Principal Cloud Engineer, Azure & DevOps (Remote)

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a Principal Cloud Computing Engineer to lead Azure infrastructure design, security, and DevOps across VA Enterprise Cloud environments from a fully remote location in the United States.

The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, cross-functional collaboration, and adherence to federal security standards while delivering scalable, compliant cloud solutions for healthcare systems.

Qualifications

• Proven track record designing, deploying, and managing Azure infra/services.
• Experience with large-scale, high-availability cloud architecture.
• Knowledge of HIPAA/FedRAMP/NIST/GDPR/PCI DSS security controls.

Responsibilities

• Create cloud diagrams, data flow diagrams, and high-level architecture diagrams for cloud environments.
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate CI/CD automation technologies.
• Manage permissions for cloud applications, storage, and services.
• Implement, monitor, and optimize cloud systems for performance and compliance.
• Provide cloud support for VA Enterprise Cloud environments (VAEC, Azure GovCloud).
• Adopt DevOps practices and CI/CD tooling within teams.
• Produce cloud security documentation and governance artifacts.
• Design VAEC/cloud-hosted solutions and address readiness gaps.

Skills

Azure architecture

Azure security

CI/CD tooling

IaC

Scripting

Cloud governance

DevOps mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computing or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

ARM Templates

Ansible

GitOps

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a Principal Cloud Computing Engineer to lead Azure infrastructure design, security, and DevOps across VA Enterprise Cloud environments from a fully remote location in the United States.

The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, cross-functional collaboration, and adherence to federal security standards while delivering scalable, compliant cloud solutions for healthcare systems.