Sr. Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

HunaTek; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

HunaTek is seeking a senior Cloud Engineer to implement, maintain, and optimize on‑premise and Azure cloud environments, with responsibilities spanning Windows, Linux, VMware, and SAN/NAS infrastructures. You’ll work in a hands‑on role supporting hybrid cloud, AWS, and security‑driven deployments.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of system administration experience, strong Azure and AWS backgrounds, and hands‑on scripting in Python/PowerShell/Perl, plus cloud architecture expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics or similar technical discipline.
• 7+ years’ experience in system administration in a large enterprise environment.
• 5+ years system administration experience in Microsoft Azure cloud.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture and multiple resources support for EA cloud efforts.
• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, AWS networking, IAM roles, and scripting.
• Knowledge of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and hybrid cloud deployment models.
• Hands-on knowledge of public and hybrid cloud tools for automated provisioning and configuration management.

Responsibilities

• Provide SMEs for Azure cloud services and virtualization technologies.
• Perform IT operations tasks including OS installation, patches, and upgrades.
• Manage infrastructure automation and collaborate with engineering in agile/DevOps environments.
• Analyze system performance and identify optimizations in virtualized, storage, and cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot cloud, software, and network issues and resolve incidents.
• Collaborate with IT security to maintain cloud apps free of risks and vulnerabilities.
• Work with vendors for security assessments and monitor software to reduce risks.
• Participate in Root Cause Analyses for critical/high incidents.
• Understand delivery pipelines and integrations into infrastructure automation.

Skills

Azure cloud services

AWS cloud infrastructure

Scripting (Python)

Scripting (PowerShell)

Scripting (Perl)

DevOps practices

VMware

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field

Tools

Microsoft Azure

AWS

PowerShell

Ansible

YAML

Perl

Python

Shell

VMware

Job description

Location: Washington, DC

Job Id:766

# of Openings:1

Position Summary:

Implement, maintain, manage, troubleshoot, and optimize functional and secure On-premise and Azure cloud environments. Cloud engineer will be responsible for supporting all on-premise, hybrid, Azure, and AWS infrastructures. This is a hands-on operational position requiring technical knowledge and expertise within cloud services and virtualization.

Major Duties:

• Provide subject matter expertise for Azure cloud services, including but not limited to AWS, and virtualization technology.
• Performs IT Operations system administration tasks including installing operating system software, patches, and upgrades.
• Directly responsible for infrastructure, automation and working closely with the engineering team to roll out infrastructure in agile processes and fosters DevOps culture.
• Analyze systems performance to identify potential opportunities for improvement in virtualized environments, hardware infrastructure, backup, archive systems, data storage environment, and cloud environment systems and services.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve instance, software, network, and other cloud issues.
• Work along‑side IT security analysts and other IT staff to correctly setup and maintain cloud applications free of risks and vulnerabilities.
• Work with third-party cloud vendors to obtain security assessments through software monitoring tools to reduce risk and vulnerabilities to the infrastructure.
• Identify incidents for review and participates in related Root Cause Analyses for Critical and High Incidents.
• Working knowledge of application code delivery pipelines and integrations into infrastructure automation mechanisms/pipelines.
• Extensive experience automating delivery of on-premise infrastructure in a traditional VMware, Windows, Linux and SAN/NAS environment.

Required (must have) Professional Qualifications/Skills:

• Must possess a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or similar technical discipline and 7+ years’ experience in system administration in a large enterprise environment.
• Must have 5+ years system administration experience in Microsoft Azure cloud.
• Excellent understanding of system and network architecture in the cloud and able to manage multiple resources in support of EA cloud efforts.
• Demonstrate significant experience working with AWS cloud infrastructure and services, AWS networking, IAM roles, and scripting in Perl/Python/Shell.
• In‑depth understanding and knowledge of various cloud service models to include IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS and supporting deployment models, including Private, Public, and Hybrid cloud.
• Must possess hands‑on technology knowledge and recognized expertise in public and hybrid-cloud tools and technologies covering automated provisioning and configuration management.
• Must have Professional Cloud Certificate for Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification or a minimum Azure Administration Associate certification.

Highly desired skills:

• PowerShell
• Ansible and Ansible Playbooks
• YAML

About Us:

At HunaTek, we build teams of people from all backgrounds with varying levels of experience, knowing firsthand that diversity of thought will strengthen our ability to deliver for our customers. We work hand in hand with Federal civilian and military staff, pulling together to further the interests of our nation and home and abroad.

Whenever possible, we provide opportunities for our employees to learn new skills, obtain certifications, attend industry events, and have some fun together.

Our Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to make sure our employees and their families have access to good health care, are insured against catastrophic health events, can put money aside for retirement and are able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. These benefits include:

• Long‑term and short‑term disability insurance and term life insurance
• 401(K) with safe harbor contribution
• Paid time off and 11 paid holidays
• Tuition and career development assistance
• A selection of voluntary benefits

This job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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