Azure Cloud DevOps Engineer: IaC, Security & Automation

Cayuse Holdings; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Wellness Program

Flexible Spending Accounts

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) with matching

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Cayuse Holdings is seeking a Cloud Developer to design, implement, and maintain Azure-based infrastructure, focusing on IaC, DevOps automation, and security. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to modernize infrastructure and drive migration efforts.

Role requires 5+ years in cloud engineering, strong Azure expertise, and a Top Secret clearance. On-site work in Washington, DC with comprehensive benefits and a focus on security posture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure-related roles.
• Advanced knowledge of Azure services (compute, storage, networking, governance).
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (PowerShell, ARM templates, Terraform, or Ansible).
• Experience automating cloud environments and operational workflows.
• Demonstrated skill in cloud security remediation, compliance risk management, and governance.
• Hands-on expertise using Git-based repositories for version-controlled infrastructure management.
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Azure Infrastructure Management: Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure, including compute, networking, storage, and other Azure services, ensuring high availability and scalability.
• Infrastructure Modernization: Migrate existing unmanaged Azure resources into source control and refactor Infrastructure as Code (IaC) configurations, with an emphasis on PowerShell.
• Automation & Workflows: Build and optimize automated deployment pipelines and operational workflows using IaC tools and scripting languages.
• Security Remediation: Analyze Azure vulnerabilities and compliance scan outputs to remediate critical and high-priority findings, ensuring security and compliance alignment.
• Cloud Environment Optimizations: Monitor, troubleshoot, and fine-tune Azure environments to optimize performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
• Collaboration on Best Practices: Collaborate across development, operations, and security teams, sharing Azure best practices and providing guidance on infrastructure optimization.
• CI/CD Implementation: Configure and troubleshoot Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to streamline and enhance release management processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Azure infra

IaC

PowerShell

Terraform

Ansible

Git workflows

Cloud security

Governance

Communications

Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

ARM templates

PowerShell

Git

Job description

Cayuse Holdings is seeking a Cloud Developer to design, implement, and maintain Azure-based infrastructure, focusing on IaC, DevOps automation, and security. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to modernize infrastructure and drive migration efforts.

Role requires 5+ years in cloud engineering, strong Azure expertise, and a Top Secret clearance. On-site work in Washington, DC with comprehensive benefits and a focus on security posture.