Azure Gov Cloud Architect for JWCC & DoD

Freedom Real Estate; Suffolk (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP participation

401(k) match

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Flexible spending accounts

Health Saving Accounts

Education assistance

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Torch Technologies in Virginia (Suffolk) seeks a seasoned Cloud Solutions Architect to drive migration of Joint Staff J7 JLVC simulations into Microsoft Azure Gov (IL4–IL6) under JWCC. You will lead architecture, IaC standards, and secure networking in a DoD context.

Responsibilities include designing landing zones, containerized services, zero-trust enforcement, and collaboration with government cloud engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related technical field.
• 8+ years of progressive engineering experience (or 6+ with Master’s).
• 5+ years designing and managing cloud infrastructure in Microsoft Azure (2+ years in Azure Government).
• Proven proficiency with IaC using Terraform, Azure Bicep, or ARM templates.

Responsibilities

• Architect and oversee enterprise cloud infrastructure within Azure Government (IL5) and Azure Government Secret (IL6).
• Direct IaC standards across the team using Terraform, Azure Bicep, and ARM templates.
• Migrate JLVC training software to containerized (AKS) and cloud services.
• Enforce Zero Trust across Azure networking, storage, identity, and compute.

Skills

Azure cloud design

Terraform / IaC

Azure Government / DoD IL4-IL6

Azure Networking

Zero Trust

Security+ / CISSP background

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II or III certification

Tools

Terraform

Azure Bicep

ARM templates

AKS

Azure Firewall

ExpressRoute

Job description

Torch Technologies in Virginia (Suffolk) seeks a seasoned Cloud Solutions Architect to drive migration of Joint Staff J7 JLVC simulations into Microsoft Azure Gov (IL4–IL6) under JWCC. You will lead architecture, IaC standards, and secure networking in a DoD context.

Responsibilities include designing landing zones, containerized services, zero-trust enforcement, and collaboration with government cloud engineers.