Windows & Azure SRE

Overview About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

We rely on IT infrastructure and applications to support critical business functions and drive value to the customers. The successful candidate will join a dynamic multidiscipline team responsible for design,implementation, integration, and support of the enterprise IT infrastructure, which includes secure cloud-hosted and on-premises environments.

As part of the team, the Senior Systems

Engineer's responsibilities will include (but will not be limited to) the following:

• Development of detailed technical and performance specifications for mission-critical information technology solutions based on business needs, operational requirements, and constraints of diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Researching available technology options and their respective functional, performance, security, and interoperability characteristics; test and evaluate technology components.
• Producing detailed system design, including network and systems infrastructure, application hosting, cloud services, and related components, integration with system monitoring and management, as well as cybersecurity capabilities; work closely with System Architect and other senior members of the technical team to drive best practices across the entirety of the enterprise IT platform.
• System implementation, configuration, including extensive use of automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), of key solution components and associated cybersecurity controls, network infrastructure, application software, database instances, and other components.
• Plan, evaluate and execute capacity optimization, updates, upgrades and other lifecycle activities associated with the solution; troubleshoot common infrastructure and application problems; provide escalation support for service availability and performance issues.
• Create and maintain detailed and accurate system documentation, including design and configuration plans, design diagrams, task-oriented procedures, operations and maintenance plans, etc.

Specific qualification requirements for the position include the following:

• Cloud Platforms & Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
  Proven experience architecting and managing Microsoft Azure environments using Terraform and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates. Skilled in implementing scalable and secure cloud infrastructure aligned with enterprise governance and compliance standards.
• Operating Systems & Policy Management:
  Expert in Windows Server administration, including Active Directory, Group Policy Objects (GPO), and secure desktop virtualization strategies. Strong background in identity and access management, conditional access policies, and enterprise-grade authentication methods.
• Automation & Scripting:
  Advanced proficiency in Power Shell for automation of administrative tasks, system configuration, and cloud resource provisioning. Experience integrating Power Shell with Terraform and Azure CLI for end-to-end deployment workflows.
• Monitoring & Observability:
  Hands-on experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights for proactive system monitoring, performance tuning, and alerting. Familiar with integrating monitoring into CI/CD pipelines and…