Remote Principal Cloud Architect - Azure & DevOps

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to lead Azure-based cloud initiatives, architecture, and security for VA environments. This remote role requires deep expertise across Azure services, security controls, and DevOps practices to deliver compliant, scalable cloud solutions.

With 20+ years of experience preferred, you will design, implement, and govern multi-subscription Azure environments, mentor engineers, and drive modernization and migration efforts

Qualifications

• Azure infrastructure design, deployment, and management.
• Experience with large-scale, high-availability cloud architecture.
• Expertise in core Azure services (VMs, Blob Storage, SQL DB, VNet, Functions, Entra ID, ARM, Monitor, DNS).
• Experience with Azure security practices (Entra ID, RBAC, DDoS Protection, WAF).
• Proficiency with Azure networking (VNet Peering, ExpressRoute, VPN, Private Endpoints, Load Balancer).
• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure Azure cloud infrastructures.
• Governing multi-subscription Azure environments (Management Groups, Azure Policy, Landing Zones).
• Cloud cost management and FinOps practices (tagging, resource optimization).
• Scripting in Python/PowerShell/Bash/NodeJS for automation.
• Infrastructure as Code tools (ARM Templates, Ansible, GitOps).
• Monitoring and observability with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and third-party tools.

Responsibilities

• Create data flow and cloud system architecture diagrams.
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate CI/CD automation.
• Manage cloud permissions for each resource and service.
• Implement monitoring for cloud architecture to ensure performance and compliance.
• Provide Cloud support for VA Enterprise Cloud environments.
• Support VAEC Azure GovCloud deployments with VIP requirements.
• Adopt DevOps mindset with CI/CD tooling.
• Produce Cloud Security Provider Documentation.
• Design VAEC/cloud-hosted solutions and address readiness gaps.

Skills

Azure infrastructure

Azure security

Azure networking

CI/CD

DevOps

Cloud architecture

Python/PowerShell

IaC

Monitoring

Azure DevOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Docker

AKS

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

New Relic

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to lead Azure-based cloud initiatives, architecture, and security for VA environments. This remote role requires deep expertise across Azure services, security controls, and DevOps practices to deliver compliant, scalable cloud solutions.

With 20+ years of experience preferred, you will design, implement, and govern multi-subscription Azure environments, mentor engineers, and drive modernization and migration efforts