Azure Cloud Engineer

Location: Hybrid remote in the Washington, DC metropolitan area; must reside in the area and support hybrid work at customer facilities, including Fort Meade and other locations as required. U.S. citizenship and authorization to work in the United States without employment-based visa sponsorship are required.

Salary: $125,000–$161,000 annually.

Company

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

What you will do

• Build, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot secure Microsoft Azure environments supporting Government and mission workloads, including Azure Government and IL5 or classified environments.
• Deploy and manage Azure landing zones, subscriptions, resource groups, networking, identity, logging, monitoring, governance, and platform services according to approved architectures and security requirements.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or comparable technologies.
• Configure Azure networking, identity, access controls, security baselines, encryption, Azure Policy, monitoring, logging, alerting, and vulnerability remediation.
• Support backup, recovery, continuity-of-operations, disaster-recovery planning and testing, and provide technical evidence for RMF, security assessments, and continuous monitoring.
• Collaborate with cloud architects, cybersecurity and DevSecOps engineers, developers, and Government stakeholders; use approved AI-assisted engineering tools where appropriate while validating generated output.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on cloud, systems, or infrastructure engineering experience, including production environments.
• Hands-on experience deploying and supporting Microsoft Azure solutions, including Azure Government, Government cloud, or similarly regulated enterprise environments.
• Working knowledge of Azure networking, compute, storage, identity, security, monitoring, and governance, including VNets, subnets, routing, NSGs, private endpoints, DNS, and firewalls.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or comparable technology.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, managed identities, Azure Key Vault, Azure Policy, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics.
• Working knowledge of Windows and/or Linux administration and experience with PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python, or another scripting language.
• Understanding of cloud security principles including least privilege, encryption, vulnerability management, system hardening, backup, and recovery.
• Familiarity with RMF, NIST SP 800-53, applicable DISA STIGs, or comparable federal cybersecurity requirements; ability to troubleshoot issues and document solutions clearly.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work independently or collaboratively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• DoW 8140-aligned IAT Level II certification, such as Security+ CE or an approved equivalent.
• Active Secret security clearance and eligibility to obtain and maintain additional customer-specific access requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting DoW IL5 or classified cloud environments, Azure Government Secret, classified networks, or other restricted Government environments.
• Familiarity with DoW Cloud Computing SRG requirements and experience supporting RMF authorization, assessment, remediation, or continuous-monitoring activities.
• Experience implementing or supporting Azure Landing Zones, Secure Azure Computing Architecture patterns, hybrid connectivity, ExpressRoute, network virtual appliances, enterprise DNS, or network segmentation.
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Container Registry, virtual machines, Azure platform services, DevSecOps pipelines, and automated Azure infrastructure deployment.
• Experience implementing or remediating DISA STIGs and security configuration baselines.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering tools such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT/OpenAI, Claude, or comparable programs.
• Microsoft certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Security Engineer Associate, or Azure Network Engineer Associate.
• CISSP, CASP+, or another advanced security certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work supporting customer facilities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer contribution.
• Paid time off and company holidays.
• Professional development and certification support.
• Employee assistance, life, and disability insurance.