Senior Azure Systems & Platform Engineer

Diné Development Corporation

30d

About The Position

The Senior Azure Systems & Platform Engineer supports enterprise mission systems in a secure DoD environment. This role combines systems administration and platform engineering responsibilities, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Azure operations, deployment, and sustainment. This position is contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of systems administration, platform engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field OR An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Proven hands-on experience administering Microsoft Azure environments.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate or higher.
• DoD 8570 / 8140 IAT-II–compliant certification (e.g., Security+, SSCP, GSEC).
• Active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and maintain Microsoft Azure and hybrid enterprise environments, ensuring availability, performance, and operational stability.
• Deploy, manage, and sustain Azure compute, storage, networking, and identity-integrated services in accordance with organizational and security requirements.
• Perform system monitoring, patching, upgrades, backups, and recovery activities for Azure-hosted and hybrid systems.
• Package, configure, and deploy applications and system components to standardized environments, ensuring consistency across development, test, and production tiers.
• Support platform standardization and environment readiness, including baseline configurations, images, and deployment patterns.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, platform, and application-level issues, coordinating with development, IA, and operations teams as required.
• Implement and maintain configuration management and change control processes to support stable and auditable system operations.
• Support incident response and problem management activities, including root-cause analysis and corrective action.
• Collaborate with Information Assurance and cybersecurity personnel to remediate security findings, apply system hardening, and maintain compliance with security controls.
• Support system onboarding, sustainment, and lifecycle activities, including environment transitions, upgrades, and decommissioning.
• Maintain accurate system documentation, diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts, identifying opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency, and repeatability of platform operations.
• Ensure systems and platforms remain compliant with DoD 8140 / DCWF qualification requirements and organizational policies.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Eligible full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, retirement savings with company match, paid time off, voluntary supplemental benefits, and access to an employee assistance program.
• The package also includes educational assistance, with tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level