Senior Azure Cloud Architect (Remote)

GovCIO is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud Architect to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Data Repository (HDR). HDR is a mission-critical enterprise healthcare platform hosted in the VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) that provides clinical and administrative data services to numerous VA applications and integration partners. This position is fully remote located within the United States.

Responsibilities

This role is responsible for the architecture, reliability, security, and continued modernization of HDR's Azure infrastructure across production, disaster recovery, and non-production environments. The ideal candidate is a hands-on Azure architect who can lead complex technical efforts and collaborate effectively with specialized application, database, Linux, security, networking, and integration teams.

• Lead the design, maintenance, and evolution of HDR's Microsoft Azure Government infrastructure across production, disaster recovery, and non-production environments.
• Design and configure Azure networking and infrastructure components, including virtual networks, subnets, network security groups, application gateways, load balancers, traffic managers, virtual machines, storage, private connectivity, and supporting services.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure architecture, technical designs, diagrams, implementation plans, test plans, operational procedures, and transition documentation.
• Support security improvements involving network segmentation, IP allow-listing, TLS and certificate management, identity and access controls, service principals, encryption, logging, and vulnerability management.
• Investigate complex infrastructure, connectivity, performance, and production issues that cross network, operating-system, middleware, application, and database boundaries.
• Coordinate troubleshooting and root-cause analysis with application developers, WebLogic administrators, Oracle DBAs, Linux administrators, security personnel, network teams, and external integration partners.
• Support high availability, disaster recovery, capacity management, platform resiliency, and continuity-of-operations planning, including disaster-recovery exercises.
• Support operating-system and infrastructure lifecycle initiatives, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux upgrades, patching, platform migrations, and retirement of obsolete components.
• Evaluate and support cloud-native modernization initiatives, including application-tier containerization, messaging modernization, and Kubernetes-based platforms such as AKS or OpenShift.
• Improve monitoring and operational visibility using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Dynatrace, Prisma Cloud, or comparable observability and security platforms.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using tools such as PowerShell, Azure CLI, Terraform, Bicep, or Ansible.
• Coordinate customer connectivity and infrastructure changes, including endpoint configuration, firewall requests, access validation, integration testing, architecture reviews, and change planning.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or commensurate professional experience.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud engineering, systems engineering, or technical architecture, including at least 4 years of hands-on Microsoft Azure experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Azure infrastructure and networking, including virtual networks, subnets, Network Security Groups, load balancing, virtual machines, storage, identity, and access control.
• Experience designing or supporting highly available, security-sensitive enterprise systems across multiple environments.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure, network, operating-system, application, and database boundaries.
• Working knowledge of cloud security principles, including network segmentation, least-privilege access, TLS, certificates, encryption, logging, and vulnerability management.
• Ability to create clear architecture diagrams, technical designs, implementation plans, test documentation, and operational procedures.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional coordination skills.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience supporting Microsoft Azure Government, VAEC, or another regulated government cloud environment.
• Microsoft Azure Administrator, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Network Engineer, or comparable cloud certification.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or another enterprise Linux platform.
• Familiarity with Oracle WebLogic, Oracle Database, JMS, or other enterprise middleware and database technologies. Direct administration expertise is not required.
• Experience with infrastructure automation using PowerShell, Terraform, Bicep, Azure CLI, Ansible, or comparable tools.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, AKS, OpenShift, containerization, or cloud-native application modernization.
• Experience with Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prisma Cloud, or similar monitoring and security tools.
• Understanding of REST, SOAP, HTTPS, HL7, messaging, and enterprise system-integration patterns.
• Familiarity with federal security and compliance requirements, high availability, disaster recovery, and production-support practices.
• Experience supporting VA, public-sector, healthcare, or other mission-critical data environments.

Clearance Required

• Ability to obtain and maintain a suitability/Public Trust.

Posted Salary Range

USD $160,000.00 - USD $170,000.00 /Yr.