Remote Principal Azure Cloud Engineer - DevOps & Security

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a senior Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to lead Azure infrastructure design, security, and DevOps across VA programs. The role emphasizes CI/CD, project leadership, and cloud governance in a remote, 100% U.S.-based environment.

Applicants should have extensive Azure expertise, strong security posture, and experience with cloud cost management and multi-subscription governance. This is a W-2, full-time remote opportunity with federal compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 20+ years of professional experience.
• Experience designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure and services.
• Knowledge of HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, GDPR, PCI DSS compliance.

Responsibilities

• Create data flow diagrams, cloud diagrams, and high-level architecture diagrams for Cloud Infrastructure and systems.
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate CI/CD automation technologies.
• Manage permissions in cloud services for cloud applications, storage, and services.
• Implement monitoring for cloud architecture and hosted systems to ensure performance and compliance.

Skills

Azure cloud design

DevOps

CI/CD

Azure security

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/ related

Tools

ARM templates

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a senior Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to lead Azure infrastructure design, security, and DevOps across VA programs. The role emphasizes CI/CD, project leadership, and cloud governance in a remote, 100% U.S.-based environment.

Applicants should have extensive Azure expertise, strong security posture, and experience with cloud cost management and multi-subscription governance. This is a W-2, full-time remote opportunity with federal compliance requirements.