Azure Systems Engineer

Terra Power is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Terra Power is seeking a skilled and experienced Azure Engineer to support the company’s Azure Government hosted resources. These resources include identity management, HPC operations, compute workloads, data management, secure storage, and AI services. The organization conducts nuclear energy reactor design and energy production research within a controlled and compliance-driven IT environment, requiring precision, reliability, and adherence to stringent security and quality standards.

This position is in the Enterprise IT team managing Azure access, High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure, engineering software environments, and regulated compute workloads, partnering closely with Infrastructure Architecture, Security, Dev Ops, and Application teams to ensure cloud services are reliable, scalable, and compliant with corporate and regulatory requirements across all Azure Gov resources.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with disciplined operational awareness. They understand how to manage cloud resources in a controlled, compliant, and performance-sensitive environment, enabling advanced computing and research initiatives while maintaining security, efficiency, and reliability aligned with mission‑critical objectives.

• Administer and optimize Azure Government environments, including compute, identity, networking, storage, and PaaS services
• Design, implement, and maintain secure Azure configurations supporting HPC clusters, AI workflows, and research workloads in compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements
• Support and integrate Azure Cycle Cloud Workspace for Slurm for orchestration, scaling, and management of HPC workloads
• Manage diverse storage solutions (e.g., Blob/File, Net App, Managed Lustre, etc.), ensuring appropriate performance, cost optimization, and compliance with data retention policies
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates and automation scripts in the Terra Power repository (e.g., using Bicep, Terraform, Ansible) for consistent environment deployment and management.
• Partner with Dev Ops teams to support application deployments and platform services
• Oversee identity and access management through Entra  role-based access control (RBAC) aligned to least-privilege principles
• Implement and maintain security controls including network segmentation, encryption, monitoring, and compliance reporting consistent with organizational governance requirements
• Collaborate with Infrastructure Architecture, IT Operations, and Engineering teams to support controlled environments hosting qualified scientific and engineering software
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve performance or availability issues across compute and storage services
• Support escalation management, ensuring critical or compliance-sensitive issues are promptly routed and tracked to resolution
• Generate reports on performance, identifying areas for process improvement and communicating trends to leadership

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience managing Azure environments
• Direct experience working with Azure Government (Azure Gov) services and associated compliance boundaries
• Proficiency with Azure HPC and workload integration
• Strong knowledge of Azure storage solutions, performance tuning, and cost management
• Experience implementing and managing security and compliance controls within Azure environments
• Familiarity with identity management, AAD, and RBAC administration
• Strong scripting or automation skills (Power Shell, Python, Ansible or Terraform)
• Excellent problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills
• Ability to adapt to a fast‑paced environment supporting multiple concurrent projects and business priorities
• Remain current with industry trends and emerging technologies

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