Azure Cloud Engineer Architect

Digitalspec, Llc. (Sba 8A Certified Company Dec 2019) - Bethesda, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Bethesda, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a Cloud Engineer/Architect at DIGITALSPEC, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing an enterprise cloud environment that services over 10,000 users. This position is based in Washington, DC, with a flexible work arrangement of three days remote and two days onsite each week. You will be responsible for the engineering, development, and administration of a federal enterprise cloud system, ensuring that it meets the operational requirements and security standards set by the client. Your duties will include identifying hardware, software, and external service cost estimates, as well as resource requirements. You will inform stakeholders about the strategy for deploying new implementations and maintaining existing equipment. Compliance with incident, problem, and change management procedures is essential, and you will execute ticket-based requests with minimal assistance. You will also participate in and manage technical project review meetings to ensure that technical designs align with client needs. In this role, you will develop a technology roadmap based on established client priorities to meet strategic engineering goals, including Enterprise Architecture, Quality Assurance, and Operations Support. You will improve infrastructure operations through better monitoring, cloud coding, and scripting best practices. Additionally, you will deliver fully functioning network services with secure access points between the client environment and the commercial service provider environment. Your understanding of software development and Agile best practices will be crucial for work coordination, acceptance criteria, and deployment management. You will lead the development of technical artifacts such as Implementation Plans, System Administration Guides, and System Security Plans. Automating infrastructure migration to cloud environments and supporting security engineering efforts, including perimeter security and firewall configuration, will also be part of your responsibilities. You will focus on results, quality, and meeting deadlines, ensuring that all tasks are completed efficiently and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance an enterprise cloud environment servicing over 10,000 users.
• Assist in the engineering, development, and administration of a federal enterprise cloud system.
• Identify hardware, software, and external service cost estimates and resource requirements.
• Inform stakeholders of the strategy for deployment of new implementations and maintenance of existing equipment.
• Ensure compliance with incident, problem, and change management procedures.
• Execute ticket-based requests with minimal assistance.
• Participate and manage technical project review meetings to ensure designs meet operational requirements and security standards.
• Develop a technology roadmap based on client priorities to meet strategic engineering goals.
• Improve infrastructure operations through better monitoring, cloud coding, and scripting best practices.
• Deliver fully functioning network services with secure access points between environments.
• Understand software development and Agile best practices for work coordination and deployment management.
• Lead the development of technical artifacts such as Implementation Plans and System Security Plans.
• Automate infrastructure migration to cloud environments and identify on-premise technologies and their cloud counterparts.
• Support security engineering efforts, including perimeter security and firewall configuration.
• Perform network engineering relating to security, segmentation, connectivity, and protocols.

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Top Secret DoD Clearance required; may consider highly qualified DoD Secret Clearance holders.
• At least 3 years of technology consulting or relevant industry experience.
• Prior professional experience in IT Strategy, IT Business Management, Cloud & Infrastructure, or Systems Engineering.
• Experience working independently with minimal supervision and guidance.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with mature judgment.
• Proven experience effectively prioritizing workload to meet deadlines and objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to write clearly and succinctly for a wide audience.
• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation creation tools.

Nice-to-haves

• Certifications such as Google Associate Cloud Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect - Associate, Azure MCSA: Cloud Platform, VMware VCP Data Center Virtualization.
• Experience with Servers, Infrastructure, Platform Sizing, and Infrastructure Cost Reduction.
• Pivotal Cloud Foundry Administrator or Developer certification.
• IBM Certified Solution Architect - Cloud Computing Infrastructure certification.
• Google Cloud Platform Qualified Developer certification.
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect certification.
• VMWare Certifications in Data Center Virtualization, Cloud Management and Automation, Network Virtualization.
• Red Hat Certified Architect certification.
• AWS certifications.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangement (3 days remote, 2 days onsite).
• Opportunities for professional development and certifications.
• Collaborative work environment with a focus on best practices.