Cloud Architect

Tecknomic; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) is seeking a hands-on Azure Cloud Architect to lead its multi-cloud build-out (Azure primary, AWS Commercial and GovCloud). This 100% onsite role in Washington DC focuses on secure landing zones, governance, Terraform-based infrastructure as code, and Azure Virtual Desktop oversight.

Applicants should have 8+ years in infrastructure engineering and 5+ years building in Azure, plus Terraform production experience and AWS familiarity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in infrastructure engineering.
• 5+ years designing and building in Microsoft Azure.
• 5+ years Terraform in production; CI/CD in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Strong Microsoft Entra ID, conditional access, and identity governance.
• AWS experience (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3); mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead OCTO's multi-cloud build-out as technical lead and cloud-architecture SME.
• Design secure, governed environments for OCTO and partner agencies with clear options and tradeoffs.
• Own the Azure landing zone (management groups, subscriptions, RBAC, policy, Defender for Cloud).
• Deliver IaC with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Plan and execute migrations of on-prem VMware workloads to Azure.
• Provide architectural oversight of Azure Virtual Desktop including Nerdio integration.

Skills

Azure cloud architecture

Multi-cloud design

Leadership/mentoring

Security governance

Terraform in production

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

VMware

Nerdio

Job description

The DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) is hiring a hands‑on Azure Cloud Architect to lead its multi‑cloud build‑out (Azure primary, AWS Commercial and GovCloud), 100% onsite in Washington DC: design secure landing zones and governance, deliver Terraform infrastructure as code with Azure DevOps CI/CD, lead VMware‑to‑Azure migrations, and oversee Azure Virtual Desktop.

What you’ll do

• Lead the continued build‑out of OCTO’s multi‑cloud environment (Azure primary, AWS Commercial and GovCloud) as technical lead and cloud architecture SME
• Design secure, well‑governed environments for OCTO and partner agencies, translating agency requirements into clear solution designs with options, costs, and tradeoffs
• Design, mature, and own the Azure landing zone (management groups, subscriptions, Azure Policy, RBAC, security baselines with Microsoft Defender for Cloud)
• Deliver infrastructure as code with Terraform (reusable modules, remote state) and infrastructure CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
• Plan and execute migrations of on‑premises virtualized workloads (VMware or similar) to Azure, from discovery and dependency mapping through migration waves
• Provide architectural oversight of Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), including the Terraform/Nerdio boundary; design hybrid connectivity and Entra ID identity integration

What you need

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field (or equivalent); Senior‑level position
• 8 plus years in infrastructure engineering, with 5 plus years designing and building in Microsoft Azure
• 5 plus years hands‑on Terraform in production (reusable modules, remote state); infrastructure CI/CD in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Strong Microsoft Entra ID, conditional access, and identity governance; migration of on‑premises VMware workloads to Azure
• Working knowledge of AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3) to operate and troubleshoot existing workloads; experience leading/mentoring engineers