Senior Azure Cloud Engineer: Data & Automation

GovCIO; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 190,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learning & Development platform

Training, Education and Certification

Referral Bonus Program

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking an Azure Commercial Cloud Engineer to support the VA Data Modernization initiative. You will design, provision, and automate cloud-based data workspaces with Databricks, Delta Lake, and secure landing zones.

This fully remote, US-based role requires leadership of data platform teams and strong automation via Terraform, Azure DevOps, and IaC practices. The ideal candidate has extensive Azure experience, experience migrating on-prem to cloud, and a track record of building

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 12 years experience in Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or commensurate experience).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Azure Commercial cloud services, including compute, networking, storage, identity, and platform services.
• Design, deploy, maintain secure, scalable Azure cloud infrastructure supporting mission critical environments.
• Engineer automated Azure landing zones and provisioning processes that enable fast, repeatable customer onboarding with minimal manual intervention.
• Create cloud workspaces equipped with the most commonly used tools to ensure rapid assignment and reduced onboarding friction.
• Lead migration efforts from on-premises infrastructure to cloud-based solutions.
• Develop and maintain documentation for network designs, policies, and procedures.
• Automate provisioning processes for user intake, workspace creation, and core data access.
• Lead teams of data platform engineers, security teams, and analytics stakeholders to ensure compliant and efficient workspace operations.
• Map new users to the appropriate workspace personas and configurations.
• Build and configure workspaces in PreProd or Prod environments, including setup of Service Principals, workgroup personas, access controls, and security configurations.
• Create and manage linked services, mount points, and integrations between Databricks and the VHA Data Lake.
• Develop and maintain Databricks catalogs to support data discovery and governed access.
• Troubleshoot issues related to cloud provisioning, access, and workspace functionality, delivering timely and high-quality support.
• Contribute to automation enhancement, intake optimization, and workspace standardization.

Skills

Azure commercial cloud platform

Databricks

IAM

RBAC

CI/CD pipelines

Delta Lake

ETL

Power BI

CI/CD

SQL Server

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 12 years experience in IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Git

Python

PowerShell

Job description

GovCIO is seeking an Azure Commercial Cloud Engineer to support the VA Data Modernization initiative. You will design, provision, and automate cloud-based data workspaces with Databricks, Delta Lake, and secure landing zones.

This fully remote, US-based role requires leadership of data platform teams and strong automation via Terraform, Azure DevOps, and IaC practices. The ideal candidate has extensive Azure experience, experience migrating on-prem to cloud, and a track record of building