Azure Cloud Engineer - Hybrid Infra and Security Lead

Northwest Federal Credit Union; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Volunteer time

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) match

Job summary

Northwest Federal Credit Union in Herndon, VA is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join the IT Systems Infrastructure team. This full-time role designs, implements, and documents cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure, migrating systems to cloud services and optimizing performance to deliver highly available IT services to member-owners.

You will work across Azure IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, manage hybrid identity, backups, security, and automation, with on-call rotations and solid collaboration with IT

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years experience with systems infrastructure planning, security principles, and IT service management best practices.
• Minimum 3 years' experience designing, implementing, administering, and supporting cloud systems on Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with hybrid cloud architectures and connectivity between on-premises infrastructure and Azure environments.
• Working knowledge of VMware virtualization technologies.
• Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining Microsoft Windows server environments.
• Strong working knowledge of identity management systems, Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, privileged access, conditional access, MFA, identity lifecycle management, and hybrid identity services.
• Strong organization and project management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Work with IT teams to ensure availability, reliability, and scalability of cloud systems infrastructure.
• Plan, design, and implement IaaS, PaaS and SaaS cloud-based solutions in Azure.
• Develop implementation plans, milestones, risk assessments, and technical requirements for projects.
• Collaborate with Business units and Development teams to identify cloud solutions.
• Acquire licensing and software per procurement processes.
• Deploy new applications and enhancements to existing systems.
• Use a Continual Service Improvement model to keep cloud systems efficient and aligned with goals.
• Manage hybrid directory and identity services in Azure and on-premises.
• Manage backup and recovery to meet RTOs and RPOs.
• Design and conduct business continuity tests for cloud and on-prem systems.
• Produce automated reports, dashboards, and metrics for monitoring.
• Provide IT solutions with leadership and regular project status updates.
• Track cloud expenditures and ensure costs stay within budget.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Hybrid Cloud

VMware

Identity management

Windows Server

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Cybersecurity

Tools

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Bicep

ARM templates

Terraform

Python

Bash

Okta

Microsoft Entra ID

Intune

Job description

Northwest Federal Credit Union in Herndon, VA is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join the IT Systems Infrastructure team. This full-time role designs, implements, and documents cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure, migrating systems to cloud services and optimizing performance to deliver highly available IT services to member-owners.

You will work across Azure IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, manage hybrid identity, backups, security, and automation, with on-call rotations and solid collaboration with IT