Azure Cloud Architect

InstantServe LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

InstantServe LLC in Washington, DC, seeks a hands-on Azure Cloud Architect to lead its cloud build-out (Azure primary, AWS GovCloud). Design secure environments, deliver Terraform-based infrastructure, lead migrations, and support Azure Virtual Desktop.

You will mentor engineers, implement landing zones and RBAC, work with Azure Policy, and communicate options, costs, and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in infrastructure engineering, with at least 5 years designing and building in Microsoft Azure.
• Enterprise Azure landing zone design including management groups, Azure Policy, RBAC, hub-and-spoke networking.
• Hands-on Terraform production experience with reusable modules and remote state.
• Experience building infrastructure CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (or GitHub Actions).
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, conditional access, and identity governance.
• Experience planning or leading migrations of on-premises workloads to Azure.
• Working knowledge of AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3).
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers, including code review.
• Strong written communication with architecture docs and runbooks.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud build-out and migrations, designing secure Azure environments and supporting AVD.
• Translate agency requirements into clear solution designs and present options, costs, and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Improve project standards for IaC, change management, and documentation for all cloud work.
• Define best practices and standards for Azure services, landing zones, RBAC, and tagging.
• Track work in Azure DevOps boards and incidents and changes in ServiceNow.

Skills

Azure Cloud Architecture

Terraform

Azure DevOps

RBAC & IAM

Cloud Migrations

Well-Architected Framework

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Job description

Location: 200 I Street SE Washington DC 20002

Interview Type:Webcam Only

Job Description:

Seeks a hands-on Azure Cloud Architect to lead its cloud build-out (Azure primary, AWS Comm & GovCloud). Design secure environments for partner agencies, delivers Terraform-based infrastructure, leads cloud migrations, and supports AVD.

Responsibilities:

Demonstrates expertise in conveying technical and functional concepts for cloud architecture, translating agency business requirements into clear solution designs, and presenting options, costs, and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences.

Identifies improvements to project standards to achieve high quality services and products, including Infrastructure as Code practices, change management, and documentation standards for all cloud work.

Identifies best practices and standards for the use of Microsoft Azure, including the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework, landing zone design, naming and tagging, Azure Policy, and role-based access control (RBAC).

Leads large, complex cloud implementations, including assessment, design, and migration of on-premises virtualized workloads to Azure, from discovery and dependency mapping through target design, sizing, cost modeling, and migration waves.

Tracks work in Azure DevOps boards and incidents and changes in ServiceNow.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 1. 8+ years in infrastructure engineering, with at least 5 years designing and building in Microsoft Azure.
• 2. Demonstrated design and delivery of an enterprise Azure landing zone, including management groups, Azure Policy, RBAC, and hub-and-spoke networking.
• 3. Hands-on Terraform experience in production, including reusable modules and remote state management.
• 4. Experience building infrastructure CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (or GitHub Actions with transferable skills).
• 5. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, conditional access, and identity governance.
• 6. Experience planning or leading migrations of on-premises virtualized workloads (VMware or similar) to Azure.
• 7. Working knowledge of AWS, sufficient to operate and troubleshoot existing workloads (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3).
• 8. Experience leading or mentoring engineers, including code review.
• 9. Strong written communication, with a track record of clear architecture documentation and runbooks.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1. Experience in state, local, or federal government IT environments.
• 2. Hands-on experience with Azure Virtual Desktop and/or Nerdio Manager for Enterprise.
• 3. Experience with Azure.
• 4. Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as NIST 800-53, CJIS, or FedRAMP.
• 5. Experience with Azure cost management, reservations, and chargeback models.
• 6. Familiarity with ServiceNow for incident and change management.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), or ability to obtain within 6 months of start.

Preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or higher; HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate.