Systems Engineer - Azure (Secret Clearance Required)
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Location: Washington, DC 20011
Description:
Systems Engineer - Azure
Location: Washington, DC (Onsite - 5 Days per Week)
Clearance: Secret Clearance Required
About the Role:
The Systems Engineer - Azure will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and optimized Azure cloud environments. This role requires expertise in Azure architecture, automation, networking, and DevOps methodologies. The ideal candidate will work with cross-functional teams to ensure Azure infrastructure aligns with business needs and federal security compliance requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Skills:
This role provides the opportunity to support critical Azure cloud infrastructure projects in a high-impact government environment, ensuring security, scalability, and operational excellence.
Skills & Requirements 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 per Week)
Clearance: Secret Clearance Required
About the Role:
The Systems Engineer - Azure will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and optimized Azure cloud environments. This role requires expertise in Azure architecture, automation, networking, and DevOps methodologies. The ideal candidate will work with cross-functional teams to ensure Azure infrastructure aligns with business needs and federal security compliance requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Azure Cloud Infrastructure Management: Deploy and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure, including Azure Virtual Machines (VMs), Virtual Networks (VNets), Storage Accounts, and Azure Active Directory (AAD).
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop and maintain Terraform, ARM templates, and Ansible scripts to automate provisioning and configuration of Azure resources.
- Cloud Security & Compliance: Implement and enforce security best practices, including RBAC, Azure Policy, Key Vault, IAM, and network security groups (NSGs) to ensure compliance with FedRAMP, NIST, and DoD security guidelines.
- CI/CD Pipeline Management: Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions to support infrastructure automation and application deployment.
- Monitoring & Performance Optimization: Utilize Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights to track system health, troubleshoot issues, and optimize performance.
- Cloud Networking & Connectivity: Configure and optimize Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), ExpressRoute, VPN Gateways, Load Balancers, and Azure Front Door for secure cloud connectivity.
- Containerization & Orchestration: Deploy and manage Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters (AKS) for scalable application hosting.
- Automation & Scripting: Develop PowerShell, Bash, and Python scripts to automate administrative tasks, resource management, and security monitoring.
- Disaster Recovery & High Availability: Design and implement disaster recovery strategies using Azure Site Recovery, Backup, and multi-region failover architectures.
- Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with security, development, and operations teams to align cloud solutions with business and security objectives.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience in cloud engineering, systems administration, or DevOps, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure.
- Certifications: Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or equivalent Azure certification preferred.
- Security & Compliance Expertise: Strong knowledge of Azure security tools, encryption, identity management (Azure AD, RBAC), and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, NIST, RMF).
- Infrastructure & Automation: Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD pipeline automation.
- Networking & Load Balancing: Hands-on experience with Azure VNets, NSGs, ExpressRoute, and load balancing services.
- Containerization & Orchestration: Experience deploying and managing AKS, Docker, and microservices architecture.
- Scripting & Automation: Proficiency in PowerShell, Bash, Python, and YAML/JSON for cloud automation and system management.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience supporting federal agencies or DoD cloud environments.
- Hands-on experience with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and Event Grid for serverless automation.
- Knowledge of cost optimization strategies using Azure Cost Management and FinOps best practices.
This role provides the opportunity to support critical Azure cloud infrastructure projects in a high-impact government environment, ensuring security, scalability, and operational excellence.
Skills & Requirements 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.