Azure Cloud Engineer

DKMRBH Inc; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DKMRBH Inc. seeks an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to join our Cloud Engineering and Operations team in Virginia Beach. You design, implement, and support Azure resources, ensuring high availability and governance across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments.

The role requires strong scripting skills (PowerShell/Python), expertise in Azure Monitor and Log Analytics, and proficiency with Entra ID/SSO, Key Vault, and disaster recovery. Collaboration with architects and engineers is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services and enterprise cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with Azure monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance diagnostics.
• Experience administering privileged access or credential-management solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and support Microsoft Azure cloud resources.
• Ensure highly available and fault-tolerant Azure solutions.
• Manage IAM, access reviews, and least-privilege role configurations.
• Monitor Azure services and workloads for availability and performance; diagnose issues.
• Develop change requests, implementation plans, and rollback procedures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical requirements clearly.

Skills

Microsoft Azure

Cloud Operations

IAM / Entra ID / SSO

PowerShell / Python

Azure Monitor / Log Analytics

SaaS/PaaS/IaaS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Azure Key Vault

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Azure Cloud Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to join a Cloud Engineering and Operations team supporting enterprise cloud infrastructure, application services, and operational environments. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, cloud operations, infrastructure engineering, monitoring, troubleshooting, IAM, security, backup/recovery, and application support. The role also requires strong diagnostic and scripting skills and the ability to work across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments.

Primary Responsibilities

Cloud Operations & Engineering

• Design, implement, maintain, and support Microsoft Azure cloud resources.
• Implement highly available and fault-tolerant Azure solutions.
• Maintain cloud infrastructure documentation, naming conventions, tagging standards, and governance artifacts.
• Support access reviews, role assignments, and least-privilege IAM evaluations.
• Manage vendor-required updates and assess compatibility with existing cloud environments.
• Support cloud cost governance, security controls, and infrastructure standards.

Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Diagnostics

• Monitor Azure services and application workloads for availability and performance.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, access, security, application performance, and service degradation issues.
• Perform diagnostic analysis using logs, metrics, traces, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics.
• Analyze and tune system and application performance.
• Investigate production incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
• Document troubleshooting findings and corrective actions.

Operational Support

• Participate in operational monitoring, incident reviews, and maintenance activities.
• Triage production issues and coordinate timely resolution.
• Support scheduled and off-hours maintenance activities when required.
• Develop change requests, implementation plans, and rollback procedures.
• Provide application and infrastructure support within an enterprise environment.

Technical Development & Security

• Analyze end-to-end application and data flows across enterprise systems.
• Support application integrations and data movement.
• Apply security and regulatory compliance requirements to cloud infrastructure, application behavior, and logging.
• Manage Azure Key Vault, passwords, certificates, and secure credential storage.
• Support secure identity and access management practices.

Collaboration

• Work closely with architects, engineers, managers, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
• Provide technical guidance and best practices across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments.
• Communicate technical requirements and solutions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support multiple concurrent projects involving complex technical environments.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services.
• Experience supporting enterprise cloud infrastructure and application workloads.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience working in Windows environments.
• Strong experience with Azure monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance diagnostics.
• Experience with Azure IAM / Entra ID / SSO.
• Experience with backup and disaster recovery solutions for Azure infrastructure and applications.
• Experience administering privileged access or credential-management solutions.
• Strong scripting experience using PowerShell and/or Python.
• Ability to create and maintain network and system topology documentation.
• Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
• Experience with Microsoft 365 / Office 365 services.
• Ability to communicate technical requirements and design concepts clearly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure certification.
• Experience with Rubrik backup and recovery for Azure environments.
• Experience with privileged access management / credential vault solutions.
• Experience with Azure infrastructure and application disaster recovery.
• Experience with enterprise cloud governance and cost management.
• Experience supporting complex enterprise application environments.
• Experience with cloud integrations and API-based architectures.

Additional Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to support production environments and participate in operational activities.
• Fingerprint-based background check may be required.