Remote Principal Cloud Engineer – Azure, DevOps Leader

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)

Rockville (MD)

Remote

USD 110,000 - 127,000

Full time

4 hours ago

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Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal (MCCF-Healthcare Systems) for a remote role. You will design and manage Azure infrastructure, build CI/CD automation, secure cloud environments, and support VA Enterprise Cloud deployments with VIP compliance.

The position demands deep Azure expertise and leadership across cross-functional teams. Candidates should have extensive experience in Azure services, security, governance, and cost management, with a focus on HIPAA,

Qualifications

Azure infrastructure design, deployment and management experience.
Large-scale, highly available cloud architecture expertise.
Deep knowledge of Azure services: VMs, Blob, SQL DB, VNet, Functions, Entra ID, ARM, Monitor, DNS.
Experience with Azure security: Entra ID, RBAC, DDoS, WAF.
Proficiency with VNet Peering, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Private Endpoints, Load Balancer.
Ability to design, deploy and manage scalable, secure Azure infra.
Governance across multi-subscription environments: Management Groups, Policy, Landing Zones.
Azure cost management and FinOps practices.
Scripting for automation: Python, PowerShell, Bash, NodeJS.
IaC with ARM Templates, Ansible, GitOps.
Monitoring/logging: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic.
Performance, availability, resiliency optimization for Azure resources.
HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, GDPR, PCI DSS compliance knowledge.
Encryption, key management, secrets with Key Vault and Entra ID.
Azure DB services including Azure SQL, Cosmos, PostgreSQL, MySQL.
DB health: backups, HA/DR strategies.
CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI.
Containers: Docker, AKS, Container Apps, Kubernetes.
Strong communication and leadership; mentoring engineers.
Lead cloud modernization and cross-functional collaboration.
On-call support and incident response.
Documentation for architecture and procedures.
Manage multiple projects with quality results.
Stay current with Azure technologies and best practices.

Responsibilities

Create data flow, cloud, transition and architecture diagrams for cloud infra and apps.
Design, develop, deploy, and operate CI/CD automation technologies.
Manage access control for cloud apps and storage.
Implement monitoring for cloud architecture and hosted systems for performance and compliance.
Provide cloud setup/configuration and provisioning for VA Enterprise Cloud environments.
Support VAEC Azure GovCloud environments ensuring VIP compliance.
Adopt DevOps mindset with CI/CD practices and tooling.
Provide Cloud Security Provider Documentation.
Design VAEC/cloud-hosted solutions and address readiness gaps.