Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Berkeley Research Group • Washington DC, DC

10h • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer is a technical leader responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the organization’s on-premises and Azure infrastructure. This role ensures the stability, security, and scalability of mission-critical systems, and acts as a subject-matter expert for server operations, Azure IaaS, identity, and core infrastructure services. The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to guide standards, mentor team members, and lead complex infrastructure initiatives.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering with significant Azure and Windows Server focus.
• Expert-level Azure IaaS experience including Virtual Machines, RBAC, and Entra ID.
• Advanced Windows Server expertise including builds, hardening, clustering, and troubleshooting.
• Deep knowledge of DNS, DHCP, and Active Directory architecture.
• Strong PowerShell automation skills.
• Proven ability to lead complex infrastructure initiatives.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and priorities and re-prioritize as necessary to align with current business.
• Candidate must be able to submit verification of his/her legal right to work in the United States, without company sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305, or equivalent).
• Experience with HITRUST security framework and familiarity with the HITRUST certification process strongly preferred.
• Background in Zero Trust and privileged access strategies.
• Understanding of ITIL / ITSM processes (Incident, Change, Problem Management).
• Experience with using ServiceNow or similar IT ticketing system platform
• Experience with or familiar with core Systems Monitoring solutions

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and optimize Azure Virtual Machines, including standardized images, automation, availability sets, and performance tuning.
• Lead identity and access design using Azure AD, RBAC, Privileged Identity Management, and conditional access controls.
• Design and maintain Azure networking (VNets, peering, NSGs, private endpoints, firewalls).
• Oversee Azure governance including policies, tagging standards, resource organization, and cost optimization.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Entra ID and Intune.
• Lead server architecture, builds, patching strategies, and lifecycle planning for on-prem and virtual server environments.
• Own Windows Server infrastructure includes clustering, failover, storage, and performance analysis.
• Manage VMware or other virtualization infrastructure including ESXi hosts, clusters, vCenter, HA/DRS, and storage integration.
• Drive modernization efforts including virtualization improvements and Azure migration.
• Serve as escalation point for complex compute, storage, and virtualization issues.
• Architect, maintain, and troubleshoot DNS, DHCP, and Active Directory environments.
• Ensure scalability and security for directory services, group policies, and domain integrations.
• Establish standards for IP management, naming conventions, and service resiliency.
• Experience with backup, disaster recovery, and continuity planning.
• Lead major infrastructure projects and cloud transformations end-to-end.
• Develop documentation, standards, runbooks, and architectural diagrams.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive knowledge sharing.
• Partner across teams to design secure and scalable enterprise solutions.
• Participate in or lead on-call rotation for critical issues.

Benefits

• BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

What This Job Offers

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