Senior Cloud Architect - Azure & DevOps (Remote)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Baton Rouge (LA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Principal Cloud Computing Engineer to architect Azure-based cloud solutions for VA workloads, emphasizing CI/CD, security, and scalable migration strategies. This remote role requires strong leadership, cloud governance, and broad Azure expertise.

The position supports VA Enterprise Cloud environments, with mentoring responsibilities and a focus on delivering secure, reliable cloud services across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• Deep Azure experience with Azure VMs, Blob Storage, Azure SQL, Azure Functions, Entra ID, ARM, Monitor, and DNS.
• Experience designing and operating scalable cloud architectures with high availability.

Responsibilities

• Create data flow diagrams, cloud diagrams, transition diagrams, and high-level architecture diagrams for cloud infrastructure and systems.
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate automation for CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Azure

CI/CD

DevOps

Security best practices

Azure security

Azure Monitor

Scripting (Python/PowerShell)

IaC (ARM templates)

Networking (VNet/ExpressRoute)

Observability tools

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Systems/Cloud Engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

ARM Templates

Ansible

GitOps

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Principal Cloud Computing Engineer to architect Azure-based cloud solutions for VA workloads, emphasizing CI/CD, security, and scalable migration strategies. This remote role requires strong leadership, cloud governance, and broad Azure expertise.

The position supports VA Enterprise Cloud environments, with mentoring responsibilities and a focus on delivering secure, reliable cloud services across multiple teams.