Azure Cloud Engineer - Tolling IT Ops

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Mechanicsville (VA)

Remote

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

VDOT Tolling ITD is seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to join the Eng and Ops team in Mechanicsville, VA. The role involves Azure cloud engineering, application support, and rotational help-desk duties within Tolling.

You’ll work with App Services, API Gateways, Function Apps, Azure Virtual Desktops, and AKS to ensure secure, efficient cloud usage. The candidate will implement, maintain, and support Tolling Azure resources, collaborating with architects, developers, DBAs, and engineers to meet

Qualifications

Minimum 3 years of experience with Microsoft Azure services.
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.
Experience with Office 365 services and administering Single Sign-On (SSO) including Entra ID.
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.

Responsibilities

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.