Azure Architecture Lead - Secure Govt Cloud Solutions

General Dynamics; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics is seeking an Azure Architecture SME – Lead for the Washington, DC area. This role architects secure, scalable Azure solutions, leads migrations with Azure Site Recovery, and provides hands‑on guidance across networking, identity, and on‑prem integrations.

You will deliver diagrams, briefs to government customers, and drive Entra architecture implementation while ensuring DISA STIG compliance and robust connectivity.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of related experience

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of end‑to‑end Azure architecture, producing detailed architect diagrams utilizing VISIO and technical documentation.
• Lead technical presentations, architectural discussions, and solution deep dives with government customers and stakeholders.
• Lead and conduct the migration planning and execution using Azure Site Recovery, overseeing dependency mapping, failover testing, and cutover operations.
• Manage and optimize replication traffic over ExpressRoute/VPN; design and isolate VNETs for test and validation to support migration readiness.
• Serve as the point of contact for all Azure networking issues, leading problem‑solving efforts, guiding architecture decisions, and advising leadership on technical direction.
• Ensure secure and reliable connectivity between cloud and on‑prem environments while maintaining optimal performance, resiliency, and availability.
• Lead, design, implement, and manage Azure networking components including virtual networks, subnets, NSGs, Azure Firewall, VPN/ExpressRoute, load balancers, and routing topologies.
• Lead security hardening and protection of infrastructure across cloud and on‑prem environments while supporting system and workload migrations.
• Design and lead implementation of Microsoft Entra architecture, including identity governance, conditional access, role management, and cross‑tenant integrations.
• Build and manage Azure infrastructure using DevOps practices and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions.
• Mentor and collaborate with System Administrators on account administration, VM configuration, monitoring implementation, patch management, and operational support.
• Oversee all system changes and ensure compliance with DISA STIGs, hardening guidelines, and relevant organizational controls for each VM or server.

Skills

Active Directory (AD)

Azure Devops

Azure Monitor

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Networking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

CompTia Security+

Job description

General Dynamics is seeking an Azure Architecture SME – Lead for the Washington, DC area. This role architects secure, scalable Azure solutions, leads migrations with Azure Site Recovery, and provides hands‑on guidance across networking, identity, and on‑prem integrations.

You will deliver diagrams, briefs to government customers, and drive Entra architecture implementation while ensuring DISA STIG compliance and robust connectivity.