Senior Cloud Architect - Azure & DevOps (Remote)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Silver Spring (MD); Remote; USD 110,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to lead Azure infrastructure design, deployment, and governance for VA environments. You will drive CI/CD automation, security, monitoring, and cross-team collaboration to deliver scalable cloud solutions.

Remote-based role with U.S. eligibility and strong emphasis on HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, GDPR compliance. 20+ years experience preferred; public trust security clearance required or eligible.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure and services.
• Experience with large-scale, high-availability cloud architecture.
• Proficiency with core Azure services (VMs, Blob, SQL, VNet, Functions, Entra ID, ARM, Monitor, DNS).
• Experience with Azure security practices including RBAC, DDoS protection, WAF.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash, JS/Node).
• Experience with IaC tools (ARM Templates, Ansible, GitOps).
• Familiar with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, AKS, Container Apps).
• Knowledge of HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, GDPR, PCI DSS compliance.

Responsibilities

• Create data flow diagrams, cloud diagrams, and architecture diagrams for cloud infrastructure and systems.
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate CI/CD automation technologies.
• Manage permissions in cloud services for each application, storage, and service.
• Design and implement monitoring for cloud architectures and hosted systems for performance and compliance.
• Provide cloud support for VA Enterprise Cloud environments and VIP development requirements.
• Adopt DevOps mindset with CI/CD tooling understanding.
• Provide Cloud security provider documentation.
• Design VAEC/cloud-hosted solutions and address cloud-readiness gaps.

Skills

Azure architecture

CI/CD

DevOps

Cloud security

Azure monitoring

PowerShell

Automation scripting

IaC (ARM, Ansible)

Docker/Kubernetes

VM provisioning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/SE/Cloud Engineering

20 years experience OR Master’s +10 years

Tools

Azure ARM Templates

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Docker

AKS

Azure DevOps

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Cloud Computing Engineer Principal to lead Azure infrastructure design, deployment, and governance for VA environments. You will drive CI/CD automation, security, monitoring, and cross-team collaboration to deliver scalable cloud solutions.

Remote-based role with U.S. eligibility and strong emphasis on HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST, GDPR compliance. 20+ years experience preferred; public trust security clearance required or eligible.