Azure Cloud Engineer-Secret Cleared- Washington, DC

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to join a Government Consulting company located in Washington, DC through 100% onsite work. The Azure Cloud Engineer will support a major cloud transformation initiative for the Department of the Treasury, migrating on-premise infrastructure to Azure within a secure SCIF environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and maintain secure Azure cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Migrate on-premise systems to Azure, including virtual machines, databases, storage, and networking components.
• Support Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and other VDI services, ensuring performance and user accessibility.
• Monitor and troubleshoot system performance using Azure-native tools and respond to user support tickets.
• Ensure compliance with security protocols in a classified environment and maintain documentation for deployments and procedures.

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of professional experience in cloud engineering or system administration.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services: VMs, SQL/NoSQL databases, storage, networking, identity, and security.
• Experience migrating an on premises system to Azure
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, and managing Infrastructure as Code in production environments.
• Familiarity with Azure Virtual Desktop or similar VDI platforms.
• Security+ certification required
• OS-level certification (Azure, AWS, Microsoft, Linux, etc.) required
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Must be able to hold an active Secret clearance (interim secret acceptable).

Compensation:

• Salary Range: $100,000 - $115,000 *some flexibility depending on experience*
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO, Sick Leave as required by law, and Holidays
• Clearance Level: Must be eligible to work in the United States and maintain an Active US Government Secret security clearance
• Location: 100% onsite in Washington, DC (1500 Pennsylvania Ave NW)

Keywords: Azure, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Active Directory, Azure Monitor, Azure Log Analytics, Azure Security Center, Azure Key Vault, Azure Resource Manager, Azure DevOps, Azure Policy, Azure Networking, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, PowerShell, Bash scripting, Windows Server, Linux, Hyper-V, VMWare, VDI, Security+, Secret Clearance, SCIF, Identity and Access Management, Role-Based Access Control, Multi-Factor Authentication, OS-level Certification, NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, Application Insights, Network Watcher, Performance Tuning, System Health Monitoring, Cloud Migration, On-Prem to Cloud, DNS, TCP/IP, Subnetting, Firewalls, Group Policy Objects, Organizational Units, Active Directory, DNS Configuration, Troubleshooting, Root Cause Analysis, Atlassian Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Git, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint.