Azure Cloud Engineer

DataStaff, Inc. is in need of an Azure Cloud Engineer for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Richmond, VA
This position is remote
Job Description
Our client is seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to join the Eng and Ops team. The role includes engineering, application support, and rotational help-desk support within the Tolling group. Includes API Gateways, AVD, App Insights, & Office 365.
Responsibilities
Cloud Operations and Engineering
Maintain and implement cloud resources in the Tolling Azure environment.
Ensure compliance with Virginia government policies regarding security, IAM, network controls, and cost governance.
Maintain and improve infrastructure documentation, naming conventions, tagging standards, and cloud governance artifacts.
Assist with access reviews, role assignments, and least-privilege IAM evaluations.
Manage vendor-required updates and ensure compatibility.
Implement fault-tolerant and highly available Azure solutions.
Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Diagnostics
Monitor Azure services and application workloads to ensure uptime and availability.
Troubleshoot issues related to connectivity, access, security, application performance, and service degradation.
Perform diagnostic deep dives using logs, metrics, traces, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics.
Analyze and tune system/application performance.
Operational Support
Participate in daily/weekly operational cycles including pattern monitoring, incident reviews, and maintenance readiness checks.
Triage production issues, ensure timely resolution, and document root-cause findings.
Execute and support off-hours work as needed.
Define change requests, detailed implementation plans, and rollback procedures.
Technical Development and Compliance
Understand end-to-end data flows across tolling systems, roadway data, financial transactions, and reporting tools.
Support optimization of integrations and data movement.
Apply PCI or other regulatory compliance requirements when evaluating system behavior and logging patterns.
Manage key vaults, passwords, certificates, and secure credential storage.
Collaboration and Communication
Work directly with architects, engineers, managers, and cross-functional teams to use Azure services effectively.
Provide best-practice guidance related to SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.
Communicate clearly in written and verbal form with internal and external stakeholders.
Support multiple concurrent projects of complex technical scope.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
Microsoft Azure services.
E-ZPass Virginia tolling applications, infrastructure, and cloud workloads, including hands-on diagnostic work with transaction flows, roadway sensor data ingestion, and tolling application performance tuning.
Bachelors degree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience.
Demonstrated ability to communicate requirements and design concepts clearly.
Implementing Rubrik backup & recovery for Azure IaaS/PaaS, including policy sets, snapshot lifecycle tuning, and DR validation.
Experience with Office 365 services and administering Single Sign-On (SSO), including Entra ID.
Experience administering Secret Server privileged access vaults, including credential rotation, vault workflow troubleshooting, and integration with Azure workloads.
Solid scripting experience (PowerShell and/or Python).
Ability to create network and system topology documentation.
Experience with Azure Virtual Desktops.
Office 365 services and Power Apps.
Azure certification (preferred).
Required Skills
3 Years - Microsoft Azure administration/engineering
5 Years - Microsoft Windows environments (2019+)
2 Years - Server infrastructure, protocols, firewalls, certificates, load balancers
3 Years - Support of E-ZPass Virginia tolling applications, infrastructure, and cloud workloads
2 Years - Networking, server administration (Windows/Linux), databases, cloud environments
2 Years - Implementing Rubrik backup & recovery for Azure IaaS/PaaS
2 Years - Scripting with PowerShell/Python
2 Years - Administration of SecretServer privileged access vaults.
1 Year - Office 365 and Power Apps platforms
1 Year - Experience with PCI or similar compliance frameworks
1 Year - Single Sign-On and identity administration (Entra ID)
1 Year - Experience with enterprise governance models
Desired Skills
1 Year - Continuous integration tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, TFS)
1 Year - Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)
1 Year - Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
1 Year - Key Vault, secrets and certificate management
1 Year - Azure certification (AZ-104, AZ-305, or similar)
1 Year - Experience analyzing cloud cost trends and delivering cost optimization recommendations
1 Year - Azure Virtual Desktops
This opportunity is available on a corp to corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401K program available for employees after 6 months.

Work arrangement
Yes