Remote Azure Cloud Engineer | Secure, Scalable Cloud Ops

Ampcus, Inc; Mechanicsville (VA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus, Inc is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to support cloud operations, app support, and compliance. You will work with Azure App Services, Function Apps, AKS, AVD, Monitor, and Log Analytics, while ensuring security, availability, and cost governance across cloud resources.

Collaborate with architects, developers, DBAs, and management to optimize services and support business-critical applications. Remote-friendly with on-site Mechanicsville duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience with Microsoft Azure services.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
• Experience in Windows environments.
• Experience administering Office 365 services and SSO (Entra ID).
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell and/or Python.
• Ability to create network and system topology documentation.
• Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop.
• Good communication of technical requirements and design concepts.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and implement cloud resources within the Azure environment.
• Ensure IAM, network controls, and cost governance meet security policies.
• Improve infrastructure documentation, naming conventions, tagging standards, and governance artifacts.
• Assist with access reviews and least-privilege IAM evaluations.
• Monitor Azure services and troubleshoot connectivity, security, and performance issues.
• Participate in daily/weekly operational activities and after-hours support.
• Define change plans and rollback procedures; support app integrations and data flows.

Skills

Azure administration

Windows environments

Networking

Scripting (PowerShell/Python)

Office 365 / Entra ID

Azure Virtual Desktop

Terraform / IaC

Docker / Kubernetes

PCI/compliance awareness

SSO / IAM basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS or equivalent

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

Jenkins

Terraform

Job description

Ampcus, Inc is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to support cloud operations, app support, and compliance. You will work with Azure App Services, Function Apps, AKS, AVD, Monitor, and Log Analytics, while ensuring security, availability, and cost governance across cloud resources.

Collaborate with architects, developers, DBAs, and management to optimize services and support business-critical applications. Remote-friendly with on-site Mechanicsville duties as needed.