Senior Azure Cloud Engineer (Microsoft Azure)

Location: Hybrid, on-site in Washington, D.C. four days per week and telework one day per week. The role requires U.S. citizenship and an active Secret or higher clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret-level security clearance.

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

Company

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

What you will do

• Design, deploy, maintain, and optimize Azure infrastructure, including VMs, VNets, Storage, Azure AD, networking, and PaaS services.
• Develop and maintain Terraform templates as the primary infrastructure-as-code tool.
• Automate cloud operations and system configuration using PowerShell, Bash, YAML/JSON, and GitLab pipelines.
• Deploy, configure, manage, troubleshoot, and optimize Azure Virtual Desktop environments, including host pools, session hosts, FSLogix, and Azure AD/M365 integrations.
• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot GitLab CI/CD pipelines and monitoring with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
• Implement secure cloud practices and support compliance with RBAC, Key Vault, IAM, encryption standards, NIST, RMF, FedRAMP, and agency-specific controls while collaborating with engineering, security, program staff, and customer stakeholders.

Requirements

• Active Secret or higher security clearance and U.S. citizenship required.
• At least 5 years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering, including at least 3 years of Azure Cloud Engineering experience.
• At least 3 years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, Terraform for infrastructure as code, and GitLab; Terraform is a high-priority requirement.
• At least 4 years of PowerShell scripting experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure core services and architecture.
• Experience with Azure networking, including VNets, routing, NSGs, VPN, and ExpressRoute.
• Hands-on production experience with Azure Virtual Desktop.
• Understanding of federal cloud security frameworks, including FedRAMP, NIST, and RMF.
• Ability to work on-site in Washington, DC four days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting 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 delivering diverse, meaningful, mission-critical federal projects.
• Hybrid schedule with four on-site days and one telework day each week.
• Ongoing collaboration with engineering, security, program, and customer stakeholders.
• Equal opportunity employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.