Senior Azure Cloud Architect — Remote, Secure & Scalable

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a senior Cloud Architect to lead Azure-based solutions for the Veterans Affairs portfolio. The role emphasizes designing secure, scalable cloud environments, guiding proposal development, and collaborating with BD, capture, and engineering teams to meet customer requirements.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in software or cloud engineering, deep Azure expertise, security governance experience, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into

Qualifications

• A proven track record designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure and services.
• Experience with large-scale, high-availability, and scalable cloud architecture.
• Extensive experience in core Azure services including Azure VMs, Storage, SQL DB, VNet, Functions, Azure AD, ARM templates, Monitor, and DNS.
• Experience implementing Azure security services and governance controls including DDoS Protection, Firewall, Defender for Cloud, and WAF.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of complete solutions meeting customer requirements for competitive proposals.
• Coordinate with business development, capture, proposal, and other teams to optimize proposed solutions.
• Work with Enterprise Architect to design, implement, and govern secure, scalable Azure cloud architectures.
• Provide guidance to team members to achieve goals per established policies.

Skills

Azure cloud architecture

Azure security

Governance & security controls

DevOps & CI/CD

Scripting (Python, PowerShell)

Cost management & optimization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

ARM templates

Azure Monitor

Azure Policy

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a senior Cloud Architect to lead Azure-based solutions for the Veterans Affairs portfolio. The role emphasizes designing secure, scalable cloud environments, guiding proposal development, and collaborating with BD, capture, and engineering teams to meet customer requirements.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in software or cloud engineering, deep Azure expertise, security governance experience, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into