Principal Azure Cloud Engineer — Remote

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Ashburn (VA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal (MCCF-Healthcare Systems) to work in a remote, U.S.-based capacity for the VA. The role emphasizes designing scalable Azure infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and maintaining secure cloud environments.

You will lead cloud architecture efforts, ensure compliance with HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, GDPR and PCI DSS, and mentor engineers while coordinating across cross-functional teams in VA projects.

Qualifications

• Designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure and services.

Responsibilities

• Create data flow diagrams, cloud diagrams, transition diagrams, and high-level architecture diagrams on Cloud Infrastructure, applications, and systems
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate automation technologies for CI/CD
• Manage cloud permissions and access controls for cloud applications and storage
• Implement monitoring for cloud architectures and ensure compliance with VA/Federal policies
• Provide Cloud support for VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) environments
• Adopt DevOps mindset with CI/CD tooling
• Design VAEC/cloud-hosted solutions and address cloud-readiness gaps

Skills

Azure

Cloud architecture

DevOps

CI/CD

Python

PowerShell

Docker

Kubernetes

Security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering or related

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal (MCCF-Healthcare Systems) to work in a remote, U.S.-based capacity for the VA. The role emphasizes designing scalable Azure infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and maintaining secure cloud environments.

You will lead cloud architecture efforts, ensure compliance with HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, GDPR and PCI DSS, and mentor engineers while coordinating across cross-functional teams in VA projects.