Cloud Engineer

Detailed Job Description:

Client:
IT Consultancy

Job Title:
Azure Goverment Cloud Engineer

Location:
Remote

Duration:
 03 Months

Pay Range:
$60/HR - $65/HR

Benefits:
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, (paid time , paid sick and safe time , hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable)

Description:

• We are seeking an experienced Azure Gov Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in designing, deploying, and supporting secure cloud environments within Azure Government.

• The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building and enhancing Azure Landing Zones, supporting large-scale application migrations, and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions—primarily using Terraform.

• This role will collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect compliant, scalable, and resilient cloud solutions for mission-critical workloads.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain Azure Gov Cloud Landing Zones aligned with enterprise architecture, compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, DoD, etc.), and best practices.

• Lead and execute application migration initiatives, including assessment, planning, and deployment across Azure Gov Cloud environments.

• Develop, test, and deploy Terraform modules and pipelines to support IaC-based provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of cloud resources.

• Implement secure, scalable architectures including network segmentation, identity and access, policy enforcement, and monitoring.

Provide subject matter expertise on Azure Gov Cloud services, capabilities, and constraints.

Required Qualifications:

• 3-7+ years of experience engineering solutions in Azure; at least 2+ years with Azure Government Cloud.

• Demonstrated experience architecting and deploying Azure Landing Zones, including management groups, policies, RBAC, networking, and monitoring.

• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, including module development, state management, CI/CD integration, and version control (Git).

• Deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code, cloud automation practices, and DevOps methodologies.

• Experience migrating on-prem or multi-cloud applications to Azure (IaaS, PaaS, containers preferred).

• Solid knowledge of Azure networking (VNETs, NSGs/ASGs, firewalls, VPN/ExpressRoute), identity (Azure AD), and security controls.

• Familiarity with compliance requirements for government environments (FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, IL2-IL6).

Preferred:

• Experience with scripting languages (PowerShell, Python).

• Background working with government agencies or regulated industries.