Azure Cloud Engineer (Tolling)

Varmoda is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to support a large-scale Tolling environment for a Virginia government client. The selected candidate will be responsible for Azure cloud engineering, infrastructure support, application support, monitoring, troubleshooting, and rotational help desk activities. This role will work closely with architects, developers, DBAs, and operations teams to ensure secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-optimized Azure solutions., <>Cloud Engineering & Operations

• Implement, maintain, and support Azure cloud resources within the Tolling environment.
• Develop and maintain highly available, fault-tolerant cloud solutions.
• Ensure compliance with security, IAM, networking, and governance standards.
• Perform access reviews, role assignments, and least-privilege access management.
• Maintain cloud governance artifacts, tagging standards, naming conventions, and infrastructure documentation.
• Support vendor-required platform updates and compatibility requirements.

<>Monitoring & Troubleshooting

• Monitor Azure services, applications, and infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and availability.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, security, access management, and application performance issues.
• Utilize Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, metrics, traces, and logs for diagnostics and root-cause analysis.
• Analyze and optimize system performance across cloud workloads.

<>Operational Support

• Participate in operational reviews, incident management, and maintenance planning activities.
• Provide production support and issue resolution for business-critical applications.
• Develop implementation plans, change requests, testing strategies, and rollback procedures.
• Support off-hours maintenance and operational activities as required.

<>Security, Compliance & Data Management

• Support secure data movement and application integrations across tolling systems.
• Apply PCI and regulatory compliance requirements to cloud operations and monitoring practices.
• Manage Key Vaults, certificates, passwords, and secure credential storage solutions.
• Ensure cloud environments follow security and governance best practices.

<>Collaboration & Communication

• Work closely with architects, developers, engineers, DBAs, management, and vendors.
• Provide technical guidance on SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS solutions.
• Document technical solutions, operational procedures, and architecture designs.
• Support multiple concurrent projects and deliverables in a fast-paced environment., * Microsoft Azure
• Azure App Services
• Azure API Management (API Gateway)
• Azure Function Apps
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
• Azure Monitor
• Log Analytics
• Application Insights
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Office 365
• Power Apps
• Terraform
• PowerShell
• Python
• Windows Server 2019+
• Linux Administration
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Azure DevOps
• Git
• Azure Key Vault

Preferred Certifications:

• Azure certification (AZ-104, AZ-305, or similar)

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services, Windows and Linux administration, networking, automation, identity management, cloud governance, and infrastructure documentation., * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Administration and Engineering.
• Experience administering Microsoft Windows Server environments (2019+).
• Strong understanding of server infrastructure, networking protocols, firewalls, certificates, load balancers, and system architecture.
• Experience with Windows/Linux server administration, cloud environments, databases, and networking technologies.
• Proficiency in PowerShell and/or Python scripting.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 and Power Apps platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar tools).
• Experience supporting PCI or other regulatory compliance frameworks.
• Experience administering Single Sign-On (SSO) and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to create and maintain network diagrams, topology documentation, and technical architecture documentation., * Microsoft Azure Certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, or equivalent.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, TFS, or other CI/CD tools.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized environments.
• Experience managing Azure Key Vault, secrets, certificates, and credential management.
• Knowledge of cloud governance frameworks and enterprise operational models.
• Experience analyzing Azure consumption trends and providing cost optimization recommendations.
• Experience supporting Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments.