Cloud Systems Admin Senior Specialist

• This role coordinates the installation, integration, operation, and ongoing support of engineering applications within the Defense Azure Government environment.
• The role initially focuses on onboarding CAE applications, including virtual-desktop-installed software and license-server infrastructure, and over time helps evolve individual application deployments into an integrated engineering application environment supporting the broader Defense business.
• The resource works across Engineering, Enterprise Technology, ISI, application vendors, and other professional service providers to ensure applications and infrastructure are securely deployed, appropriately licensed, and operationally supported.

• Microsoft Azure
• CAE
• System Integration
• Government Contracting

• IAM

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, computer, or software engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of experience installing and supporting CAE tools (e.g., MATLAB, Simulink, ANSA, LS-DYNA, LS-PREPOST).
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure infrastructure and operations, including virtual machines, storage, identity, monitoring, backup, and cost management.
• Experience supporting Windows-based virtual desktop applications (e.g., Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365) or comparable hosted desktop environments.
• Understanding of floating or concurrent software licensing models and license server technologies.
• Experience managing application licenses, SKUs, capacity, renewals, and usage reporting.
• Ability to interpret vendor infrastructure and application requirements and translate them into implementable technical designs.
• Must be a US Person (US citizen or permanent resident) working from the United States.

• S. or Ph.D. in mechanical, electrical, computer, or software engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of experience installing and supporting CAE tools.
• Experience with Azure Government, GCC High, or another regulated government cloud environment.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Virtual Desktop or Windows 365.
• Experience with cloud financial management, consumption reporting, chargeback, or cost allocation.
• Familiarity with security assessment, application onboarding, architecture-review, and change-management processes.
• Experience supporting U.S. government or defense-related technology environments.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously; systems-integration experience spanning interfaces, authentication/authorization, data flows, and application dependencies.

• Bachelor's Degree

• Master's Degree

• Gather and document application requirements (binaries, infrastructure, dependencies, user populations, licensing models, authentication, installation sequencing) and coordinate with ISI to install and configure CAE applications in Windows 365 / Azure Virtual Desktop environments.
• Identify applications requiring additional infrastructure (license servers, databases, integrations, HPC, specialized VM configurations) and support testing, user validation, and transition to steady-state operations.
• Participate in application and solution architecture reviews; support integration planning between CAE tools, 3
  
  DEXPERIENCE, requirements-management platforms, and data-transfer capabilities; document current- and target-state architectures, dependencies, and operational ownership.
• Maintain inventory of Microsoft and Azure Government license types, SKUs, assigned quantities, available capacity, and forecasted demand; monitor license consumption and proactively initiate requests before capacity is exhausted.
• Reconcile Azure Government charges to subscriptions, applications, environments, and users; prepare recurring cost reports and billing extracts; investigate unexpected usage, cost variances, and consumption trends with cloud, billing, finance, and ISI teams.
• Maintain current cost forecasts as applications, infrastructure, licenses, and user populations change.

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