Azure Cloud Automation Architect | IaC & CI/CD

CACI; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 115,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

CA C I is seeking a Cloud Automation Engineer to design, implement, and maintain infrastructure as code for Azure Government and Azure Commercial environments, accelerating deployment of AI and data analytics platforms for DHS OIG.

You will build CI/CD pipelines, automate provisioning, and implement monitoring and security controls across containerized workloads, ensuring compliance and scalable operations for national-security focused projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree + 13 years of cloud engineering or related field; equivalencies considered (Master's + 10 years; 19 years with no degree; AA + 15 years).
• Extensive hands-on IaC experience with Terraform or equivalent tools.
• Demonstrated expertise in Microsoft Azure cloud services, including compute, storage, networking, identity, and security services.
• Proven experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, or Jenkins.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar languages.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain IaC using Terraform to enable repeatable, version-controlled deployment of Azure environments for AI platforms, data analytics infrastructure, and mission applications.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and approved DevSecOps tooling to accelerate secure software delivery.
• Implement automation solutions using Ansible, Python, PowerShell, or other approved technologies to streamline environment configuration, compute provisioning, and infrastructure operations.
• Support containerization strategies for OIGChat, AI platform services, and analytical applications, including Docker, Azure Container Instances, or Kubernetes-based solutions.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting infrastructure for applications, data pipelines, and cloud resources using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and approved observability tools.
• Automate data quality checks, validation workflows, and operational processes to improve reliability and reduce manual intervention.
• Maintain infrastructure baselines, tagging standards, resource naming conventions, and configuration management to support governance, cost optimization, and compliance.
• Support cloud infrastructure deployment for pilot AI applications and analytical workloads, ensuring scalability, performance, and security requirements are met.
• Develop comprehensive technical documentation including architecture diagrams, runbooks, deployment procedures, and infrastructure-as-code repositories to support operations and knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate with Government stakeholders, security teams, and development teams to integrate DevSecOps practices, support Agile delivery, and maintain security and compliance posture.

Skills

Terraform

Azure

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Job description

CA C I is seeking a Cloud Automation Engineer to design, implement, and maintain infrastructure as code for Azure Government and Azure Commercial environments, accelerating deployment of AI and data analytics platforms for DHS OIG.

You will build CI/CD pipelines, automate provisioning, and implement monitoring and security controls across containerized workloads, ensuring compliance and scalable operations for national-security focused projects.