Remote Principal Azure Cloud Architect

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to lead Azure infrastructure, security, and automation for VA cloud initiatives. Remote, full-time role requiring deep Azure expertise, DevOps mindset, and strong documentation.

Responsibilities include designing diagrams, implementing CI/CD pipelines, managing permissions, monitoring cloud environments, and ensuring VA/federal compliance. 20+ years experience preferred with US citizenship.

Qualifications

• Proven Azure infra design, deployment and management.
• Experience with large-scale, highly available cloud architecture.
• Strong Azure services expertise (VMs, Storage, SQL, VNet, Functions, Entra ID, ARM, Monitor, DNS).
• Experience with Azure security and RBAC, DDoS protections, WAF.

Responsibilities

• Create data flow, cloud, and architectural diagrams for Cloud Infrastructure and systems.
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate CI/CD automation technologies.

Skills

Azure infra

Azure security

CI/CD

IaC

Automation

Python

PowerShell

GitHub Actions

ARM Templates

Monitoring

Azure Monitor

VB/ scripting

20+ years exp

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/ENG

Tools

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to lead Azure infrastructure, security, and automation for VA cloud initiatives. Remote, full-time role requiring deep Azure expertise, DevOps mindset, and strong documentation.

Responsibilities include designing diagrams, implementing CI/CD pipelines, managing permissions, monitoring cloud environments, and ensuring VA/federal compliance. 20+ years experience preferred with US citizenship.