Remote Principal Azure Cloud Architect & DevOps Lead

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to lead Azure cloud design, deployment, and operations for VAEC environments. The role emphasizes CI/CD, security, and scalable architectures in a remote work setting.

The successful candidate will architect and govern multi-subscription Azure environments, implement cost management, and mentor engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams. U.S.

Qualifications

• Azure infrastructure design, deployment, and management experience.
• Large-scale, high-availability cloud architectures.
• Azure services: VMs, Blob, SQL, VNet, Functions, Entra ID, ARM, Monitor, and DNS.
• Azure security practices: RBAC, DDoS protection, WAF.
• Azure networking: VNet Peering, ExpressRoute, VPN, Private Endpoints, Load Balancer.
• IaC: ARM Templates, Ansible, GitOps.
• Scripting: Python, PowerShell, Bash, or JavaScript/NodeJS.
• Monitoring/observability: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana.

Responsibilities

• Create data, cloud, and transition diagrams and high-level architecture diagrams.
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate CI/CD automation technologies.
• Manage permissions in the cloud service provider for each application and service.
• Implement monitoring for cloud architecture and cloud-hosted systems to ensure performance and compliance.
• Provide Cloud support for VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) environments and VIP compliance.
• Adopt a DevOps mindset with CI/CD practices and tooling.
• Produce Cloud Security Provider Documentation.
• Design VAEC/cloud-hosted solutions and address cloud-readiness gaps.

Skills

Azure infrastructure

High availability cloud

Azure services

Azure security

Azure networking

IaC tools

CI/CD

Python

PowerShell

Bash

JavaScript

AKS

Monitoring

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

ARM Templates

Ansible

GitOps

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to lead Azure cloud design, deployment, and operations for VAEC environments. The role emphasizes CI/CD, security, and scalable architectures in a remote work setting.

The successful candidate will architect and govern multi-subscription Azure environments, implement cost management, and mentor engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams. U.S.