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# Senior Cloud Engineer - Microsoft Azure

- **Company:** TechSur Solutions
- **Location:** Reston, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management Databases, Linux, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Domain Name System (DNS), Github, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), OpenID, Role-Based Access Control, Azure Active Directory, Cloud Services, Ansible, Zero Trust Network Access, Runbook, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Single Sign-On, Windows Desktop, Datadog, Policy as Code, Google Cloud, System Availability, Firewalls (Computer Science), Information Technology, Bicep, Hashicorp, Microsoft Sentinel, Cloud Migration, Terraform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Splunk, Dynatrace, Servicenow
- **Published:** October 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/3fa57202-d21b-4094-af29-fc53e33b7ae1

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
 * At least 9 years of experience deploying and configuring cloud environments, including significant hands-on Azure work.
 * Production experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and/or Bicep (ARM).
 * Hands-on experience with Azure landing zones, VNet design, Azure Firewall, and ExpressRoute or site-to-site VPN.
 * Experience administering Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, and single sign-on federation (SAML 2.0/OIDC).
 * Experience monitoring, patching, and troubleshooting Windows and Linux workloads in Azure.
 * Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 security controls in a federal environment.
 * Ability to obtain and maintain the background investigation required by the federal customer.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) or DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400).
 * Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) or HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate.
 * Experience in Azure Government or FedRAMP Moderate/High environments, including support for ATO packages.
 * Working knowledge of AWS, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
 * Experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions pipelines, Ansible, and policy-as-code.
 * Experience integrating Azure tooling with ServiceNow ITSM and CMDB.
 * Prior support of a civilian federal agency.

## Description

* Design and deploy Azure landing zones using the Cloud Adoption Framework, including management groups, subscriptions, and hub-and-spoke or Virtual WAN networking integrated with the customer's WAN and DNS.
 * Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Bicep) and GitOps workflows that provision consistent production, integration, development, and sandbox environments.
 * Configure Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, and federation with the customer's enterprise identity provider using SAML 2.0 and OIDC, aligned with Zero Trust principles.
 * Enforce security and compliance guardrails with Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Microsoft Sentinel against NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and customer security standards.
 * Apply the enterprise tagging strategy for asset management, cost tracking, and chargeback/showback using Azure Cost Management and Advisor.
 * Monitor environments with Azure Monitor and enterprise tools such as Datadog, Splunk, and Dynatrace; integrate events, incidents, and changes with ServiceNow.
 * Perform patching (Azure Update Manager), routine maintenance, capacity planning, and rightsizing; troubleshoot and resolve incidents as part of 24/7 operations support.
 * Design and test high availability, Azure Backup, and Azure Site Recovery for cloud workloads.
 * Write runbooks and SOPs, supply ATO evidence, and transfer knowledge to customer operations staff.