Senior Azure Solutions Architect - Remote (Public Trust)

SSG Official Website; Bloomington (IN); Remote; USD 110,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Solutions Architect for a 100% remote role supporting Veterans Affairs (VA). The position requires extensive Azure expertise, security governance, and experience delivering scalable cloud solutions.

Public Trust clearance is referenced, and the team collaborates across pre-bid, proposal, and engineering functions. As part of the VA program, you will design, implement, and govern Azure architectures, work with cross-functional teams, and ensure compliance with

Qualifications

• Proven track record designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure and services.
• Experience with large-scale, highly available, scalable cloud architecture.
• Deep knowledge of Azure services: VMs, Storage, SQL DB, VNet, Functions, Entra ID, ARM templates, Monitor, DNS.
• Experience implementing Azure security services and best practices (Entra ID, DDoS, Firewall, Defender, WAF).
• Strong understanding of Azure networking: VNet peering, ExpressRoute, VPN, Private Link, hybrid connectivity.
• Experience governing multi-subscription Azure environments with Management Groups and Azure Policy.
• Knowledge of cloud cost management, budgeting, optimization, governance.
• Scripting automation in Python, PowerShell, Azure CLI, or similar.
• Monitoring/logging/observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Sentinel.
• Experience with security, governance, HIPAA/GDPR/PCI DSS standards.
• Encryption, key management, identity management, and privileged access controls (Key Vault, Entra ID).
• Knowledge of Azure data services: Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Synapse, Data Lake.
• CI/CD and DevOps practices using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions to meet customer requirements and prepare price-competitive proposals.
• Lead collaboration with BD, capture, and proposal teams to optimize solutions.
• Coordinate staffing for pre-bid and B&P activities and assign technical personnel.
• Design, implement, and govern secure, scalable Azure cloud architectures in line with standards and security needs.
• Mentor engineers on architectural designs and governance documentation.
• Ensure proposals align with enterprise objectives and risk parameters.

Skills

Azure architecture

Public Trust

Security compliance

Cloud cost management

Communication

Proposal development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Systems/Cloud or related

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Azure Pipelines

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Solutions Architect for a 100% remote role supporting Veterans Affairs (VA). The position requires extensive Azure expertise, security governance, and experience delivering scalable cloud solutions.

Public Trust clearance is referenced, and the team collaborates across pre-bid, proposal, and engineering functions. As part of the VA program, you will design, implement, and govern Azure architectures, work with cross-functional teams, and ensure compliance with