Azure Cloud Engineer at Washington, DC location (Hybrid)

Apptad Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptad Inc. is seeking a Hybrid Azure Cloud Engineer in Washington, DC. You will design, implement, and evolve a hybrid cloud environment across on‑premises, colocation sites, and Microsoft Azure platforms.

Work closely with security, compliance, and networking teams to meet ISO 27001 standards and drive global infrastructure initiatives. The role emphasizes IaC, automation, and robust disaster recovery, ensuring high availability and reliable services across multiple offices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or equivalent with 5+ years implementing enterprise IT infrastructure.
• Proven experience supporting large, global multi-office environments across time zones.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure platforms and related services.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement hybrid cloud infrastructure across compute, storage, and global data center environments.
• Evaluate existing systems and recommend improvements for scalability, performance, and security.
• Lead integration of cloud services into existing and future infrastructure architectures.
• Develop and enhance policies and procedures to ensure high availability across all offices.
• Maintain compliance with IT policies, including change management, disaster recovery, business continuity, and ISO 27001 audit requirements.
• Partner with infrastructure, networking, security, and applications teams to define and execute a global technology roadmap.
• Maintain accurate system documentation, including architecture, procedures, and configurations.
• Oversee implementation of new infrastructure services and enhancements to existing environments.

Skills

Azure

Azure Arc

Azure Monitor

AVS

Bicep

Terraform

ARM templates

Ansible

PowerShell

VMware

Active Directory

Networking

Storage

RHEL

Ubuntu

SUSE

IAM

Azure AD

RBAC

Pure Storage

Nasuni

Veeam

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT

Tools

AVS

Job description

Position: Hybrid Azure Cloud Engineer

Location: Washington, D.C.

Department: Information Technology

Role Overview

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Enterprise Systems Infrastructure, the Hybrid Cloud Engineer partners with IT engineering teams to design, implement, and evolve the firm s hybrid cloud environment. You will play a key role in modernizing infrastructure across on-premises systems, global data center colocation sites, and Microsoft Azure platforms. This includes compute, storage, virtualization, and cloud services, with a focus on performance, scalability, security, and reliability.

The role works closely with network engineering, security, and compliance teams to ensure solutions meet firm standards, including ISO 27001 requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement hybrid cloud infrastructure across compute, storage, and global data center environments.
• Evaluate existing systems and recommend improvements for scalability, performance, and security.
• Lead integration of cloud services into existing and future infrastructure architectures.
• Develop and enhance policies and procedures to ensure high availability across all offices.
• Maintain compliance with IT policies, including change management, disaster recovery, business continuity, and ISO 27001 audit requirements.
• Partner with infrastructure, networking, security, and applications teams to define and execute a global technology roadmap.
• Maintain accurate system documentation, including architecture, procedures, and configurations.
• Oversee implementation of new infrastructure services and enhancements to existing environments.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education/Experience: Bachelor s degree in IT (or equivalent experience) with a minimum of five (5) years implementing enterprise IT infrastructure.

• Enterprise Environment: Proven experience supporting large, global, multi-office environments across multiple time zones. Professional services or legal industry experience is a plus.

• Azure & Hybrid Cloud: Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure platforms, Azure VMware Solution (AVS), Azure Arc, Landing Zones, Azure Policy, and Azure Monitor.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation: Hands-on experience with Bicep, Terraform, ARM templates, Ansible, and PowerShell scripting.

• Virtualization & Core Infrastructure: Deep background in enterprise compute, storage, networking, Active Directory, and VMware (vSphere, ESXi, NSX, vCenter, SRM).

• Linux Engineering: Experience administering enterprise Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, SUSE), including performance tuning and security.

• Security & Identity: Solid understanding of IAM, Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, and secure hybrid connectivity.

• Data Protection & Storage: Knowledge of platforms such as Pure Storage, Nasuni, Veeam, or similar solutions.