S Senior Cloud Platform Engineer Synergy ECP Fairfax, Virginia,

Senior Azure Cloud & Github Platform Engineer About the Job

Title:

Senior Azure Cloud & Git Hub Platform Engineer

Location:

Vienna, VA

Work Schedule:

hybrid, onsite 3 days a week
Pay Rate:
Open to both W2 and established 1099's
Position Type:
Multiyear Contract

This group is looking for a Senior Azure Cloud & Git Hub Platform Engineer. Local candidates preferred. Candidates must have a minimum of 7+ years of professional cloud/platform/Dev Ops experience and at least 5 years of hands‑on Azure experience. The three most critical areas for this position are:

The person will build, manage, secure, automate, and troubleshoot enterprise Azure and Kubernetes platforms, while also managing Git Hub Enterprise and Git Hub Actions. This is a senior engineering role—not basic infrastructure administration. The engineer will work with development, security, architecture, SRE, and product teams to create secure, automated, reliable, and scalable cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines. We are seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud & Git Hub Platform Engineer to design, implement, secure, automate, and support enterprise cloud platforms, Kubernetes environments, developer platforms, and CI/CD ecosystems.

As the client continues to modernize its cloud-native application landscape and software delivery capabilities, we require a highly skilled platform engineer who can provide expertise across Azure infrastructure, identity and access management, Kubernetes administration, Git Hub Enterprise, automation frameworks, and deployment pipelines. The successful candidate will serve as a technical leader responsible for ensuring cloud platforms are secure, reliable, scalable, observable, and production-ready.

This is not a traditional infrastructure administration role. It is a specialized engineering position focused on cloud platform architecture, Kubernetes operations, identity management, Git Hub administration, automation engineering, deployment governance, and Dev Sec Ops  enablement. The individual will work closely with Application Development teams, Platform Engineering, Information Security, Architecture, SRE, and Product Owners to build and operate enterprise‑grade cloud and development platforms.

The Senior Azure Cloud & Git Hub Platform Engineer will play a critical role in enabling secure software delivery, cloud tenancy management, infrastructure automation, deployment standardization, and developer productivity across the organization.

• Design, implement, administer, and support Azure cloud platform services and enterprise workloads.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Azure services including:
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Service Bus
  • Azure Storage Accounts
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure App Services
  • Azure Key Vault
  • Azure API Management
  • Azure Monitor
  • Log Analytics
  • Azure Networking Services
• Design and maintain highly available, resilient, scalable, and secure cloud-native architectures.
• Deploy, administer, and support AKS clusters including:
  • Cluster provisioning
  • Upgrades and patching
  • Ingress controllers
  • Autoscaling
  • Networking configurations
  • Monitoring and observability
  • Workload security
• Implement and manage Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions utilizing:
  • Microsoft Entra
  • RBAC
  • Managed Identities
  • Service Principals
  • Conditional Access
  • Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
• Establish least-privilege access models and governance standards across cloud environments.
• Automate and standardize the configuration/administration of Git Hub Enterprise environments including:
  • Organizations
  • Teams
  • Repositories
  • Branch Protection Policies
  • Repository Rulesets
  • Security Policies
  • Secret Management
  • Enterprise Governance Controls
• Deploy and support Git Hub Apps, OAuth integrations, webhooks, and enterprise authentication mechanisms.
• Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines utilizing:
  • Git Hub Actions
  • Reusable Workflows
  • Composite Actions
  • Self-Hosted Runners
  • Git Hub Enterprise Integrations
• Administer Git Hub-hosted and self-hosted runners including provisioning, scaling, security hardening, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Implement secure workload…