Sr. Cloud Engineer – Azure

Req : RQ207043

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other

Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations

Skills:

Cloud Engineering, Dev Ops, Microsoft Azure

Experience:

5+ years of related experience

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Senior Cloud Engineer and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Sr. Azure Cloud Engineer ’ll design, build, and optimize Azure cloud infrastructure to securely host healthcare applications and data, ensuring compliance with federal regulations and mission-critical operational requirements. This role sits on a platform engineering team responsible for cloud migration, application integration, and infrastructure automation in a FedRAMP ATO environment.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. You will enable healthcare programs to scale securely, improve resiliency, and accelerate delivery while growing your career in cloud engineering.

This role is fully remote!

This role has a targeted start date towards the end of 2025/early 2026.

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable Azure infrastructure for healthcare applications, data systems, and analytics workloads.
• Deploy and configure Azure services in compliance with FedRAMP Moderate/High, HIPAA, and FISMA requirements.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to integrate applications, APIs, and data workflows into Azure environments.
• Implement monitoring, logging, backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and related services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Optimize performance, scalability, and cost efficiency of cloud resources.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and networking issues to ensure system uptime.
• Contribute to security hardening by integrating Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Cloud, and Defender for Endpoint.
• Maintain technical documentation for architectures, deployments, and operational procedures.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, administration, or operations, preferably in a federal healthcare environment
• Hands‑on expertise with Azure IaaS, PaaS, and networking services
• Experience with Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates) and Dev Ops automation (Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions, or similar)
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, HIPAA, FISMA)
• Proficiency in scripting/automation languages (Power Shell, Python, Bash)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust

• Familiarity with health data interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7).
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Cloud, and Defender for Endpoint.
• Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Security Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Additional certifications (e.g., CISSP, CCSP, Security+) a plus
• Strong troubleshooting and performance optimization skills.

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The likely salary range for this position is $99,450 - $134,550. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post‑tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.…