Azure Cloud Engineer II: Government & Security

BVG & Company Consulting; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Discretionary bonuses

PTO and holidays

401(k) with 5% match

Job summary

BVG & Company is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer II to join our team supporting the NEST Communication Program in Albuquerque, NM. You will design, implement, secure, automate, and sustain cloud and hybrid network infrastructure for DOE/NNSA national-security missions, with a focus on Microsoft Azure engineering and secure government environments.

The role requires hands-on Azure experience, IaC expertise, and a proven ability to work within federal compliance and security clearance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an area applicable to the position with 6+ years of experience in cloud engineering, network engineering, systems administration, cybersecurity, or related information technology disciplines.
• Three or more years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience, including at least two years supporting Microsoft Azure
• Experience designing resilient cloud architectures using redundancy, availability zones, automated recovery, backups, and tested disaster-recovery procedures
• Demonstrated integrity, teamwork, technical judgement, professional communication, and commitment to mission success
• Experience supporting Azure Government, federal cloud environments, or classified information systems
• Experience supporting Department of Energy, NNSA, national laboratory, Department of Defense, intelligence community, or other national-security missions
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, PowerShell, Azure CLI, Git, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions
• Experience administering Azure virtual machines, storage, virtual networks, network security groups, load balancers, firewalls, VPN gateways, monitoring, backup, and recovery services
• Strong knowledge and working background of TCP/IP, subnetting, routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPNs, firewalls, network segmentation, and secure remote connectivity
• Experience integrating Azure environments with on-premises data centers, Active Directory, enterprise networks, and remote operating locations
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, role-based access control, managed identities, privileged access, and least-privilege principles
• Current and active DOE Q Clearance/Top Secret Clearance with the ability to acquire an SCI. Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain the security clearance and access authorizations required for the position

Skills

Cloud engineering

Azure

Network engineering

Systems administration

Cybersecurity

Government systems experience

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Git

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

TCP/IP networking

Active Directory

Entra ID

RBAC

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in an area applicable to the position

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Git

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

BVG & Company is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer II to join our team supporting the NEST Communication Program in Albuquerque, NM. You will design, implement, secure, automate, and sustain cloud and hybrid network infrastructure for DOE/NNSA national-security missions, with a focus on Microsoft Azure engineering and secure government environments.

The role requires hands-on Azure experience, IaC expertise, and a proven ability to work within federal compliance and security clearance