Azure Cloud Engineer — Hybrid Cloud & SecOps (DoD)

1st Edge, LLC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

1st Edge, LLC is seeking a highly skilled Azure Cloud Engineer to join our team in Huntsville, AL. The role focuses on daily administration, management, and operational health of hybrid-cloud infrastructure for government customers.

The company emphasizes a balanced, employee-centered culture with benefits provided at no cost and generous time off, along with collaboration with SMDC, MDA, and DEVCOM to deliver meaningful, advanced AI solutions.

Qualifications

• Active DoD security clearance or clearance-eligible.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field and 3+ years in sysadmin with significant cloud experience.
• Strong knowledge of storage/backup/DR, container management, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Entra ID with RBAC, Defender for Cloud, Cost Management, and Azure Update Management.
• Hands-on IaC experience with Terraform, OpenTofu, Ansible, or AWS CloudFormation.
• Certifications: CompTIA Security+ CE (or other IAT Level II); Cloud certs (Azure/AWS/GCSA).

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and maintain cloud and on-prem VMs; support migrating on-prem apps to Azure.
• Automate resource deployment and infrastructure management using Terraform.
• Manage Azure Storage (Blob, File, Queue) and maintain backup/disaster recovery workflows.
• Configure virtual networks, subnets, and Network Security Groups (NSGs).
• Apply DISA STIGs, handle data encryption, configure Azure Group Policies, and manage identity/secrets with Entra ID and Key Vault.
• Manage Azure DevOps Server repositories and deploy, scale, and orchestrate AKS clusters.
• Monitor system performance, support developers/cyber teams/users, and maintain operational and architecture documentation.

Skills

Azure

Terraform

PowerShell

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

OpenTofu

Ansible

AWS CloudFormation

Entra ID

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Cost Management

Job description

1st Edge, LLC is seeking a highly skilled Azure Cloud Engineer to join our team in Huntsville, AL. The role focuses on daily administration, management, and operational health of hybrid-cloud infrastructure for government customers.

The company emphasizes a balanced, employee-centered culture with benefits provided at no cost and generous time off, along with collaboration with SMDC, MDA, and DEVCOM to deliver meaningful, advanced AI solutions.