Azure Cloud Engineering Lead - Principal (Remote)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG); Overland Park (KS); Remote; USD 110,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to support VA healthcare cloud initiatives in a remote role. The position emphasizes Azure architecture, security, automation, and DevOps practices to design, deploy, and operate cloud solutions for VA Enterprise Cloud environments.

The ideal candidate will lead cloud modernization efforts, implement CI/CD pipelines, ensure HIPAA/FedRAMP compliance, and mentor engineers while coordinating with cross-functional teams. U.S.

Qualifications

• Experience designing Azure infrastructure and services.
• Proven track record with high-availability cloud architectures.
• Experience with HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, GDPR, PCI DSS.
• Strong scripting and automation skills.
• Knowledge of FinOps and cost management.
• Ability to mentor engineers and lead cloud projects.

Responsibilities

• Create data flow diagrams, cloud diagrams, transition diagrams, and high-level architecture diagrams on Cloud Infrastructure, applications, and systems.
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate automation technologies for CI/CD.
• Manage and control permissions in the cloud service provider for each cloud application, storage, and service being hosted.
• Implement, manage, and design monitoring capabilities for cloud architecture and cloud-hosted systems and applications to ensure optimal performance and compliance with VA/Federal policies.
• Provide customer-focused support for Product lines and Services, including setup, configuration, and provisioning of VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) environments.
• Provide Cloud support services for systems and applications in the VAEC Azure (GovCloud) environments, ensuring compliance with VIP development, release, and documentation requirements.
• Adopt a DevOps mindset with an understanding of CI/CD practices and tooling.
• Provide Cloud Security Provider Documentation
• Design VAEC/cloud-hosted solutions and address cloud-readiness gaps

Skills

Azure architecture

Cloud security

DevOps practices

CI/CD pipelines

IaC (ARM/Terraform)

Python scripting

PowerShell

GitHub Actions

Azure Monitor

Azure Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Terraform

Ansible

ARM Templates

Docker

AKS

Kubernetes

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to support VA healthcare cloud initiatives in a remote role. The position emphasizes Azure architecture, security, automation, and DevOps practices to design, deploy, and operate cloud solutions for VA Enterprise Cloud environments.

The ideal candidate will lead cloud modernization efforts, implement CI/CD pipelines, ensure HIPAA/FedRAMP compliance, and mentor engineers while coordinating with cross-functional teams. U.S.