Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer

HyerTek is a federal technology consulting firm delivering secure enterprise applications, data analytics, cloud infrastructure, and modernization solutions to federal government agencies.

HyerTek is seeking a mid-level Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer to build, configure, secure, and support Microsoft Azure environments supporting Department of War (DoW) Customers, including Azure Government and environments supporting Impact Level (IL) 5 and classified workloads. 

A successful candidate will work alongside senior cloud engineers, cybersecurity professionals, DevSecOps teams, application developers, and Government stakeholders to implement approved cloud architecture and maintain secure, reliable Azure environments. The role will be a hands-on Azure engineer who is comfortable deploying infrastructure, troubleshooting cloud services, implementing security controls, and automating repeatable cloud operations. 

Candidates must reside in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and be able to support hybrid work at customer facilities, including Fort Meade and other locations, as required. 

Responsibilities

• Build, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot secure Microsoft Azure environments supporting Government and mission workloads. 
• Deploy and manage Azure infrastructure in accordance with approved architectures, security requirements and engineering standards. 
• Support Azure landing zones, subscriptions, resource groups, networking, identity, logging, monitoring, and governance.
• Deploy infrastructure using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or comparable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies.
• Configure Azure networking components including VNets, subnets, routing, private endpoints, DNS, network security groups, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Implement identity and access controls using Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, managed identities, and Azure Key Vault.
• Deploy and support Azure virtual machines, storage, databases, container services, and other platform services.
• Apply Azure Policy, security baselines, DISA STIGs, encryption requirements, and configuration standards in coordination with cybersecurity personnel.
• Assist with remediation of vulnerabilities, configuration findings, and security-control deficiencies.
• Configure and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Defender for Cloud, and related services.
• Troubleshoot Azure infrastructure, networking, identity, connectivity, performance, and configuration issues.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure diagrams, configuration documentation, operating procedures, and technical runbooks.
• Support backup, recovery, continuity-of-operations, and disaster-recovery planning and testing.
• Provide infrastructure configuration information and technical evidence in support of RMF, security assessment, and continuous-monitoring activities.
• Collaborate with cloud architects, cybersecurity engineers, DevSecOps engineers, developers, and Government stakeholders.  
• Use approved AI-assisted engineering tools, where appropriate, to accelerate scripting, Infrastructure as Code, documentation, and troubleshooting while validating generated output before implementation.