Senior Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

• Location: Hybrid, On-site 4 days/week in Washington, D.C. 20006 and 1 day Telework
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: $130,000–$170,000 annually, based on experience level. 
• Clearance Requirement: U.S. citizenship is required for this position due to federal contract requirements and the need to obtain and maintain a Secret-level security 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 clearance or higher
• Ability to commute to Washington, D.C. and work onsite four days per week
• 5+ years of total experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering
• 3+ years hands-on with Azure cloud services and infrastructure architecture
• 3+ years building and managing CI/CD pipelines in production environments
• 3+ years writing and maintaining Terraform IaC (high-priority skill)
• 3+ years working with GitLab for source control and pipeline management
• 4+ years of PowerShell scripting for systems automation
• Demonstrated production experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
• Working knowledge of federal compliance frameworks: FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, RMF

• Prior work supporting DoD or civilian federal agency cloud programs
• Familiarity with containerization: Docker, Kubernetes, or AKS
• Experience with Azure serverless services (Functions, Logic Apps, Event Grid)
• FinOps or Azure Cost Management experience for cloud spend governance