SOVA-VDOT Sr. Azure Infrastructure Engineer - 803344

RIceFW Tech; Mechanicsville (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

VDOT is seeking a Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer to implement, configure, manage, and provide guidance on cloud infrastructure in VDOT's Azure environment. The role emphasizes secure, stable operations and leadership input for management on cloud initiatives.

The candidate should bring extensive experience with Azure resources, backup/DR strategies, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure high availability and compliance across mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Guidance on Azure resources, networking, and security policy.
• Experience in mission-critical enterprise environments.
• Planning and executing cloud migrations from on-prem to Azure.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and dashboards.
• Vulnerability remediation and security initiatives in Azure.

Skills

Azure infrastructure

Resource policy guidance

Backup & disaster recovery

Cloud migration planning

Multi-framework tech

Production support

Security remediation

Azure monitoring & dashboards

Networking fundamentals

Job description

VDOT is seeking a Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer to implement, configure, manage, and provide guidance on cloud infrastructure in VDOT's Azure environment.

VDOT is seeking aVDOT is seeking a Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer to implement, configure, manage, and provide guidance on cloud infrastructure in VDOT's Azure environment. We are looking for someone who is truly passionate about implementing and maintaining a secure and stable Azure environment- someone who likes taking on challenges and seeing them through to the end, is comfortable working with/guiding others, and comfortable with providing guidance to management and upper leadership.

Requirements:

• Experience providing guidance on the implementation of resources, networking, and security policy in Azure, and experience implementing, maintaining, and monitoring those resources.

• Experience with working in mission-critical enterprise environments, including overseeing backup & disaster recovery operations

• Experience planning & executing cloud migrations, and moving workloads from on-premises to the cloud.

• Comfortable working in an environment that utilizes multiple frameworks/technologies, including .NET, Java, SQL, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, and more.

• Experience providing support and troubleshooting issues for production applications.

• Experience working with security tools such as Tenable to manage vulnerability remediation, etc.

• Experience with tools like Azure Monitor, Workbooks, and Alerts - to create meaningful monitoring dashboards & alerting for critical observability for the ops team

• Experience crafting disaster recovery (DR) plans to ensure minimal downtime and prevent data loss.

• Strong networking knowledge - including understanding OSI layer functionality and network protocols

Nice-to-haves:

• Microsoft-focused certifications, such as: Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect, etc.

• Networking-focused certifications, such as: Network+, CCNA, etc.

Required/Desired Skills

Skill

Required /Desired

Amount

of Experience

Candidate years of exp

Last used (Year)

Experience implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and providing guidance on resources & infrastructure in Microsoft Azure

Required

8

Years

Experience planning and executing migrations from on-premises envrionments to Azure

Required

8

Years

Experience working in mission-critical enterprise environments and implementing backup & DR strategies

Required

8

Years

Experience implementing networking and security policies in Azure

Required

8

Years

Experience using Azure Monitor for alerting, observability, and dashboards

Required

8

Years

Experience with vulnerability remediation & working on security initiatives

Required

8

Years