Azure Cloud Engineer

Job Description: Our client is seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to join the Eng and Ops team. The role includes engineering, application support, and rotational help-desk support within the Tolling group. Includes API Gateways, AVD, App Insights, & Office 365.

Cloud Operations and Engineering: Maintain and implement cloud resources in the Tolling Azure environment. Ensure compliance with Virginia 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.

Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Diagnostics: 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 rollback 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.

Required Skills: 3 Years - Microsoft Azure administration/engineering 5 Years - Microsoft Windows environments (2019+)2 Years - Server infrastructure, protocols, firewalls, certificates, load balancers 3 Years - Support of E-ZPass Virginia tolling applications, infrastructure, and cloud workloads 2 Years - Networking, server administration (Windows/Linux), databases, cloud environments 2 Years - Implementing Rubrik backup & recovery for Azure IaaS/PaaS2 Years - Scripting with PowerShell/Python 2 Years - Administration of SecretServer privileged access vaults.1 Year - Office 365 and Power Apps platforms 1 Year - Experience with PCI or similar compliance frameworks 1 Year - Single Sign-On and identity administration (Entra ID)1 Year - Experience with enterprise governance models

Desired Skills: 1 Year - Continuous integration tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, TFS)1 Year - Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)1 Year - Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)1 Year - Key Vault, secrets and certificate management 1 Year - Azure certification (AZ-104, AZ-305, or similar)1 Year - Experience analyzing cloud cost trends and delivering cost optimization recommendations 1 Year - Azure Virtual Desktops This opportunity is available on a corp to corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401K program available for employees after 6 months.