Azure Cloud Engineer, Mechanicsville, VA, US

Intellibee; Mechanicsville (VA); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Long-Term Stability

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Future Planning

GC Assistance

Descripción de la vacante

IntelliBee in Virginia is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to maintain and optimize cloud resources within the Tolling Azure environment. You will ensure security, IAM, and cost governance while documenting infrastructure and governance artifacts.

You will collaborate with architects and cross‑functional teams, implement fault‑tolerant Azure solutions, and support 24/7 operations as needed. Strong communication and Windows/PowerShell skills are required.

Formación

• Minimum 3 years of experience with Microsoft Azure services.
• Experience supporting Virginia tolling apps, infra, and cloud workloads, incl. diagnostics.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in Windows environments.
• Rubrik backup & recovery for Azure IaaS/PaaS incl. policy and DR validation.
• Office 365 services and SSO (Entra ID).
• Secret Server privileged access vaults management.
• PowerShell and Python scripting.
• Ability to document network/topology and data flows.
• Azure Virtual Desktops and Power Apps experience.
• PCI or similar compliance awareness.

Responsabilidades

• Maintains and implements cloud resources in Azure for Tolling environment.
• Ensure compliance with state policies on security, IAM, networking, and cost governance.
• Improve infrastructure documentation, naming, tagging, and governance artifacts.
• Assist with access reviews and least‑privilege IAM evaluations.
• Manage vendor updates and ensure compatibility.
• Implement fault‑tolerant and highly available Azure solutions.
• Monitor Azure services and troubleshoot connectivity, security, and performance issues.
• Document root causes and support incident reviews; participate in on‑call as needed.
• Understand end‑to‑end data flows and optimize data movements.
• Collaborate across teams to leverage Azure services effectively.

Conocimientos

Azure

Windows admin

PowerShell

Python

Documentation

Cost governance

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Herramientas

Rubrik

Secret Server

Entra ID

Power Apps

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Azure VDI

Office 365

Descripción del empleo

Primary Responsibilities

Cloud Operations and Engineering

• Maintain and implement cloud resources in the Tolling Azure environment.
• Ensure compliance with Virginia government policies regarding security, IAM, network controls, and cost governance.
• Maintain and improve infrastructure documentation, naming conventions, tagging standards, and cloud governance artifacts.
• Assist with access reviews, role assignments, and least‑privilege IAM evaluations.
• Manage vendor‑required updates and ensure compatibility.
• Implement fault‑tolerant and highly available Azure solutions.

Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Diagnostics

• Monitor Azure services and application workloads to ensure uptime and availability.
• Troubleshoot issues related to connectivity, access, security, application performance, and service degradation.
• Perform diagnostic deep‑dives using logs, metrics, traces, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics.
• Analyze and tune system/application performance.

Operational Support

• Participate in daily/weekly operational cycles including pattern monitoring, incident reviews, and maintenance readiness checks.
• Triage production issues, ensure timely resolution, and document root‑cause findings.
• Execute and support off‑hours work as needed.
• Define change requests, detailed implementation plans, and roll‑back procedures.

Technical Development and Compliance

• Understand end‑to‑end data flows across tolling systems, roadways data, financial transactions, and reporting tools.
• Support optimization of integrations and data movement.
• Apply PCI or other regulatory compliance requirements when evaluating system behavior and logging patterns.
• Manage key vaults, passwords, certificates, and secure credential storage.

Collaboration and Communication

• Work directly with architects, engineers, managers, and cross‑functional teams to use Azure services effectively.
• Provide best‑practice guidance related to SaaS, Paas, and IaaS.
• Communicate clearly in written and verbal form with internal and external stakeholders.
• Support multiple concurrent projects of complex technical scope.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience with Microsoft Azure services.
• Minimum 3 years experience supporting VDOT /E‑ZPass Virginia tolling applications, infrastructure, and cloud workloads, including hands‑on diagnostic work with transaction flows, roadway sensor data ingestion, and tolling application performance tuning.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate requirements and design concepts clearly.
• Experience working in Windows environments.
• Implementing Rubrik backup & recovery for Azure IaaS/PaaS, including policy sets, snapshot lifecycle tuning, and DR validation.
• Experience with Office 365 services and administering Single Sign‑On (SSO) including Entra ID.
• Experience administering Secret Server privileged access vaults including credential rotation, vault workflow troubleshooting, and integration with Azure workloads.
• Solid scripting experience (PowerShell and/or Python).
• Ability to create network and system topology documentation.
• Experience with Azure Virtual Desktops.
• Office 365 services and Power Apps.

Special Instructions

• Position requires a fingerprint‑based background check.
• Continued education is expected at the contractor’s own expense to stay current with VDOT technologies.

Skill Matrix:

• Microsoft Windows environments (2019+) Required 5 Years
• Server infrastructure, protocols, firewalls, certificates, load balancers Required 2 Years
• Support of VDOT / E‑ZPass Virginia tolling applications, infrastructure, and cloud workloads Required 3 Years
• Networking, server administration (Windows/Linux), databases, cloud environments Required 2 Years
• Implementing Rubrik backup & recovery for Azure IaaS/PaaS Required 2 Years
• Scripting with PowerShell/Python Required 2 Years
• Continuous integration tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, TFS) Desired 1 Years
• Administration of SecretServer privileged access vaults. Required 2 Years
• Office 365 and Power Apps platforms Required 1 Years
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent) Desired 1 Years
• Experience with PCI or similar compliance frameworks Required 1 Years
• Key Vault, secrets and certificate management Desired 1 Years
• Single Sign On and identity administration (Entra ID) Required 1 Years
• Azure certification (AZ 104, AZ 305, or similar) Desired 1 Years
• Experience with enterprise governance models Required 1 Years
• Experience analyzing cloud cost trends and delivering cost optimization recommendations Desired 1 Years

Benefits at IntelliBee

• Long-Term Stability: Join us on a multi-year opportunities with room to grow.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Access quality healthcare benefits to keep you and your family well.
• Future Planning: Enroll in our 401(k) program and invest in your financial security.
• GC Assistance: We support immediate Green Card processing, if required.