Azure Engineer

George Consulting, LTD; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

George Consulting, LTD is seeking an Azure Engineer to support USMC Enterprise DevSecOps across engineering and operations. You will blend systems engineering with security compliance, delivering full lifecycle support from requirements to patching and continuous improvement.

Your work will involve building secure CI/CD pipelines, automating security controls, and enabling scalable cloud-native architectures in Azure, Kubernetes, and hybrid environments. A DoD clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Active security clearance (DoD Secret or Top Secret) required.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in CS/IT/Engineering/Math.
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent certification (IAT Level II).
• 8+ years’ experience (Bachelor’s) or 6+ years (Master’s).
• Strong systems engineering principles and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience with Azure, Kubernetes, Docker in hybrid environments.
• Proficiency with IaC tools: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Bicep.
• Scripting: Python, Bash, Go, Java.
• Hands-on security automation and compliance tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead evaluation of Azure platform capabilities and DevSecOps tools.
• Prototype new platform features and document engineering findings.
• Plan and decompose requirements for cloud-based and hybrid systems.
• Create reusable Azure components: Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, IaC modules, GitOps pipelines.
• Develop modernization strategies for upgrades and transformations.
• Build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines across Azure environments.
• Integrate DevSecOps tooling: SBOM, SAST/DAST, container security.
• Produce engineering docs, diagrams, and future capability whitepapers.
• Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams.

Skills

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

IaC

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Bicep

Python

Go

Java

CI/CD

SAST/DAST

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering/Math

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Bicep

Job description

Job Description

George Consulting is seeking an Azure Engineer to support and advance the USMC Enterprise DevSecOps ecosystem across both engineering and operational domains. This role blends systems engineering, future capability development, sustainment operations, platform reliability, security compliance, and customer onboarding to ensure the Azure Enterprise DevSecOps environment remains modern, stable, secure, and aligned with long-term mission needs. This position provides full-lifecycle technical support from requirements analysis and architecture design to pipeline operations, patching, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Lead engineering evaluation of new Azure platform capabilities, emerging DevSecOps tools, Kubernetes enhancements, automated security technologies, and cloud-native architectural patterns.
• Drive R&D efforts to prototype new platform features, test future capabilities, and document engineering findings to burn down future requirements for USMC Azure Enterprise DevSecOps.
• Conduct technical planning, functional analysis, requirements decomposition, and allocation for cloud-based and hybrid systems, ensuring engineering alignment with mission objectives.
• Engineer reusable Azure platform components such as Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, IaC modules, GitOps pipelines, and automation workflows to streamline future onboarding and system expansion.
• Develop modernization strategies and lead engineering efforts for upgrades, refactoring, and transformation initiatives across the Azure DevSecOps ecosystem.

DevSecOps Engineering & Automation

• Architect, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines that support scalable, automated application delivery across Azure cloud environments.
• Engineer integrations across DevSecOps pipelines, incorporating Azure DevOps, GitHub Advanced Security capabilities, automated SBOM generation, SAST/DAST scanning, and container security automation.
• Develop highly modular Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Bicep) for automated resource creation and lifecycle management.

Cloud-Native Architecture & Engineering Support

• Engineer and support applications deployed across Azure and hybrid environments, ensuring proper integration with Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, and other container ecosystems.
• Analyze and design for high availability, resilience, scalability, and distributed system performance across cloud native architectures.
• Identify architectural gaps, perform root cause analysis for system design defects, and propose engineered improvements.

Security Engineering & Compliance Automation

• Engineer automated security capabilities including vulnerability scanning, SAST/DAST, container security, and compliance automation within DevSecOps pipelines.
• Support engineering of identity, networking, access control, and policy enforcement mechanisms consistent with DoD cybersecurity frameworks and RMF.

Testing, Verification, & Documentation

• Perform verification, validation, quality assurance, and engineering-level system testing for cloud-native solutions.
• Produce engineering documentation, diagrams, system specifications, prototypes, and future capability whitepapers.
• Collaborate closely with development, QA, security, operations, and stakeholders to drive engineering decisions and influence long-term technical approaches.

THIS POSITION REQUIRES AN ACTIVE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TOP SECRET OR SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE

Required Qualifications

• Current and active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS, IT, Engineering, Math, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent certification (IAT Level II).
• 8+ years' experience (Bachelor’s) or 6+ years (Master’s).
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience engineering cloud native platforms, especially Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, and hybrid systems.
• Strong proficiency with IaC (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Bicep).
• Proficiency in scripting/programming (Python, Bash, Go, Java).
• Hands-on experience with automated security compliance tools.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience designing platform components (Helm charts, operators, GitOps pipelines).
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architectures, advanced container security, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and automation driven DevSecOps tooling.
• Knowledge of DoD enterprise architectures, Marine Corps systems, and multi-vendor cloud environments.

About Georgeconsulting

Established in 2003, George Consulting is a public and private sector-focused small business successfully supporting Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) customers. We offer innovative Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Engineering, Information Technology (IT) and Cyber Security services including Information Assurance (IA), software development, systems engineering, security engineering, and IT support services. George Consulting offers a wide range of engineering and programmatic services targeted at improving our clients' ability to execute their mission and realize their goals and objectives. Our expertise and unbiased perspective allows us to look at the full life cycle of our clients requirements ultimately providing them with mission success. With operations in Washington DC, Norfolk, VA, Pax River, MD and Charleston, SC we have employees supporting our customers worldwide.