Azure Cloud Engineer

Yakshna Solutions, Inc.; Herndon (VA); A distancia; USD 100.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

401(k)

Health, dental, vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Training

Professional development assistance

Descripción de la vacante

Requirements include 3+ years of Azure experience, Tolling/VDOT exposure, Windows environment skills, and scripting capabilities. Competitive salary and benefits offered, with a remote-friendly work setup.

Formación

• Minimum 3 years of experience with Microsoft Azure services.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience supporting Virginia tolling applications and cloud workloads.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate requirements and design concepts clearly.
• Experience in Windows environments.
• Experience with backup, vaults, and SSO provisioning.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain and implement cloud resources in the Tolling Azure environment.
• Ensure security, IAM, network controls, and cost governance per Virginia policies.
• Maintain and improve infrastructure documentation and cloud governance artefacts.
• Assist with access reviews and least-privilege IAM evaluations.
• Implement fault-tolerant and highly available Azure solutions.
• Monitor Azure services and workloads to ensure uptime and performance.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, security, and performance issues.
• Perform diagnostics using logs, metrics, and Azure Monitor.
• Define change requests, implementation plans, and roll-back procedures.

Conocimientos

Azure services

Windows environments

PowerShell / Python

SaaS / PaaS / IaaS guidance

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS

Herramientas

Rubrik backup & recovery

Office 365 / Entra ID

Secret Server vaults

Azure Virtual Desktops

Log Analytics / Azure Monitor

Descripción del empleo

Azure Cloud Engineer - Mechanicsville, VA 23116 (Remote)

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Job Description

ID Job Title Job Description 812168 Azure Cloud Engineer

Yakshna Solutions, Inc. (YSI)

YSI is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serve its business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost-effective IT business solutions and services.

Benefits Package

• 401(k)
• health, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• short-term and long-term disability insurance
• paid time off
• training
• professional development assistance

Position Overview

YSI is seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to support the Engineer and Operations team. The role includes engineering, application support, and rotational help‑desk support within the Tolling group. Includes API Gateways, AVD, App Insights, & Office 365.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and implement cloud resources in the Tolling Azure environment.
• Ensure compliance with Virginia government policies regarding security, IAM, network controls, and cost governance.
• Maintain and improve infrastructure documentation, naming conventions, tagging standards, and cloud governance artifacts.
• Assist with access reviews, role assignments, and least‑privilege IAM evaluations.
• Management requires updates and ensures compatibility.
• Implement fault‑tolerant and highly available Azure solutions.
• Monitor Azure services and application workloads to ensure uptime and availability.
• Troubleshoot issues related to connectivity, access, security, application performance, and service degradation.
• Perform diagnostic deep‑dives using logs, metrics, traces, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics.
• Analyze and tune system/application performance.
• Participate in daily/weekly operational cycles including pattern monitoring, incident reviews, and maintenance readiness checks.
• Triage production issues, ensure timely resolution, and document root‑cause findings.
• Define change requests, detailed implementation plans, and roll‑back procedures.
• Understand end‑to‑end data flows across tolling systems, roadways data, financial transactions, and reporting tools.
• Support optimization of integrations and data movement.
• Apply PCI or other regulatory compliance requirements when evaluating system behavior and logging patterns.
• Manage key vaults, passwords, certificates, and secure credential storage.
• Work directly with architects, engineers, managers, and cross‑functional teams to use Azure services effectively.
• Provide best‑practice guidance related to SaaS, Paas, and IaaS.
• Communicate clearly in written and verbal form with internal and external stakeholders.
• Support multiple concurrent projects of complex technical scope.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience with Microsoft Azure services.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience supporting VDOT /E‑Z Pass Virginia tolling applications, infrastructure, and cloud workloads, including hands‑on diagnostic work with transaction flows, roadway sensor data ingestion, and tolling application performance tuning.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate requirements and design concepts clearly.
• Experience working in Windows environments.
• Implementing Rubrik backup & recovery for Azure IaaS/PaaS, including policy sets, snapshot lifecycle tuning, and DR validation.
• Experience with Office 365 services and administering Single Sign‑On (SSO) including Entra ID.
• Experience administering Secret Server privileged access vaults including credential rotation, vault workflow troubleshooting, and integration with Azure workloads.
• Solid scripting experience (PowerShell and/or Python).
• Ability to create network and system topology documentation.
• Experience with Azure Virtual Desktops.
• Office 365 services and Power Apps.
• Azure certification (preferred).

Location

9120 Lockwood Blvd, Mechanicsville, VA 23116 (Remote)

Salary

$100,000-110,000 annually with benefits

Eligibility

U.S Citizen or Green card holder only

Equal Opportunity Employer

YSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.