Senior Azure Cloud Architect – DoD IL6 (Onsite)

Atlas Tech; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Tech, a veteran-owned IT company serving DoD customers, seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer for onsite work in North Charleston, SC. You will design and secure Azure Government architectures, including hybrid-cloud and IL6-classified solutions, while supporting RMF/ATO compliance and Terraform-driven deployments.

The role requires DoD Secret clearance (SSBI/T5), IL6 experience, and 10+ years in C4I/cybersecurity, with strong collaboration in an Agile, multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

• DoD Secret Level Security Clearance with SSBI/T5 investigation; TS/SCI desired.
• DoD 8140/8570 certs to be qualified as IAT Level II (eg Security+).
• 10+ years of experience with C4I systems, focusing on systems engineering and cybersecurity.
• Azure Government and IL6 experience in classified-cloud environments.
• Hybrid-cloud architecture spanning on-prem and Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, secure, and sustain Microsoft Azure architectures, prioritizing Azure Government.
• Implement IL5/IL6 compliant solutions with DoD requirements and RMF controls.
• Design hybrid-cloud solutions with on-prem and Azure Arc integration.
• Engineer connectivity (ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway) to on-prem networks.
• Manage virtual networks, NSGs, VLANs, and network security.
• Apply cloud security using Defender, Azure Firewall, and Zero Trust.
• Admin Azure Identity, RBAC, and service identities; integrate with NIS tools.
• Architect and support Azure Virtual Desktop, VMs, containers, and Kubernetes.
• Evaluate constraints and draft resilient architecture and implementation plans.
• Develop infrastructure with Terraform + Azure Automation; CI/CD using Git.

Skills

Security clearance

C4I experience

Leadership

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Azure Automation

Git

CI/CD pipelines

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Job description

Atlas Tech, a veteran-owned IT company serving DoD customers, seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer for onsite work in North Charleston, SC. You will design and secure Azure Government architectures, including hybrid-cloud and IL6-classified solutions, while supporting RMF/ATO compliance and Terraform-driven deployments.

The role requires DoD Secret clearance (SSBI/T5), IL6 experience, and 10+ years in C4I/cybersecurity, with strong collaboration in an Agile, multi-disciplinary team.