Job Description
Insight Global is seeking a Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer for an effort to provide systems engineering and integration support for a federal software systems program. This is an on-site role based in North Charleston, SC, with flexibility to telework 2 days per week.
Responsibilities include:
- Be responsible for cloud infrastructure, automating and streamlining operations, and building and maintaining tools for deployment
- Develop automated deployment pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code templates
- Build solutions to automate cloud operations tasks including monitoring, scaling, backup, and disaster recovery
- Provide expertise in cloud architecture and modern infrastructure practices
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code
- Design and optimize cloud architecture to improve performance, cost-efficiency, security, and scalability
- Provide recommendations for cloud best practices and process improvements
- Contribute to team objectives and support cloud migration initiatives
- Design and implement cloud monitoring and management solutions
- Prepare technical documentation and present architecture proposals to engineering teams
- Deploy and test cloud infrastructure in development environments as part of CI/CD processes
- Research new technologies to support enterprise automation solutions for large federal systems
- Investigate and resolve complex issues that span multiple applications/technologies and require involvement from technical personnel across multiple groups
- Verify documentation is easy to understand for both internal and external teams with varying skillsets and expertise
- Provide feedback on internal processes and recommendations for improvement
- Decompose tasks and provide status updates
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.
Required Skills & Experience
- Secret Security Clearance at the T5 investigation level
- Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in a cloud engineering role
- IAT Level II certification or equivalent information assurance qualification
- 3+ years of technical experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP
- Experience in a DevOps role or similar overseeing complex IT infrastructure
- Experience with Ansible automation platform
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates)
- Ability to design, deploy, and manage multi-tier cloud applications and services
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Working knowledge and experience with Agile frameworks and Scrum
- Understanding of cloud networking, security, and cost optimization principles
- Strong documentation and oral communication skills to clearly communicate with all levels of users, engineers, managers, and organizations
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
- Demonstrated experience with:
- CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Microsoft Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
- Configuration management and automation platforms (Ansible, Chef, Puppet
- Programming/scripting languages (Bash, Python, HTML, etc.)
- Git, GitLab, GitLab Pipelines, Artifactory, Confluence, and Jira
- Integrated Development Environments (IDE), including Visual Studio Code, for Git management and code revision
- Cloud computing infrastructure (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Red Hat OpenShift)
- Monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
- Microservices architecture and serverless computing
- Database administration in cloud environments
- Security best practices and compliance frameworks
- Cost optimization and FinOps practices
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.