Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Location: Hybrid in Washington, DC 20006: on-site four days per week and telework one day per week. The role requires regular on-site collaboration and cannot be performed remotely long-term.

Salary: $130,000–$170,000 annually, based on experience.

Company

hirify.global delivers innovative, mission-critical technology solutions for federal IT environments.

What you will do

• Design, deploy, maintain, and optimize Azure infrastructure, including virtual machines, VNets, storage, Azure AD, and PaaS services.
• Manage Azure networking components such as NSGs, load balancers, VPN, and ExpressRoute connectivity.
• Develop Terraform templates as the primary infrastructure-as-code tool and automate operations with PowerShell, Bash, YAML, JSON, and GitLab pipelines.
• Deploy and manage Azure Virtual Desktop environments, including host pools, session hosts, FSLogix profile containers, and Azure AD/Microsoft 365 integrations.
• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot GitLab CI/CD pipelines while monitoring system health and optimizing performance.
• Implement secure cloud practices and support compliance with federal security frameworks and agency controls.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required due to federal contract requirements.
• Active Secret or higher security clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain Secret-level clearance.
• Ability to work on-site in Washington, DC four days per week.
• At least 5 years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or systems engineering, including 3+ years with Azure, CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, and GitLab.
• At least 4 years of PowerShell scripting experience and strong hands-on knowledge of Azure architecture, networking, and core services.
• Production experience with Azure Virtual Desktop and knowledge of FedRAMP, NIST, and RMF security frameworks.

Nice to have

• Experience with DoD or federal agency cloud environments.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or AKS.
• Experience with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, or Event Grid.
• Experience with Azure Cost Management or FinOps practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Purpose-driven work on diverse, mission-critical federal projects.
• Opportunities to collaborate with engineering, security, program, and customer stakeholders.
• Hybrid schedule with one telework day per week.
• Work focused on cloud modernization, operational efficiency, security, and compliance.