Senior Azure Cloud Architect (IL5/IL6) - Hybrid DC

Piper Companies; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Architect to lead securecloud design for a high-visibility DoD mission. Hybrid role in Washington, DC, focusing on Azure IL5/IL6 environments, migrations, and automation.

Required Active Secret clearance and Security+; 10+ years IT experience with 5+ years Azure in security-heavy settings. Strong networking, identity, and IaC skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT, infrastructure, or engineering experience.
• 5+ years hands-on Azure in DoD IL5/IL6 or equivalent security environment.
• Experience designing Azure architectures for enterprise/federal deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable Azure environments for DoD missions.
• Lead on-prem to Azure migrations and DR planning using ASR.
• Develop IaC with Terraform/Bicep/ARM and automate with PowerShell/Ansible.
• Maintain architecture diagrams and DoD security compliance.

Skills

IT experience

Azure

Security+

DoD IL5/IL6

Azure networking

Entra ID

IaC (Terraform/Bicep/ARM)

PowerShell/Ansible

Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions

Visio diagrams

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Architect to lead securecloud design for a high-visibility DoD mission. Hybrid role in Washington, DC, focusing on Azure IL5/IL6 environments, migrations, and automation.

Required Active Secret clearance and Security+; 10+ years IT experience with 5+ years Azure in security-heavy settings. Strong networking, identity, and IaC skills are essential.