Azure Web Services Cloud Administrator - Mid

AIS (Applied Information Sciences); Reston (VA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Information Sciences (AIS) seeks a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design and operate complex cloud and hybrid environments, focusing on Azure services and secure engineering practices.

You will lead automation initiatives, support DoD/IC programs, document systems, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure reliability and scalability. Secret clearance and cloud certifications required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of relevant experience in enterprise cloud/infrastructure environments.
• IAT-2 and cloud certifications, plus active Secret clearance.
• Experience in regulated environments and secure engineering/documentation practices.

Responsibilities

• Maintains smooth operation of cloud-based systems, coordinating with network admins.
• Sets up admin and service accounts, maintains documentation, tunes performance, installs system software.
• Respond to large-scale events involving VMs and storage.
• Fix critical software and system failures.
• Propose, drive and implement automation for efficiency and scalability.
• Develop/improve tools, reports, and processes to monitor cloud health.

Skills

Network architecture

Hybrid‑cloud design

IaC automation

Security controls

Performance tuning

Automation pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

Cloud monitoring

Job description

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

• Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
• Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
• Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
• Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

Working@AIS

At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer.

• Core Knowledge & Skills: Designs complex network and hybrid‑cloud solutions; implements security controls, DR/BCP, and automated IaC with deployment pipelines; performs advanced performance tuning.
• Work & Complexity: Solves complex issues, designs and delivers new infrastructure solutions, performs capacity planning, and leads advanced automation initiatives.
• Quality & Independence: Drives root‑cause analysis, enforces best practices and QA on changes, optimizes for reliability and user experience; operates with high autonomy.
• Teamwork & Communication: Leads cross‑functional efforts, mentors juniors, facilitates knowledge transfer, and aligns stakeholders with technical plans.
• Consulting & Engagement: Provides strategic input on infrastructure initiatives, recommends advanced technologies, and manages vendor relationships.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Azure Web Services Cloud Administrator - Mid.

Project Summary

AIS is supporting federal customer with a program focused on architecture and infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintains smooth operation of different cloud-based systems, including coordination with network administrators.
• Sets up administrator and service accounts, maintains system documentation for cloud infrastructure and tenant inventory, tunes system performance, installs system wide software and allocates mass storage space.
• Respond to large-scale events involving instantiation of virtual resources such VMs and storage.
• Fix critical software and system failures.
• Propose, drive and implement technical solutions for automation, efficiency and scalability.
• Develop/improve tools, reports, and processes to monitor the health of cloud environment.

Required For This Opportunity

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of relevant experience supporting enterprise cloud and/or infrastructure environments.
• Certifications: IAT-2, 1 or more cloud certifications.
• Active Secret clearance (or higher).
• Experience working in regulated environments and following secure engineering / documentation practices.

Nice To Have Skills

• Experience supporting DoD/IC programs and mission systems.

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $102,000-$154,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location. We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.

Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.