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Opportunity:
Virtual Service Operations is searching for an experienced Cloud and DevOps Engineer to support a classified Azure Government environment in Beavercreek, OH. In this role, you will design, deploy, and manage Azure infrastructure and Azure Virtual Desktop environments that power mission-critical operations for our customer. You'll bring hands-on expertise in infrastructure-as-code provisioning and drive automation efforts while operating in a secure environment. Successful candidates will already be comfortable operating in a DoD classified setting from day one. If you have deep, production-level Azure experience and want to work in a secure, high-trust environment where that expertise really matters, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
Azure Infrastructure and IaC
- Deploy and manage Azure resources via Infrastructure as Code, using Bicep as the primary tool, with supporting knowledge of JSON, YAML, and PowerShell.
- Provision and maintain core Azure resources including storage accounts, Key Vault, virtual machines, VNets, subnets, and network security groups.
- Maintain version-controlled, repeatable infrastructure deployments aligned with DoD security baselines.
Azure Virtual Desktop
- Deploy and maintain Azure Virtual Desktop environments, including host pools, application groups, and workspaces.
- Build and maintain golden images using Packer via automated pipelines.
- Rotate AVD session host images using Azure DevOps pipelines on a recurring basis.
CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps
- Build and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines to automate infrastructure provisioning and application delivery.
- Support application deployment into Azure environments and troubleshoot deployment and operational issues.
- Enforce consistent, traceable configuration across environments.
Migration and Application Support
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and application issues and document resolution procedures.
- Coordinate with onsite and remote teams to validate configurations and ensure operational handoff readiness.
- Automation and Scalability
- Develop automation solutions to reduce manual intervention and improve deployment reliability.
- Scale infrastructure to meet evolving customer workload and performance requirements.
Automation and Scalability
- Develop automation solutions to reduce manual intervention and improve deployment reliability.
- Scale infrastructure to meet evolving customer workload and performance requirements.
Qualifications:
- Active Security+ Certification is required.
- Experience working in a classified Azure Region or delivering software into an AirGapped network.
- Hands-on experience deploying Microsoft Azure Infrastructure via Bicep or Terraform.
- Demonstrated experience with Azure Virtual Desktop.
- Experience building golden images with Packer and rotating them via automated pipeline.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related Field AND 3+ years leadership experience in relevant area of business OR equivalent experience.
- 8+ years demonstrated performance in related technology.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Microsoft AZ-140 Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification.
- Migration experience — on-premises to Azure or cloud-to-cloud.
- Familiarity with container operations in Kubernetes or AKS environments.
- Ansible or PowerShell automation experience.
