VDOT Sr. Azure Infrastructure Engineer (806484)
9120 Lockwood Blvd Mechanicsville, VA 23116
12+ Months
In Person Only
Hybrid
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 a highly-experienced Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer to lead the implementation, configuration, governance, and ongoing management of our enterprise Azure environment. This role is ideal for someone passionate about building and maintaining secure, resilient, and scalable cloud platforms - and who is ready to set the standard for cloud excellence across the organization.
We are looking for a seniorlevel engineer with deep expertise in Azure s ecosystem, proven enterprisegrade operational experience, and the ability to provide technical leadership across teams and to management.
What You ll Bring:
Extensive, handson experience with Azure services, Terraform IaC, cloud infrastructure design, security best practices, governance, and operational management
A strong sense of ownership - someone who embraces complex challenges and sees them through from design to delivery
The ability to guide, mentor, and cross-train other engineers, fostering a strong engineering culture
Confidence in communicating technical recommendations, risks, and strategies to management and executive leadership
Core Responsibilities & Required Experience:
Provide expert guidance on the design, implementation, configuration, and governance of Azure resources, networking, and security policies
Implement, maintain, and monitor missioncritical cloud resources in a large enterprise environment
Manage and optimize enterprise backup and disaster recovery operations, ensuring reliability and continuity
Plan, lead, and execute cloud migration initiatives, including moving workloads from onpremises to Azure
In-depth experience working with other areas of IT such as architecture, security, development, and governance.
Provide operational support and troubleshooting for production applications and infrastructure
Utilize security tools such as Tenable to manage vulnerability remediation and improve security posture
Build meaningful observability solutions using Azure Monitor, Workbooks, Alerts, and related tooling
Develop and maintain robust disaster recovery (DR) strategies to minimize downtime and protect critical data
Demonstrate strong networking knowledge, including OSI model concepts, core network protocols, and networklevel troubleshooting
Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves):
Microsoft certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or similar
Networking certifications such as Network+, CCNA, or equivalent
Experience implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and providing guidance on resources & infrastructure in Microsoft Azure
Required
10
Years
Experience with Terraform (highly-preferred) or at a minimum, other IaC methods (ARM, Bicep, etc.)
Required
7
Years
Experience planning and executing migrations from on-premises envrionments to Azure
Required
10
Years
Experience working in mission-critical enterprise environments and implementing backup & DR strategies
Required
10
Years
Experience implementing networking and security policies in Azure
Required
10
Years
Experience using Azure Monitor for alerting, observability, and dashboards
Required
10
Years
Experience with vulnerability remediation & working on security initiatives
Required
10
Years
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