Cleared Azure Cloud Engineer & DevOps Architect

Lightfeather Io Llc; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

LightFeather is seeking a cleared Azure infrastructure and DevOps professional to own secure cloud architecture, automation, and compliance for federal IT modernization in Washington, D.C. The role requires onsite collaboration four days per week with one day telework and a Secret clearance.

Responsibilities include designing and deploying Azure infrastructure, managing VNet/NSG/Load Balancers, developing Terraform templates, and automating CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, while ensuring

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance or higher.
• 5+ years of total experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering.
• 3+ years hands-on with Azure cloud services and infrastructure architecture.
• 3+ years building and managing CI/CD pipelines in production environments.
• 3+ years writing and maintaining Terraform IaC.
• 3+ years working with GitLab for source control and pipeline management.
• 4+ years of PowerShell scripting for systems automation.
• Demonstrated production experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
• Working knowledge of federal compliance frameworks: FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, RMF.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure including VMs, VNets, Storage, Azure AD, and PaaS services.
• Manage and optimize Azure networking components (VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, VPN/ExpressRoute connectivity).
• Develop and maintain Terraform templates as the primary IaC tool.
• Support automation via PowerShell, Bash, YAML/JSON, and GitLab pipelines.
• Deploy, configure, and manage AVD environments including host pools, session hosts, FSLogix profile containers, and Azure AD/M365 integrations.
• Provide troubleshooting and performance optimization for AVD users.
• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines in GitLab.
• Automate cloud operations, system configuration, and monitoring tasks.
• Implement secure cloud practices aligned with federal requirements (RBAC, Key Vault, IAM, encryption standards).
• Ensure compliance with NIST, RMF, FedRAMP, and agency-specific controls.
• Use Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and related tools to analyze system health, diagnose issues, and enforce SLAs.
• Work with engineering, security, and program staff to support ongoing cloud modernization efforts.
• Support onsite collaboration with customer stakeholders (note: role cannot be performed remotely long-term).

Skills

Azure cloud services

PowerShell scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform IaC

GitLab

AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop)

Security/compliance awareness

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Azure Monitor

Job description

LightFeather is seeking a cleared Azure infrastructure and DevOps professional to own secure cloud architecture, automation, and compliance for federal IT modernization in Washington, D.C. The role requires onsite collaboration four days per week with one day telework and a Secret clearance.

Responsibilities include designing and deploying Azure infrastructure, managing VNet/NSG/Load Balancers, developing Terraform templates, and automating CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, while ensuring