Azure Cloud Infrastructure Manager

Saic; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Cloud & Server Systems Infrastructure Manager to lead enterprise server, storage, networking, and cloud engineering during a major modernization initiative, including a full shutdown of legacy data centers and migration to Azure Government.

You will oversee a multi-disciplinary team, ensure security compliance, and maintain high availability across hybrid platforms while driving modernization, governance, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, IT, or Engineering with 4 years of experience in lieu of degree.
• 8+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure (servers, storage, backup, networking).
• 5+ years of experience leading technical engineering teams.
• 5+ years of hands-on Azure (preferably Azure Government) architecture and operations experience.
• Proven success leading cloud migrations or data center shutdowns in a regulated environment.
• Strategic leadership of large-scale cloud migrations and data center transformations.
• Strong communication for cross-team collaboration and executive reporting.
• Proactive problem-solving, crisis management, and operational decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a technical team of server, cloud, storage, and networking engineers.
• Oversee 24/7/365 operations to ensure SLA adherence and infrastructure stability.
• Manage workload and resources for migration, modernization, and operational priorities.
• Drive root-cause analysis, incident response, and on-call rotations.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Cross-team collaboration

Crisis management

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

ITIL v4 Foundation

Tools

Azure Gov cloud

Job description

Description

SAIC is looking for a Cloud & Server Systems Infrastructure Manager who will be responsible for leading the enterprise server, storage, networking, and cloud engineering functions during a major modernization effort, including the full shutdown of legacy data centers and transition to a 100% Azure Government cloud environment. This role oversees a team of multi-disciplinary engineers supporting mission-critical infrastructure, ensuring compliance with federal security standards, continuity of operations, and high availability across hybrid platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership & Operational Management

• Lead, mentor, and manage a technical team of server, cloud, storage, and networking engineers.
• Oversee daily operations ensuring 24/7/365 system availability, SLA adherence, and infrastructure stability.
• Manage engineering workload and resource allocation for migration, modernization, and operational priorities.
• Drive root-cause analysis (RCA), incident response, and major incident management and on-call rotations.

Data Center Closure & Azure Government Migration

• Serve as the technical lead for Data Center Closure Program, including assessment, planning, and execution of server, storage, networking, and application migrations to Azure.
• Develop target-state architectures for Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS replacements based on modernization goals.
• Coordinate across workstreams (Applications, Databases, Storage, Networking, Security, DR/COOP) to ensure end‑to‑end migration readiness.
• Lead migration activities using Azure Migrate, Data Box, replication tools, and database modernization techniques.
• Ensure alignment with Azure capabilities, constraints, and roadmap dependencies.

On-Premises Infrastructure & Platform Support

• Oversee Windows Server, Linux (RHEL), and Unix server platforms during migration and decommissioning phases.
• Maintain and operate enterprise storage systems (Hitachi SAN/NAS) until retirement.
• Manage enterprise backup systems (Veritas NetBackup, Cohesity) including Azure-integrated backup and long-term retention strategies.
• Conduct patch management, tuning, capacity planning, firmware upgrades, and lifecycle management for legacy infrastructure.

Azure Cloud Operations & Governance

• Manage and operate Azure resources including VNets, ExpressRoute, storage, compute, identity, and security controls.
• Implement and maintain Azure governance including RBAC, Entra ID, conditional access, resource policies, cost management, tagging, and FinOps.
• Architect secure landing zones, DMZ environments, firewall policies, and segmentation for workloads.
• Oversee integration of on-prem and cloud network infrastructure, including redesign of network topology during data center shutdown.

Monitoring, Logging & Incident Response

• Implement Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Sentinel, dashboards, and automated alerting for complete infrastructure visibility.
• Lead post‑incident RCA, develop corrective actions, and enforce operational improvements for reliability and rapid recovery.
• Maintain configuration baselines, performance metrics, and operational health reporting for leadership and compliance teams.

Process Modernization, Automation & Documentation

• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, cloud adoption, performance tuning, and service optimization.
• Maintain migration runbooks, SOPs, architectural diagrams, DR plans, and datacenter shutdown documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, cloud adoption, performance tuning, and service optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience (4 years experience in lieu of degree).
• 8+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure (servers, storage, backup, networking).
• 5+ years of experience managing and leading technical engineering teams.
• 5+ years of hands‑on Azure (preferably Azure Government) architecture and operations experience.
• Proven success leading cloud migrations or data center shutdowns in a regulated environment.
• Strategic leadership of large‑scale cloud migrations and data center transformations.
• Strong communication skills for cross‑team collaboration and executive reporting.
• Proactive problem‑solving, crisis management, and operational decision‑making.
• Ability to lead technical teams through modernization while maintaining daily operational stability.

Desired:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator Associate.
• ITIL v4 Foundation (or practical knowledge of IT Service Management principles).
• Storage or Linux Certifications (e.g., Red Hat RHCSA/RHCE, Hitachi VSP).

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.