Remote Principal Cloud Engineer (Azure, DevOps & Security)

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Principal Cloud Computing Engineer to design, deploy, and manage Azure-based solutions for VA Enterprise Cloud environments. Remote work is supported, with strict security and compliance requirements.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, architecture governance, and cross-functional collaboration, leveraging advanced Azure services while adhering to HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, GDPR, and PCI DSS standards.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure.
• Experience with large-scale, high-availability cloud architecture.
• Proficiency with core Azure services (VM, Storage, SQL, VNet, Functions, Entra ID, ARM, Monitor, DNS).
• Experience with Azure security services (RBAC, DDoS protection, WAF).
• Familiar with cost management and FinOps in Azure.

Responsibilities

• Create data flow, cloud, and transition diagrams and high-level architecture diagrams.
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate automation for CI/CD.
• Manage and control cloud permissions per application and storage.
• Implement monitoring and ensure compliance with VA/Federal policies.
• Provide cloud support for VA Enterprise Cloud environments and VIP documentation.

Skills

Azure architecture design

Azure security practices

Azure monitoring & observability

CI/CD automation

Azure IAM RBAC

Azure networking

Scripting: Python/PowerShell

IaC: ARM Templates, Ansible, GitOps

DevOps mindset

Compliance: HIPAA & FedRAMP & NIST

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or related

Azure certifications (DevOps Engineer, Admin, Security)

Tools

Azure DevOps Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Principal Cloud Computing Engineer to design, deploy, and manage Azure-based solutions for VA Enterprise Cloud environments. Remote work is supported, with strict security and compliance requirements.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, architecture governance, and cross-functional collaboration, leveraging advanced Azure services while adhering to HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, GDPR, and PCI DSS standards.