Remote Principal Cloud Engineer – Azure & DevOps

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG); Annapolis (MD); Remote; USD 110,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal for the VA healthcare domain. Remote work with a strong emphasis on Azure cloud leadership, security, and compliance, supporting VAEC and VIP requirements.

You will design and operate CI/CD automation, manage Azure resources, and mentor engineers across cross-functional teams in a 100% U.S.-based remote role. A robust background in enterprise Azure security and multi-subscription governance is required.

Qualifications

• Design, deploy and manage Azure infrastructure and services.
• Design scalable, highly available cloud architectures.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, GDPR and PCI DSS.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Create cloud diagrams and architecture diagrams for Cloud Infrastructure and systems.
• Develop, deploy, and operate automation for CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage permissions in cloud services for hosted applications and data.
• Design and implement monitoring for cloud resources to ensure performance and policy compliance.
• Provide cloud support for VAEC environments and ensure VIP documentation aligns.

Skills

Azure architecture

High-availability

Security & Compliance

CI/CD

IaC

Containers

Monitoring & Observability

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

ARM Templates

Ansible

GitOps

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal for the VA healthcare domain. Remote work with a strong emphasis on Azure cloud leadership, security, and compliance, supporting VAEC and VIP requirements.

You will design and operate CI/CD automation, manage Azure resources, and mentor engineers across cross-functional teams in a 100% U.S.-based remote role. A robust background in enterprise Azure security and multi-subscription governance is required.