Azure Cloud Engineer (Secret Clearance Required)
Apply NowCompany: Improvix Technologies
Location: Washington, DC 20011
Description:
Cloud Engineer - DOS ExecTech
Location: Washington, DC (Onsite - 5 Days a Week)
Clearance: Secret Clearance Required
Employment Type: Full-Time
Position Overview:
Improvix Technologies is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer to support the Department of State's ExecTech program. This role involves providing hands-on cloud engineering expertise, automation, and infrastructure management in a highly secure Windows and Linux hybrid cloud environment utilizing both AWS and Azure. The ideal candidate will be a technical leader with experience in cloud automation, infrastructure as code, and DevOps best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
Required Skills & Experience:
Preferred Qualifications:
At we understand the importance of secure and reliable IT solutions. To this end, our stellar track record highlights our consistent delivery of cost-effective, strongly-secure, and highly-integrated IT solutions that exceed customers' expectations and enhance the Government's technology landscape. We invite you to join our dynamic organization serving federal and corporate clients. Improvix Technologies offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package to provide our employees with financial and health protection and advantages they deserve. Our benefits include 401K matching, life insurance, up to four weeks of paid annual leave, transit and training compensation, health, dental and vision benefits.
Improvix Technologies, Inc.is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sexual orientation, religion, age, national origin, disability status or any other class protected by law. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
Location: Washington, DC (Onsite - 5 Days a Week)
Clearance: Secret Clearance Required
Employment Type: Full-Time
Position Overview:
Improvix Technologies is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer to support the Department of State's ExecTech program. This role involves providing hands-on cloud engineering expertise, automation, and infrastructure management in a highly secure Windows and Linux hybrid cloud environment utilizing both AWS and Azure. The ideal candidate will be a technical leader with experience in cloud automation, infrastructure as code, and DevOps best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Cloud Infrastructure & Automation: Maintain and update build automation scripts, continuously optimizing cloud deployments.
- Hybrid Cloud Support: Provide hands-on support for Windows and Linux environments across AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
- Security & Compliance: Ensure cloud security best practices, perform regular updates, and implement disaster recovery plans.
- Automation & CI/CD: Design and implement Continuous Delivery Frameworks using open-source tools, ensuring adherence to CI/CD principles.
- Configuration Management: Utilize Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, or Chef to manage cloud infrastructure efficiently.
- Containerization & Microservices: Implement and manage container-based solutions in a hybrid cloud environment.
- Network & Storage Management: Support Cascades networking, security, and storage by managing on-premise and cloud-integrated solutions.
- Collaboration & Documentation: Maintain clear communication with IRM, cloud partners, and internal teams, ensuring well-documented cloud architectures and policies.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, networking, and infrastructure management.
- Strong knowledge of AWS and Azure cloud environments.
- Experience in automation & configuration management using Ansible, Terraform, Chef, or Puppet.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Shell, or Batch.
- Expertise in CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, or GitLab CI/CD.
- Deep understanding of Linux internals and core system services (DNS, SMTP, Syslog, IPTables, etc.).
- Hands-on experience with Git, version control workflows, and Agile methodologies.
- Familiarity with object-oriented programming languages such as Golang, C#, Java, or C++.
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in hybrid cloud environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud automation.
- Experience managing cloud-based DevOps infrastructure and supporting federal agencies.
- Familiarity with hybrid cloud networking, security, and storage integrations.
- Ability to support enterprise cloud migrations and optimize cloud environments for cost, security, and performance.
At we understand the importance of secure and reliable IT solutions. To this end, our stellar track record highlights our consistent delivery of cost-effective, strongly-secure, and highly-integrated IT solutions that exceed customers' expectations and enhance the Government's technology landscape. We invite you to join our dynamic organization serving federal and corporate clients. Improvix Technologies offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package to provide our employees with financial and health protection and advantages they deserve. Our benefits include 401K matching, life insurance, up to four weeks of paid annual leave, transit and training compensation, health, dental and vision benefits.
Improvix Technologies, Inc.is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sexual orientation, religion, age, national origin, disability status or any other class protected by law. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.