Hybrid Multi-Cloud Engineer SME (Azure​/Identity

Hybrid Multi-Cloud Engineer SME

Grow, innovate, and generate progress:
Harness your expertise to solve challenges and celebrate success! This position will serve as a senior technical contributor responsible for designing, engineering, implementing, and sustaining secure Microsoft Azure cloud solutions within classified enterprise environments. The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in Microsoft Azure architecture, hybrid cloud engineering, and enterprise identity management.

What you will do:

• Architect, design, engineer, and implement secure Microsoft Azure cloud solutions supporting DoD mission requirements.
• Design and deploy green-field Azure environments and hybrid cloud architectures integrating on-premises infrastructure with Azure services.
• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise hybrid identity solutions utilizing Microsoft Entra , Microsoft Entra Connect, Active Directory, and related identity technologies.
• Engineer secure authentication, authorization, identity governance, and privileged access management (PAM) solutions supporting just-in-time (JIT) access, attribute- and role-based access controls (ABAC/RBAC) and similar Zero Trust principles and objectives.
• Design Azure Landing Zones, governance frameworks, subscription architectures, and management group strategies following Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Azure Well-Architected Framework guidance.
• Engineer Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Bicep, ARM Templates, Terraform, or comparable automation technologies.
• Design secure Azure networking solutions utilizing Virtual Networks, Express Route, VPN Gateway, Azure Firewall, Virtual WAN, and private connectivity services.
• Implement Azure-native monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, governance, and security capabilities.
• Configure and administer Microsoft Entra  capabilities, including Access Reviews, Entitlement Management, Lifecycle Workflows, Conditional Access, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, systems engineering, networking, and application development teams to deliver integrated cloud solutions.
• Support Authority to Operate (ATO) activities and ensure compliance with DoD cybersecurity policies, Risk Management Framework (RMF), and applicable Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
• Produce architecture documentation, engineering diagrams, implementation guides, standard operating procedures, and technical documentation.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex cloud infrastructure, networking, identity, and security issues.
• Evaluate emerging Microsoft cloud technologies and recommend technical solutions supporting customer mission objectives.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 – 13 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain. Specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Active Top Secret security clearance with eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI).
• Current DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification.
• Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
• Minimum of five years of experience designing and implementing Microsoft Azure enterprise cloud solutions.
• Demonstrated experience architecting hybrid Azure environments integrating enterprise on-premises infrastructure with Azure cloud services.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Entra , Microsoft Entra Connect, Active Directory, AWS IAM, hybrid identity synchronization, federation, and enterprise identity management with enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (E-ICAM) solutions.
• Experience implementing Microsoft Entra  capabilities, including Entra Conditional Access, Policy Information Points and Policy Engines, Access Reviews, Entitlement Management, Lifecycle Workflows, Identity lifecycle automation.
• Experience implementing Azure Landing Zones and enterprise governance models.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, storage, compute, governance, and security services.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code utilizing Terraform, Azure Bicep, ARM Templates, or similar technologies.
• Experience with Azure CLI, Power Shell, and scripting using Python or comparable automation languages.
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust architecture, identity-centric security, and cloud security best practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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