Azure Cloud Engineer is sought as the cloud subject matter expert for a federal agency's Azure subscriptions. This is a designated key position on the program. You will own cloud architecture, governance, security, and cost optimization; designing secure landing zones, embedding Zero Trust principles, and keeping cloud spend aligned to budget. On a typical day you will: - Analyze cloud spending, identify trends, and develop strategies to optimize and reduce costs using Azure Cost Management and Azure Advisor - Create and maintain budgets for cloud services and forecast future costs based on trends and organizational growth - Evaluate and select Azure services such as Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Functions, and Azure Policy to support enterprise workloads - Design secure landing zones using Azure services and Azure Policy - Implement Azure governance models including management groups, RBAC, and tagging strategies - Collaborate with security operations to embed Zero Trust principles, identity governance, and threat protection into cloud designs - Ensure compliance with federal mandates such as FedRAMP, SP 800-53, EO 14028, CNSSI 1253 and internal security policies - Architect hybrid solutions that integrate cloud-native services with on prem systems - Provide architectural oversight for cloud migration and modernization projects - Work closely with DevOps, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure architectural consistency - 7+ years of IT experience with 4+ years focused on Microsoft Azure engineering and architecture - Active Secret security clearance or ability to o

Azure Cloud Engineer is sought as the cloud subject matter expert for a federal agency's Azure subscriptions. This is a designated key position on the program. You will own cloud architecture, governance, security, and cost optimization; designing secure landing zones, embedding Zero Trust principles, and keeping cloud spend aligned to budget. On a typical day you will: - Analyze cloud spending, identify trends, and develop strategies to optimize and reduce costs using Azure Cost Management and Azure Advisor - Create and maintain budgets for cloud services and forecast future costs based on trends and organizational growth - Evaluate and select Azure services such as Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Functions, and Azure Policy to support enterprise workloads - Design secure landing zones using Azure services and Azure Policy - Implement Azure governance models including management groups, RBAC, and tagging strategies - Collaborate with security operations to embed Zero Trust principles, identity governance, and threat protection into cloud designs - Ensure compliance with federal mandates such as FedRAMP, SP 800-53, EO 14028, CNSSI 1253 and internal security policies - Architect hybrid solutions that integrate cloud-native services with on prem systems - Provide architectural oversight for cloud migration and modernization projects - Work closely with DevOps, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure architectural consistency - 7+ years of IT experience with 4+ years focused on Microsoft Azure engineering and architecture - Active Secret security clearance or ability to o