Seeking an experienced Lead Azure Government Cloud Engineer for a 6-month remote contract. Responsibilities include designing, deploying, and supporting secure Azure Gov Cloud environments, building Landing Zones, and leading application migrations. The role emphasizes Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
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Job Title: Lead Engineer
Location: 100% Remote
Duration: 6 months
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Azure Gov Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in designing, deploying, and supporting secure cloud environments within Microsoft 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.
Key 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.
- Collaborate with security, DevOps, and application teams to define and enforce operational standards and guardrails.
- Troubleshoot and optimize cloud infrastructure performance, availability, and cost efficiency.
- Maintain documentation for architecture diagrams, configuration standards, and operational procedures.
- 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).
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Azure certifications: AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-700, or AZ-500.
- Experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps pipelines, or similar CI/CD tools.
- Experience with scripting languages (PowerShell, Python).
- Background working with government agencies or regulated industries.