Azure Cloud Engineer (Secret Security Clearance Required!)

Allegis Group - Montgomery, AL

Full-time - Mid Level

Montgomery, AL

10,001+ employees

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Azure Cloud Engineer position involves supporting the ACAS project for SAIC - Cloud One, requiring a strong technical background and an active DoD Secret Security Clearance. The role is primarily remote with some on-site requirements, focusing on managing Azure environments, ensuring security compliance, and providing technical support and training. Candidates must possess relevant certifications and experience in cloud technologies, particularly Azure, and be able to work collaboratively with customers and team members.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain DISA ACAS and Trend Micro platforms for security and compliance monitoring.
• Design, sustain, and maintain Azure 3-tier hub and spoke environments and topologies.
• Proactively identify and resolve operational, tooling, and process inefficiencies.
• Maintain regular contact with customers during support and projects.
• Provide technical assistance and training to users.
• Perform routine operations including troubleshooting and resolving Tier 3 service desk tickets, performance monitoring, server monitoring, and log monitoring.
• Deploy software packages to the various Cloud One zones, including supporting regression and other testing for the Cloud One Common Services.
• Address security findings and vulnerabilities by developing, testing, and deploying configuration changes.
• Provide integration support to developers.
• Perform activities for patch releases including configuration changes, required documentation, and approvals.
• Develop code in Bash, Terraform, Terragrunt, Azure CLI, and PowerShell for infrastructure automation and orchestration to support deployment, maintenance, and monitoring of the Cloud One Common Services.
• Develop and test configurations to address performance issues and to reduce operational costs.
• Develop and update Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to provision and support Cloud One Infrastructure.
• Create and update documentation related to the maintenance and support of the Cloud Common Services.

Requirements

• In-depth understanding of and experience with automated deployments of various compute and storage systems to Azure, including Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Azure Functions, Azure App Services, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Files, Azure SQL Database, EntraID, Active Directory, ADFS, SAML-based federation, Application Gateways, Azure Load Balancers, Azure Virtual Network (VNet), Azure VPN Gateway, and Azure ExpressRoute.
• Knowledge of DISA ACAS and host-based IPS/IDS/malware detection platforms such as Trend Micro.
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Terragrunt.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps and Gitlab.
• Experience with ITIL frameworks, Agile methodologies, or other modern software development practices.
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and container technologies.
• Strong proficiency in both Debian-based and RPM-based Linux distributions.
• Experienced in building solutions that include Azure security best practices, including Azure RBAC and Azure Policy.
• Ability to interact with high-level customers and collaborate, design, plan, and implement proposed solutions.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate and/or Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert certifications.
• Experience supporting USAF or DoD software development projects.
• Experience working in a large enterprise environment with multiple teams.
• Experience with some of the following: Active Directory, Data Factory, Cosmos DB, Azure Functions, Azure Policy, Federation Services (ADFS).
• Familiarity with JFrog Artifactory for artifact management.
• SIPR facility access and/or previous SIPR experience.
• Previous work using IaC-driven, code-first development and deployment models.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)