Microsoft Azure Systems Engineer

ManageYOURiD • Tysons, VA

7h

About The Position

This is a deeply hands-on engineering role focused on building, configuring, and troubleshooting Azure infrastructure on a daily basis. We’re seeking engineers who have personally architected and operated production Azure environments and who take pride in owning the full lifecycle — from design through deployment and ongoing operations. The ideal candidate brings real-world, production experience and enjoys rolling up their sleeves to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable cloud solutions.

Requirements

• An Active Secret Clearance at a minimum
• 5+ years of systems engineering experience with direct, hands-on technical execution — not project management, not oversight
• 3+ years building and operating Microsoft Azure infrastructure in production environments — you must be able to demonstrate personal technical contributions, not team-level accomplishments
• Proven hands-on experience with Azure networking — you have personally deployed and troubleshot VNets, NSGs, peering, private endpoints, and hybrid connectivity (VPN or ExpressRoute)
• Direct implementation experience with Azure AD / Entra ID — you have personally configured Conditional Access policies, RBAC assignments, and enterprise identity integrations
• Working Infrastructure as Code practice — you maintain and deploy Terraform (preferred), ARM/Bicep, or equivalent in real environments, not just lab or training contexts
• Strong PowerShell scripting ability demonstrated in production automation — not just basic cmdlet usage
• Experience as a primary engineer responsible for production Azure workloads — including incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation you personally executed

Nice To Haves

• Azure certifications such as AZ 104 or AZ 305
• Experience in regulated or Department of Defense environments
• Azure Kubernetes Service experience
• Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions pipeline experience
• Microsoft Defender suite experience
• Zero trust architecture implementation

Responsibilities

• Cloud Architecture & Engineering You will design and implement scalable, secure Azure infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, and hybrid)
• You will deploy and manage Azure Virtual Networks, NSGs, Azure Firewall, and private endpoints
• You will architect and support hybrid connectivity (VPN, ExpressRoute)
• You will implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions
• Systems & Identity You will own the deployment, configuration, patching, and operational health of Windows workloads running in Azure
• You will integrate Azure AD / Entra ID with enterprise identity systems
• You will implement RBAC, Conditional Access, and least-privilege access models
• You will support Microsoft 365 and Azure AD integrations where required
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code You will build and maintain infrastructure using Terraform (preferred) , ARM/Bicep templates, PowerShell, and Azure CLI
• You will ensure deployments are idempotent and repeatable — manual deployments are not acceptable
• You will contribute to CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure delivery
• Security & Compliance You will implement Azure Security Center / Defender for Cloud controls
• You will configure logging and monitoring (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics)
• You will support compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, RMF, CMMC as applicable)
• You will conduct vulnerability remediation and hardening
• Monitoring & Operations You will implement alerting and performance monitoring
• You will own backup and recovery strategy (Azure Backup, Site Recovery)
• You will participate in incident response and root cause analysis — and personally drive remediation
• You will document architecture and operational runbooks

Benefits

• Flexible PTO + holidays
• Generous 401k match benefit up to 10%, with an automatic 3% safe harbor contribution and additional matching based on employee contributions.
• Medical (HSA & PPO Plans Available), dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Employer Contribution to Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Professional coaching services
• Free Personal Privacy Protection Services
• Get the technology you want to do your job
• We have free daily snacks & drinks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed