Senior Azure Cloud Engineer – DoD Cleared (Top Secret)

Apex Systems; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

ESPP

Job summary

Apex Systems is seeking a Sr Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer in Washington, DC to implement and optimize on-premises and Azure environments. The role requires security clearance and hands-on experience with VMware, Windows, Linux, and cloud services across Azure and AWS.

You will work with engineering teams in an agile DevOps setting, automate infrastructure delivery, and collaborate with IT security to reduce risk while supporting hybrid cloud operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or similar technical discipline.
• 7+ years of system administration experience in a large enterprise.
• 5+ years of Microsoft Azure cloud administration experience.
• Strong understanding of cloud architectures (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and hybrid deployments.
• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and scripting (Python/PowerShell) advanced.

Responsibilities

• Provide SME for Azure cloud services including AWS and virtualization technologies.
• Perform IT Operations system administration tasks (OS patches/upgrades).
• Assist in infrastructure automation and rolling out infrastructure in agile processes.
• Analyze performance and identify opportunities to optimize virtualized/hardware/cloud environments.
• Collaborate with IT security to secure cloud applications and reduce vulnerabilities.

Skills

Azure cloud

Cloud engineering

DevOps

Scripting

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Azure

AWS

VMware

Windows

Linux

Job description

Apex Systems is seeking a Sr Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer in Washington, DC to implement and optimize on-premises and Azure environments. The role requires security clearance and hands-on experience with VMware, Windows, Linux, and cloud services across Azure and AWS.

You will work with engineering teams in an agile DevOps setting, automate infrastructure delivery, and collaborate with IT security to reduce risk while supporting hybrid cloud operations.