Azure Cloud Engineer - Secret Cleared

• Location: Hybrid, On-site 4 days/week in Washington, D.C. 20036 and 1 day Telework


• Job Type: Full-time


• Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required


• Clearance Requirement: Active Secret or higher clearance

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure including VMs, VNets, Storage, Azure AD, and PaaS services.


• Manage and optimize Azure networking components (VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, VPN/ExpressRoute connectivity).


• Develop and maintain Terraform templates as the primary IaC tool (critical requirement emphasized by hiring managers).


• Support automation via PowerShell, Bash, YAML/JSON, and GitLab pipelines.


• Deploy, configure, and manage AVD environments including host pools, session hosts, FSLogix profile containers, and Azure AD/M365 integrations.


• Provide troubleshooting and performance optimization for AVD users (explicit customer requirement).


• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines in GitLab.


• Automate cloud operations, system configuration, and monitoring tasks.


• Implement secure cloud practices aligned with federal requirements (RBAC, Key Vault, IAM, encryption standards).


• Ensure compliance with NIST, RMF, FedRAMP, and agency-specific controls.


• Use Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and related tools to analyze system health, diagnose issues, and enforce SLAs.


• Work with engineering, security, and program staff to support ongoing cloud modernization efforts.


• Support onsite collaboration with customer stakeholders (note: role cannot be performed remotely long-term).

Required Qualifications

• Active Secret or higher clearance


• Ability to work on-site in Washington, DC four days per week.


• 3+ years of experience with Azure Cloud Engineering


• 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines


• 3+ years of experience using Terraform for IaC


• 3+ years of experience using GitLab


• Minimum of 4 years experience with PowerShell scripting


• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering (mid-level target).


• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure core services and architecture.


• Proficiency with Terraform (high priority), PowerShell, and GitLab CI/CD.


• Experience supporting Azure networking (VNets, routing, NSGs, VPN/ExpressRoute).


• Hands-on experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) in production environments.


• Understanding of federal cloud security frameworks (FedRAMP, NIST, RMF).

• Experience supporting DoD or federal agency cloud environments.


• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes (AKS).


• Azure serverless tools (Functions, Logic Apps, Event Grid).


• Cost optimization using Azure Cost Management / FinOps practices.