Senior Azure Cloud Architect / Engineer / Administrator

Resource Management Concepts, Inc. (RMC) provides high-quality, professional services to government and commercial sectors. Our mission is to deliver exceptional management and technology solutions supporting the protection and preservation of the people and environment of the United States of America.

RMC is hiring for a Senior Azure Cloud Architect / Engineer / Administrator who will be responsible for designing, building, securing, and supporting enterprise Azure cloud environments. This role combines architecture, engineering, automation, security, and operational support. The ideal candidate should be highly technical, hands-on, and capable of leading cloud modernization and infrastructure initiatives within a large-scale DoD environment at NSWC Dahlgren. This role is both technical and strategic, serving as a bridge between environment needs and technical implementation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and secure Azure cloud solutions including landing zones
• Automate infrastructure, support cloud operations, and lead migration efforts
• Implement security/governance, troubleshoot issues, support DevOps/CI/CD, optimize performance/cost
• Develop technical documentation and architecture diagrams

Requirements

• 8+ years IT infrastructure/cloud engineering with 5+ years hands-on Azure experience
• Expertise in enterprise cloud design, migration, modernization, and regulated environments

Certifications:

• DoD 8570/5239 IAT Level II certification required (e.g., Security+ CE)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert required or to be obtained within 60 days
• Preferred: Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate

Clearance Requirements:

• DoD INTERIM SECRET clearance required at start
• Ability to obtain TOP SECRET clearance with eligibility for classified info access

Education: High School Diploma or GED

Technical Skills:

• Azure Infrastructure: VNets, VPN, ExpressRoute, Firewalls, Load Balancers, VMs, Backup, DNS
• Identity & Security: Microsoft Entra ID, Hybrid AD, RBAC, PIM, Defender, Sentinel, compliance
• Automation & IaC: PowerShell, Azure CLI, Terraform/Bicep, Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines
• Containers & Modernization: AKS, Docker, Kubernetes, hybrid cloud, API integrations (preferred)
• Networking: Enterprise networking, hub-and-spoke, routing, hybrid connectivity, firewall design, Azure Government (preferred)
• Monitoring & Operations: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, alerting, incident response, cost/performance tuning

Leadership & Soft Skills:

• Strong communication, leadership, customer-facing experience, documentation, mentoring, troubleshooting

Benefits

At RMC, we're committed to your career growth! RMC differentiates itself from other firms through its investment in our employees. We invest our resources to train, certify, educate, and build our employees.

RMC can offer you a great place to work with a small company feel and give you the experience, tuition assistance, and certifications that will take your career to the next level. We offer Monday to Friday full-time day shift work, and can assist in paid relocation. This also includes a competitive paid vacation package with 11 paid federal holidays. Additionally, we also offer high-quality, low-deductible healthcare plans, pet insurance, and a competitive 401K package.

Salary at RMC is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, a candidate's specific combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific requirements. The current salary range for this position will be $120,000 to $180,000.00 annually.