on work performed on-site.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on IT professional with solid networking and systems administration fundamentals who can work independently, manage a varied IT queue, and troubleshoot issues across both users and infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities End-User & On-Site IT SupportOur non-profit healthcare client is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join its IT organization. This role focuses on engineering, building, and expanding the organization's Microsoft-based server and cloud infrastructure, alongside advanced systems administration and end-user support.
This role focuses on engineering, building, and expanding the organization's Microsoft-based server and cloud infrastructure, alongside advanced systems administration and end-user support. The position also has a focus on endpoint engineering and modern workplace technologies, including Windows, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Microsoft 365, software deployment, patching, and device lifecycle management.
Supporting an environment of 1,000+ endpoint devices, this individual will serve as a senior technical resource for complex endpoint, systems, device management, and virtual desktop issues. The role also requires a practical understanding of infrastructure dependencies, including Windows Server, networking, DNS, DHCP, VPN, firewalls, applications, databases, and identity services.
Key ResponsibilitiesServer Infrastructure Build & Expansion: Design, build, configure, and deploy Windows Server infrastructure from the ground up, and expand or enhance existing server environments as organizational needs evolve. This includes server provisioning, operating system installation and configuration, Active Directory and related services, storage, networking, security hardening, and integration into the existing infrastructure.
The following certifications are preferred/required based on experience:
The ideal candidate is not simply a senior desktop support technician. This is an engineering-focused role for someone who has progressed from traditional desktop/support responsibilities into enterprise endpoint engineering, automation, systems administration, and digital workplace technologies.
The strongest candidates will be hands-on with Intune, Entra ID, AVD, Windows 10/11, Microsoft 365, endpoint automation, and ServiceNow, while also possessing enough infrastructure knowledge to understand how endpoints interact with servers, applications, databases, identity systems, and networks.
This individual should be comfortable serving as a Tier III escalation resource, taking ownership of complex technical problems, identifying root causes, automating repetitive processes, improving standards, and partnering across infrastructure, cybersecurity, applications, and support teams.
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