Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer

Atlas Tech, a veteran-owned IT company serving multiple DoD customers in support of America's warfighters, is seeking a passionate, flexible, committed team player to join our group of highly motivated professionals. If you are comfortable in fast paced environments, can think on your feet, and excel in team-based collaborative efforts, then this may be the right fit for you. Atlas Tech is seeking a Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer for an effort to provide systems engineering and integration of Naval software systems.

You Will:

• Be responsible for cloud infrastructure, automating and streamlining operations, and building and maintaining tools for deployment
• Develop automated deployment pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code templates
• Build solutions to automate cloud operations tasks including monitoring, scaling, backup, and disaster recovery
• Provide expertise in cloud architecture and modern infrastructure practices
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code
• Design and optimize cloud architectures to improve performance, cost-efficiency, security, and scalability
• Provide recommendations for cloud best practices and process improvements
• Contribute to team objectives and support cloud migration initiatives
• Design and implement cloud monitoring and management solutions
• Prepare technical documentation and present architecture proposals to engineering teams
• Deploy and test cloud infrastructure in development environments as part of CI/CD processes
• Research new technologies to support enterprise automation solutions for large DoD Systems
• Investigate and resolve complex issues that span multiple applications/technologies and require involvement from technical personnel across multiple groups
• Verify documentation is easy to understand for both internal and external teams with varying skillsets and expertise
• Provide feedback on internal processes and recommendations for improvement
• Decompose tasks and provide status updates

You Have:

• US Citizenship
• Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level Security Clearance or you're able to obtain an interim security clearance prior to hire date.
• DoD 8140\8570 Certifications to be qualified as an Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II
• 3+ years of technical experience with Azure
• Experience in a DEVOPS role or similar overseeing complex IT infrastructure
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates)
• Ability to design, deploy, and manage multi-tier cloud applications and services
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Working knowledge and experience with Agile framework and Scrum
• Understanding of cloud networking, security, and cost optimization principles
• Strong documentation and oral communication skills to clearly communicate with all levels of users, engineers, managers, and organizations
• Ability to work with others in a highly collaborative environment
• Self-Motivated, strong work ethic and commitment to quality
• Ability to multi-task and balance multiple goals and priorities

We'd Be Impressed If You Had:

• Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science

• 5+ years of experience in a cloud engineering role

• Demonstrated experience with:

  • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Microsoft Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
  • Configuration management and automation platforms (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
  • Programming/scripting languages (Bash/Python/HTML/etc)
  • Git, GitLab, GitLab Pipelines, Artifactory, Confluence and Jira
  • Integrated development environment (IDE, Visual Studio Code) for GIT management and code revision
  • Cloud computing infrastructure (i.e. AWS, Microsoft Azure, Red Hat OpenShift)
  • Monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
  • Microservices architecture and serverless computing
  • Database administration in cloud environments
  • Security best practices and compliance frameworks
  • Cost optimization and FinOps practices

• Certifications:

  • Developer-level Scrum certification, e.g. Professional Scrum Developer (PSD) or Certified Scrum Developer (CSD)
  • Microsoft Azure Administrator
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation
  • CISSP, SANS, ITIL