Remote Senior Azure Cloud Architect (Principal)

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to design and manage Azure infrastructure for VAEC environments. The role emphasizes cloud architecture, security, governance, and automation, with a focus on DevOps practices in a remote setting.

You will lead in designing scalable Azure solutions, implement monitoring, and ensure compliance with federal policies while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure and services.
• Strong knowledge of Azure core services: VMs, Blob Storage, SQL DB, VNet, Functions, Entra ID, ARM, Monitor, DNS.
• Experience with Azure security: RBAC, DDoS protection, WAF.
• Experience with multi-subscription governance, policies, and cost management.
• Scripting in Python/PowerShell/Bash/JavaScript for automation.
• IaC tools: ARM Templates, Ansible, GitOps.
• CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI.
• Container tech: Docker, AKS, container apps.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Create data flow diagrams, cloud diagrams, transition diagrams, and high-level architecture diagrams.
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate automation for CI/CD.
• Manage and control cloud permissions for each app/storage.
• Implement and design monitoring for cloud architectures and hosted systems.
• Provide customer-focused VA Enterprise Cloud environments support.
• Support VAEC Azure GovCloud deployments with VIP compliance.
• Adopt a DevOps mindset with CI/CD tooling.
• Provide Cloud Security Provider Documentation.
• Design VAEC/cloud-hosted solutions and address cloud-readiness gaps.

Skills

Azure architecture

CI/CD

Python scripting

IaC

Kubernetes

Security compliance

Azure networking

Monitoring

DevOps leadership

Cost management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Advanced Azure certifications

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Docker

AKS

ARM Templates

Ansible

GitOps

Prometheus

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to design and manage Azure infrastructure for VAEC environments. The role emphasizes cloud architecture, security, governance, and automation, with a focus on DevOps practices in a remote setting.

You will lead in designing scalable Azure solutions, implement monitoring, and ensure compliance with federal policies while collaborating with cross-functional teams.