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# Remote Storage Engineer - Architect

- **Company:** Everforth Apex
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), OpenShift, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Windows PowerShell, Role-Based Access Control, Azure Active Directory, Zero Trust Network Access, Storage Virtualization, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Virtual Machines, Virtualization Technology, Policy as Code, Cloud Platform System, Multi-Cloud, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Bicep, Hashicorp, Data Management, Terraform, Devsecops, Azure Resource Manager
- **Published:** October 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/3d3c2b61-0361-4311-99a2-6b60d59d7cb2

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
 * 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure roles, with at least 5 years focused on Azure cloud engineering.
 * Demonstrated experience designing and managing secure, highly available cloud environments for enterprise services.
 * Proven experience leading Azure cloud migration and modernization efforts in regulated environments.
 * Experience designing and administering Azure cloud enterprise implementations using resources such as Virtual Machines, Scale sets, and Azure containers or Kubernetes.
 * Strong experience with Azure tools such as Azure DevOps, Repos, Pipelines, and Boards.
 * Experience in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS cloud hosting architecture and design patterns.

Technical Skills:

 * Cloud networking, storage, app services, virtualization, and containerization.
 * DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipeline implementation, and automation.
 * Infrastructure-as-Code at production scale: PowerShell, Bicep, ARM templates, and Terraform.
 * Cloud governance and security in Azure: Azure Policy, RBAC, conditional access, managed identities.
 * Zero-trust security principles and secure cloud configuration practices.
 * Microsoft Entra Identity services.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
 * Experience supporting federal agency IT environments with security and compliance requirements.
 * Hands-on experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift and cloud-native container platform operations.
 * Experience integrating observability and ITSM platforms to improve service reliability.
 * Experience implementing immutable infrastructure and policy-as-code controls.
 * Experience with cloud cost management and FinOps practices.
 * HashiCorp Terraform Associate

## Description

The System Architect - SME (Storage) provides senior technical leadership for enterprise infrastructure architecture and modernization. This role translates mission and functional requirements into scalable, secure technical solutions across on-premises and hybrid/multi-cloud environments. The architect leads cross-functional engineering and operations teams to improve reliability, automation, and service performance, while ensuring designs integrate with 24x7x365 enterprise operations and observability requirements., * Architect and manage enterprise IT systems across server, platform, storage, and cloud domains.

 * Design, implement, and maintain enterprise SAN/NAS and storage virtualization solutions.
 * Translate functional requirements into technical architectures, integration patterns, and implementation roadmaps.
 * Lead complex storage projects, including migrations, upgrades, and integration with cloud environments.
 * Develop and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and technical decision artifacts.
 * Identify, assess, and recommend new technologies through proofs of concept, pilots, and demos.
 * Provide technical leadership to multi-discipline server and system operations teams.
 * Architect and maintain enterprise backup and recovery strategies to protect mission-critical data.
 * Administer and optimize large-scale enterprise storage environments, including performance and capacity management.
 * Collaborate with infrastructure, network, security, and cloud teams to integrate storage services end-to-end.