Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Dunhill Solutions•Washington, DC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Dunhill Government Solutions is hiring a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer to support a federal agency moving from Azure VMware Solution (AVS) to native Azure. The role owns the technical approach: designing the post-AVS target state, assessing Azure-native services as replacements for current platforms, developing cost models for budget submissions, and shaping an 18–24 month cloud roadmap for leadership. Initial work includes evaluating Azure Application Gateway, Front Door, and Load Balancer as alternatives to F5. This is an architecture and analysis role rather than a ticket-queue or team-management position. The engineer will serve as the program’s Azure subject-matter expert and escalation point for complex Azure problems. They will work closely with network, systems, and security teams to ensure designs are operationally viable. Designs, options analyses, and recommendations will be provided to the Infrastructure Engineering Lead, program leadership, and government stakeholders as the plan of record. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, and hybrid in Washington, DC. On-site work is required at least two days per week, with additional on-site attendance for migration events, cutovers, and client reviews. No travel is required. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and able to pass a federal background investigation to receive access to sensitive information. Compensation is $160,000–$200,000 per year.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant work experience.
At least 8 years of infrastructure engineering experience, including senior-level ownership of cloud design with Microsoft Azure as the primary platform.
Deep working knowledge of core Azure services, including compute, virtual networking, storage, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Azure Policy, Azure Monitor, and Cost Management.
Experience planning or leading migrations of VMware-based workloads to Azure from on-premises vSphere/ESXi/vCenter, AVS, or a comparable platform, including workload assessment, sequencing, and cutover planning.
Solid understanding of Azure networking, including ExpressRoute, VNets and peering, NSGs, private endpoints, load balancing, DNS, and hybrid routing.
Experience designing or operating cloud infrastructure in a security- and compliance-driven environment, such as federal, FedRAMP, or similarly regulated environments.
Working understanding of NIST 800-53 as it applies to cloud.
Strong communication and documentation skills, including the ability to present recommendations to program leadership and government stakeholders and explain complex technical options in clear business terms.
U.S. citizenship.
Ability to pass a federal background investigation to be granted access to sensitive information.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and compare target-state options; identify decision points, dependencies, and risks; and plan workload migrations from AVS to native Azure services.
Provide technical inputs to keep the cloud roadmap aligned with agency planning and budget cycles.
Research, prototype in non-production, and recommend Microsoft services that can replace legacy platforms, improve service delivery, and advance modernization goals.
Develop and maintain the AVS-versus-native-Azure cost model, identify near-term savings, and support budget submissions with defensible projections.
Document operational impacts of design decisions, including monitoring, patching, backup, disaster recovery, and runbooks.
Advise on the skills operations teams will need as their model shifts to cloud platform management.
Provide expert guidance on complex Azure issues and share knowledge with engineers.
Produce technical designs, options analyses, recommendation memos, roadmaps, and change records suitable for government review.
Assess Azure application delivery services, including Application Gateway, Front Door, and Load Balancer, as alternatives to F5.
Partner with network, systems, and security teams to ensure designs can be operated effectively.
Present recommendations to program leadership and government stakeholders and translate technical options into clear business terms.