We are looking for Azure Cloud Engineer - Remote / Telecommute for our client in Mechanicsville, VA
Job Title: Azure Cloud Engineer - Remote / Telecommute
Job Location: Mechanicsville, VA
Job Type: Contract
Pay Range: $65.00hr - $70.00hr
Job Overview:
Our client is seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to join the Engineering and Operations team. The role includes engineering, application support, and rotational help-desk support within the Tolling group, covering API Gateways, Azure Virtual Desktops (AVD), App Insights, and Office 365.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Maintain and implement cloud resources in the cloud environment.
- Ensure compliance with government policies regarding security, IAM, network controls, and cost governance.
- Maintain and improve infrastructure documentation, naming conventions, tagging standards, and cloud governance artifacts.
- Assist with access reviews, role assignments, and least-privilege IAM evaluations.
- Manage vendor-required updates and ensure compatibility.
- Implement fault-tolerant and highly available Azure solutions.
- Monitor Azure services and application workloads to ensure uptime and availability.
- Troubleshoot issues related to connectivity, access, security, application performance, and service degradation.
- Perform diagnostic deep-dives using logs, metrics, traces, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics.
- Analyze and tune system/application performance.
Operational Support:
- Participate in daily/weekly operational cycles including pattern monitoring, incident reviews, and maintenance readiness checks.
- Triage production issues, ensure timely resolution, and document root-cause findings.
- Execute and support off-hours work as needed.
- Define change requests, detailed implementation plans, and roll-back procedures.
Technical Development and Compliance:
- Understand end-to-end data flows across tolling systems, roadway data, financial transactions, and reporting tools.
- Support optimization of integrations and data movement.
- Apply PCI or other regulatory compliance requirements when evaluating system behavior and logging patterns.
- Manage key vaults, passwords, certificates, and secure credential storage.
Collaboration and Communication:
- Work directly with architects, engineers, managers, and cross-functional teams to use Azure services effectively.
- Provide best-practice guidance related to SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.
- Communicate clearly in written and verbal form with internal and external stakeholders.
- Support multiple concurrent projects of complex technical scope.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 3 years of experience with Microsoft Azure administration/engineering.
- Minimum 3 years of experience supporting tolling applications, infrastructure, and cloud workloads, including hands-on diagnostic work with transaction flows, roadway sensor data ingestion, and tolling application performance tuning.
- Bachelor s degree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate requirements and design concepts clearly.
- Minimum 5 years of experience working in Microsoft Windows environments (2019+).
- Minimum 2 years of experience with server infrastructure, protocols, firewalls, certificates, and load balancers.
- Minimum 2 years of experience implementing Rubrik backup and recovery for Azure IaaS/PaaS, including policy sets, snapshot lifecycle tuning, and DR validation.
- Minimum 1 year of experience with Office 365 services, Power Apps platforms, and administering Single Sign-On (SSO) with Entra ID.
- Minimum 2 years of experience administering SecretServer privileged access vaults, including credential rotation, vault workflow troubleshooting, and integration with Azure workloads.
- Minimum 2 years of solid scripting experience with PowerShell and/or Python.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in networking, server administration (Windows/Linux), databases, and cloud environments.
- Minimum 1 year of experience with PCI or similar compliance frameworks.
- Minimum 1 year of experience with enterprise governance models.
- Ability to create network and system topology documentation.
- Experience with Azure Virtual Desktops.
- Azure certification (AZ-104, AZ-305, or similar) is preferred.
- Experience with continuous integration tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, TFS) is preferred.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent) is preferred.
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) is preferred.
- Experience with Key Vault, secrets, and certificate management is preferred.
- Experience analyzing cloud cost trends and delivering cost optimization recommendations is preferred.
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Benefits
Our Benefits Include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
- Supplemental Insurance Plans
- Identity Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Wellness Programs
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities
Disclaimer: Benefits eligibility, accrual rates, and usage limits may vary based on employment status, length of service, and work location. Paid Sick Leave is provided in strict accordance with applicable state and municipal mandates. Cynet Systems Inc. reserves the right to modify, amend, or terminate any benefit plans at any time in accordance with applicable laws.
About Cynet Systems
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in the Washington, DC metro area, Cynet Systems Inc. is a leading technology staffing and workforce solutions company serving Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and enterprise organizations across the United States and Canada. We deliver agile, scalable talent solutions across IT, engineering, life sciences, clinical, and professional staffing, powered by a high-performing recruitment engine operating across North America and Asia.
As a nationally and locally certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Cynet Systems is committed to helping organizations build high-performing teams while empowering professionals to grow rewarding careers. Our organization is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II standards, reflecting our commitment to quality, security, operational excellence, and customer success.
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