[Hiring] DevOps Engineer @Falcon IT and Staffing Solutions

Role Description

Our client has an exciting opportunity for a DevOps Engineer to join a high-performance team supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) migration to the cloud. This role offers a significant growth opportunity for an experienced cloud engineer to work within a modern cloud ecosystem, apply cutting-edge technologies, and serve as a trusted advisor to the customer.

The DevOps Engineer will:

• Design, deploy, operate, secure, and optimize Azure cloud infrastructure, applications, and services within VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) environments.
• Work effectively at scale and with autonomy.
• Provide technical leadership for cloud modernization, migration, automation, security, and operations.
• Collaborate with product teams, application engineers, security personnel, infrastructure teams, and VA stakeholders to deliver compliant, resilient, and high-performing cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive expertise in core Azure services, including Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Blob Storage, Azure SQL Database, Azure Virtual Network, Azure Functions, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Monitor, and Azure DNS.
• Experience designing, deploying, managing, and supporting scalable, secure, highly available, and resilient Azure cloud infrastructure and cloud-hosted applications.
• Experience implementing Azure security practices and services.
• Strong knowledge of Azure networking capabilities.
• Experience establishing and governing multi-subscription Azure environments.
• Knowledge of cloud cost-management and FinOps practices.
• Proficiency with automation and scripting languages.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration-management technologies.
• Proficiency with cloud-monitoring, logging, observability, and diagnostic tools.
• Experience optimizing Azure resources and services.
• Strong knowledge of Azure security best practices and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with Azure database services.
• Experience supporting database performance tuning, backup and recovery, high-availability configurations, and disaster-recovery strategies.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and practices.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing work and manage multiple projects.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proven ability to lead technical projects and mentor engineers.
• Strong documentation skills.
• Willingness to participate in on-call, emergency-support, and maintenance activities.
• Commitment to continuous learning.
• U.S. Citizenship is required, along with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

Benefits

• Paid vacation and holidays.
• 401(k) matching.
• Full medical/dental/vision coverage.
• Flexible schedules.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or a related technical discipline and 20 years of relevant experience; or a master’s degree in an applicable discipline and 10 years of relevant experience.
• Proven track record of designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure, cloud services, and enterprise cloud environments.
• Demonstrated experience with large-scale, secure, highly available, and scalable cloud architectures.
• Equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of formal education, as appropriate.

How to apply

Apply here with your updated resume, or send it to [email protected] with the job title in the subject line.