Remote Azure Cloud Architect – Principal Engineer

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal (MCCF-Healthcare Systems) for remote work supporting VA Cloud environments. The role emphasizes designing, deploying, and securing Azure infrastructure, building CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring HIPAA/FedRAMP compliance across government-hosted services.

Applicants should demonstrate deep Azure expertise, scripting and IaC skills, and experience with monitoring, security controls, and multi-subscription governance within VA

Qualifications

• Experience designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure and services.
• Experience with large-scale, high-availability cloud architectures.
• Proficiency with core Azure services (VMs, SQL, Storage, VNet, Functions, Entra ID, ARM, Monitor, DNS).
• Security practices including RBAC, DDoS protection, and WAF.

Responsibilities

• Create data flow, cloud, and architecture diagrams for Cloud Infrastructure, apps, and systems.
• Develop and operate CI/CD automation for cloud environments.
• Manage cloud permissions and security configurations for VAEC environments.
• Implement monitoring and observability for cloud-hosted systems to ensure performance and compliance.
• Provide cloud support for VAEC Azure GovCloud environments and align with VIP requirements.
• Adopt DevOps mindset with CI/CD tooling and practices.
• Prepare Cloud Security Provider Documentation.
• Design VAEC/cloud-hosted solutions and address cloud-readiness gaps.

Skills

Azure cloud architecture

CI/CD automation

Azure services (VMs, SQL, Storage, VMs

Security practices (RBAC, WAF)

IaC (ARM, Ansible)

Scripting (Python, PowerShell)

Monitoring & observability

Cost management / FinOps

Kubernetes / AKS

On-call support

Education

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

Tools

Azure DevOps Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Azure Key Vault

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal (MCCF-Healthcare Systems) for remote work supporting VA Cloud environments. The role emphasizes designing, deploying, and securing Azure infrastructure, building CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring HIPAA/FedRAMP compliance across government-hosted services.

Applicants should demonstrate deep Azure expertise, scripting and IaC skills, and experience with monitoring, security controls, and multi-subscription governance within VA