Azure Cloud Engineer/Dev

ALTA IT Services - Vienna, VA

Full-time

Remote - Vienna, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Azure Cloud Engineer/Dev role is a fully remote position focused on developing and coordinating cloud architecture across various domains, including application development, identity and access management, network and data management, and security. The engineer will provide high-level cost and resource estimates for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings, ensuring that business needs are effectively mapped to available cloud technology options. This position requires a holistic approach to design for reliability and efficiency, acting as a trusted advisor to clients and managing customer-driven cloud projects while creating comprehensive documentation of technical implementation plans.

Responsibilities

• Develop and coordinate cloud architecture across diverse areas including application development, identity and access management, network and data management, and security.
• Provide high-level cost and resource estimates for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings.
• Use standardized processes for mapping business needs to available cloud technology options, including assessment of risks and possible mitigations.
• Adopt a holistic approach that considers operational and support concerns, with a strong preference towards designing for reliability via available tools and approaches (e.g., automation, monitoring).
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients; ensure the efficiency of cloud requests and manage customer-driven cloud projects; create cloud documentation of technical implementation plans; represent Cloud Operations to all stakeholders.

Requirements

• Comprehensive knowledge of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) across Microsoft Azure cloud and the Microsoft technology stack in general (Azure, .NET, Power Platform), IT Security, software development, and infrastructure deployment methodologies and industry best practices.
• Proven experience with scalable architectures using Azure App Service, API management, serverless technologies, Kubernetes container orchestration working in hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environments.
• Experience with Big Data solutions on Azure and delivering data pipelines (e.g. Azure Data Lake Service, Power BI, Azure Data Bricks, Azure Synapse, and Azure Data Factory).
• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Strong experience as primary technical leader with the ability to manage resources and multiple projects simultaneously.