LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC

AzureCloudEngineer

Washington, District of Columbia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Azure Cloud Engineer at LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC. Skills: Azure Cloud Engineering, CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, GitLab, PowerShell scripting, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). Design, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure including VMs, VNets, Storage, Azure AD, and PaaS services.. Manage and optimize Azure networking components (VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, VPN/ExpressRoute connectivity).”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

troubleshooting; diagnose issues

Eligibility Requirements

U. S. citizenship is required, need to obtain and maintain a Secret-level security clearance, Active Secret or higher clearance, Ability to work on-site in Washington, DC four days per week, role cannot be performed remotely long-term

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Active Secret or higher clearance, 3+ years of experience with Azure Cloud Engineering, 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, 3+ years of experience using Terraform for IaC, 3+ years of experience using GitLab, Minimum of 4 years experience with PowerShell scripting, 5+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering, hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure core services and architecture, Proficiency with Terraform, Proficiency with PowerShell, Proficiency with GitLab CI/CD, Experience supporting Azure networking (VNets, routing, NSGs, VPN/ExpressRoute), Hands-on experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) in production environments, Understanding of federal cloud security frameworks (FedRAMP, NIST, RMF), Ability to work on-site in Washington, DC four days per week

Nice to Have

Experience supporting DoD or federal agency cloud environments, Experience with Docker/Kubernetes (AKS), Azure serverless tools (Functions, Logic Apps, Event Grid), Cost optimization using Azure Cost Management / FinOps practices

What You'll Do.

and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure including VMs

Manage and optimize Azure networking components (VNets

VPN/ExpressRoute connectivity).

Develop and maintain Terraform templates as the primary IaC tool.

Support automation via PowerShell

and GitLab pipelines.

and manage AVD environments including host pools

FSLogix profile containers

and Azure AD/M365 integrations.

Provide troubleshooting and performance optimization for AVD users.

and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines in GitLab.

Automate cloud operations

and monitoring tasks.

Implement secure cloud practices aligned with federal requirements (RBAC

encryption standards).

Ensure compliance with NIST

and agency-specific controls.

and related tools to analyze system health

Work with engineering

and program staff to support ongoing cloud modernization efforts.

Support onsite collaboration with customer stakeholders.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with engineering, security, and program staff; Support onsite collaboration with customer stakeholders

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