Windows Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Washington, DC Salary: $60.00 USD Hourly - $62.00 USD Hourly Description: The Judge Group is currently seeking a Windows Infrastructure Engineer to support a large federal agency. This is a REMOTE position, but requires residence in the DC metro area in case of emergencies.

ship is required.

This highly skilled Windows Infrastructure Engineer position will have experience in securing, scaling, and supporting core enterprise identity and access management platforms. In this role, the candidate will serve as the subject matter expert and highest-tier escalation point for our Active Directory (AD) environment and Azure Active Directory /Microsoft Entra ID cloud integrations. They will be responsible for architecting robust identity solutions, managing our Enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and providing high-level tier -3 architectural support to ensure optimal security, compliance, and system availability across our hybrid environment. This technical resource will support and engage with the infrastructure team on the various tasks being supported by the team at a higher technical level. The position will set standards the rest of the team builds to and serve as an escalation point when an issue exceeds Tier 1 and Tier 2 support. They may also provide hands-on support in program operations, configuration, deployment, maintenance, monitoring, maintenance and trouble-shooting activities. A summary of the areas they will provide and qualifications.

• Identify Architecture
• Security & PKI Management
• Cloud Design
• Azure Engineering, Administration, and Optimization
• Tier 3 Engineering Support
• Access Governance
• Automation and Optimization
• Disaster Recovery
• Continuous Improvement
• Documentation Compliance

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related technical field, and eight (8) or more years of progressive Windows Infrastructure Engineer/Architect experience OR Master's degree in a related field and at least 6 years of relevant experience in above areas. Equivalent additional experience may substitute for the degree.
• A minimum of six (6) years of experience in cloud operations, engineering, or related field.
• A minimum of three (3) years performing at a senior and lead level with design and architecture ownership for an enterprise Windows environment.
• Familiarity with federal compliance (NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP) and CIS 4.0 controls.
• Significant experience designing, operating and maintaining Microsoft Azure environments to include Zero Trust, hybrid cloud, and cross-domain architectures in mission environments.
• Experience with the configuration, deployment, and management of Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD for centralized identity, single sign-on (SSO), and role-based access control (RBAC) across Azure tenants and subscriptions.
• Demonstrated experience with the integration of federated identity solutions with AWS Identity Center, Entra, or on-premises Active Directory.
• Develop and enforce Azure governance frameworks, including Azure Policy, Management Groups, and Blueprints, ensuring alignment with DoD Zero Trust and least-privilege principles.
• Experience with Azure Monitor and cost optimization strategies.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure architecture, Microsoft Entra ID and on-prem interoperability.
• Familiarity with orchestration tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet for configuration management and ability to implement Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for cloud infrastructure provisioning and deployment automation.
• Ability to script in one more of the following computer languages Python, Bash, Visual Basic or PowerShell.
• Strong understanding of federated identity, modern authentication protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0), and cross-cloud authentication mechanisms.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure architecture, Microsoft Entra ID and on-prem interoperability.
• Hands on experience with and knowledge of networking concepts (DNS, VPNs, load balancers, etc.) and cloud-based networking configurations.
• Configure, maintain and upgrade 2019, 2022, & 2025 servers operating systems by performing system administration tasks related to:
• • Microsoft Application installation and maintenance
  • 3rd Party software installation and maintenance
• Configure, maintain and upgrade physical and virtual server installations in FTC datacenters, to include:
• • OS installation and configuration
  • Out of Band management configuration (iLO, etc.)
  • Hardware installation/maintenance (network adapter, memory, hard drives, etc.)
  • RAID Configuration
  • Network adapter configuration
  • SCSI and Fiber Channel configuration
• Experience and ability to immediately contribute to Automation Tasks and Infrastructure-as-Code tools and templates.
• Provide experience designing, deploying, and maintaining Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) / PKI environments.
• Applied knowledge of system security engineering, including CIS and STIG hardening, vulnerability management, and federal compliance frameworks (FISMA, NIST SP 800-53).
• Extensive experience with Visio or other networking diagram tools and solid understanding of Networking principles.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability to resolve complex technical issues in a timely manner.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to conduct root cause analysis.
• Actively participate in the process of reviewing and improving operational processes, procedures, technology, and documentation. Support the program team in efforts to improve service delivery to the FTC. Adopt program directed procedural changes, process changes, and tool changes as required for the role.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.
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