Azure Senior Engineer

Koniag Government Services; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision insurance

401K with company matching

Flexible spending accounts

Paid holidays

Three weeks paid time off

Job summary

Koniag Technology Solutions, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks an experienced Senior Azure Engineer to join a focused team supporting Azure Cloud offerings for a government agency undergoing modernization.

The role emphasizes automation, architecture decisions, and collaboration across product owners, engineers, and security teams to define initial services and a roadmap for future releases. Strong Azure expertise and a Security clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Certificate (AZ-104).
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204).
• Significant experience in Azure cloud engineering, administration, or architecture roles.
• Demonstrated experience working in or supporting a federal government IT environment.
• Active Secret Clearance or higher.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, implementation, and ongoing management of Azure Cloud service offerings at both FISMA Moderate and FISMA High security levels.
• Work with Product Owner, Scrum Master, engineers, and security engineers to define service offerings and roadmap.
• Communicate architectural trade-offs and design options to leadership.
• Participate in and support a team coordinating Azure Cloud solutions.
• Implement proofs of concept and pilots and develop operational plans.
• Create documentation and implementation plans for Azure access and usage.
• Build and support YAML-based CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, CircleCI).
• Build and support IaC using Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Salt, Chef, CloudFormation.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts with conditional logic.
• Partner with teams to develop automation and drive projects forward.
• Drive collaboration and automation within the engineering team.
• Identify constraints and bottlenecks and automate solutions.
• Research, analyze, design, and support cloud solutions aligned with strategies.
• Support Change and Configuration Management and Agile practices.

Skills

Azure IaaS/PaaS

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Pulumi

PowerShell

Cloud architecture

DevOps

Agile/Scrum

Security/Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/related field

AZ-104 Azure Administrator Associate

AZ-204 Azure Developer Associate

Federal government IT experience

Active Secret Clearance or higher

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Ansible

Salt

Chef

CloudFormation

Job description

Koniag Technology Solutions, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Engineer to join a focused, dynamic team supporting Azure Cloud service offerings for a government agency undergoing cloud modernization and migration.

The ideal candidate is a motivated team-player with deep technical expertise in Azure services and cloud computing, a passion for automation, and the ability to communicate complex architectural decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Key Benefits

• health, dental and vision insurance
• 401K with company matching
• flexible spending accounts
• paid holidays
• three weeks paid time off
• and more

Principal Responsibilities

• Support the design, implementation, and ongoing management of Azure Cloud service offerings at both FISMA Moderate and FISMA High security levels.
• Work closely with the Product Owner, Scrum Master, engineers, and security engineers to define and build initial service offerings as well as the roadmap for future releases.
• Communicate architectural trade-offs and design options clearly so that the Product Owner and executive leadership can make informed, strategic decisions.
• Participate in and support a team charged with coordinating and implementing various solutions required to support the Azure Cloud environment.
• Implement proof of concepts and pilots for various cloud solutions and develop operational plans for supporting all developed solutions.
• Create documentation and implementation plans for various solutions used to access and leverage Azure.
• Build and support YAML-based CI/CD pipelines leveraging tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, CircleCI, or similar.
• Build and support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Salt, Chef, CloudFormation, or similar.
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts utilizing logical constructs such as if/else, foreach, try/catch, and more.
• Partner with development and operations teams to develop practical automation solutions and custom modules, troubleshoot automation issues, and drive projects forward in a timely manner.
• Drive a culture of collaboration, transparency, and automation within the engineering team.
• Identify constraints and bottlenecks in engineering lifecycles and develop automated solutions to address them.
• Research, analyze, design, propose, and support the delivery of cloud solutions aligned with business and technology strategies.
• Support Change and Configuration Management best practices across the team.
• Operate within an Agile development environment, supporting Scrum and/or Kanban methodologies.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Certificate (AZ-104).
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204).
• Significant experience in Azure cloud engineering, administration, or architecture roles.
• Demonstrated experience working in or supporting a federal government IT environment.
• Active Secret Clearance or higher.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Exceptional communication skills in English – both written and oral – with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive leadership.
• Ability to set the technical tone and drive an Azure engineering team toward common infrastructure goals.
• Deep understanding of IaaS and PaaS services offered on Azure and the ability to leverage them together to build complex, enterprise-grade solutions.
• Experience building and supporting YAML-based CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, CircleCI, or equivalent.
• Experience building and supporting Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Salt, Chef, CloudFormation, or equivalent.
• Proven experience with Terraform Open Source in CI/CD-driven solutions.
• Proven knowledge of PowerShell scripting with the ability to build and understand logical scripts utilizing constructs such as if/else, foreach, try/catch, etc.
• Experience with Cloud-Native and Hybrid cloud architectures.
• Ability to design data, system, and component architectures and present them in simple language to executive leadership.
• Well-versed in the DevOps lifecycle and process improvement strategies.
• Proven knowledge of Change and Configuration Management best practices.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, particularly Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Scrum.
• Passion for identifying constraints and bottlenecks in engineering lifecycles and automating solutions.

Desired Skills and Competencies

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
• Experience supporting FISMA Moderate and/or FISMA High cloud environments.
• Familiarity with Kanban methodology.
• Experience working in a federal government IT environment.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices and compliance frameworks relevant to federal environments.

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

The company is an equal opportunity employer.

The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification), national origin or ancestry, age, disability, citizenship, military/veteran status, marital status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment, promotion, wages, benefits, and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment.

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About Koniag Government Services (KGS)

Koniag Government Services (KGS) is an Alaska Native Owned corporation supporting the values and traditions of our native communities through an agile employee and corporate culture that delivers Enterprise Solutions, Professional Services and Operational Management to Federal Government Agencies.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Koniag, we apply our proven commercial solutions to a deep knowledge of Defense and Civilian missions to provide forward leaning technical, professional, and operational solutions.

KGS enables successful mission outcomes for our customers through solution-oriented business partnerships and a commitment to exceptional service delivery.

We ensure long-term success with a continuous improvement approach while balancing the collective interests of our customers, employees, and native communities.

For more information, please visit www.koniag-gs.com.

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