Hiring: Managed Services Architect Company: EAG Location: Greater Houston Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 14:29:07 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Azure, IaaS, LLM, PaaS, PowerShell, Project Management, Quality Assurance, SCADA, SQL, Zero Trust About the job Experience: •12+ years of progressive IT experience, with 5+ years in a senior or principal architect role Required Skills: •Serve as lead architect on client engagements across Azure, Microsoft 365, identity, networking, endpoint, and security for both the Enterprise and Small to Medium Business spaces. •Own technical discovery, current-state assessments, and target-state design for upstream Oil & Gas and other vertical clients •Author and own client-facing architecture deliverables: technical SOW sections, HLD/LLD, runbooks, and roadmaps •Serve as senior technical escalation point for the ITO delivery team on client issues •Represent EAG in client QBRs, technical design calls, and director or executive-level technical conversations •Lead client-side security architecture work: Conditional Access, Defender stack, Sentinel, Intune compliance, PIM, and identity governance •M&A and Migration Technical Leadership (~25%) •Lead technical due diligence for client acquisitions and divestitures (carve-outs, tenant splits, data migration, identity consolidation) Qualifications: •Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience required •Deep, hands-on expertise in the Microsoft cloud stack: Azure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, governance), Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Intune, Defender, Sentinel, and Purview •Proven track record leading Azure migrations and Microsoft 365 tenant migrations end-to-end •Strong identity and access management background: Conditional Access design and Zero Trust architecture •Prior MSP, CSP, or IT consulting experience with multi-tenant client management •Demonstrated ability to lead and QA other architects’ work — not just produce your own •Executive presence: ability to hold the room with client CIOs, CFOs, and external stakeholders •Strong written communication skills: SOWs, architecture documents, and executive summaries •Demonstrated capacity to work in a fast-paced, high-energy technical environment •Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!