DevOps Engineer

Beavercreek, Ohio

Work Arrangement: Fully Onsite

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI Required

Certification: CompTIA Security+ Required

Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required

Opportunity Overview

We are seeking an experienced Cloud and DevOps Engineer to support a classified Microsoft Azure Government environment in Beavercreek, Ohio. This role focuses on designing, deploying, automating, and maintaining secure Azure infrastructure and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments that support mission-critical government operations.

The ideal candidate will bring strong, hands-on Azure experience, infrastructure-as-code (IaC) expertise, and a proven ability to automate deployments in highly secure environments. Candidates must be comfortable working in a DoD classified setting from day one.

If you have deep production-level Azure expertise and are passionate about building secure, scalable, and automated cloud solutions, we encourage you to apply.

Key Responsibilities

1. Azure Infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Deploy and manage Azure resources using Infrastructure as Code, primarily with Bicep, with supporting knowledge of JSON, YAML, and PowerShell.
• Provision and maintain Azure storage accounts, Key Vault, virtual machines, virtual networks (VNets), subnets, and network security groups (NSGs).
• Maintain version-controlled, repeatable infrastructure deployments aligned with applicable DoD security baselines.

2. Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

• Deploy, configure, and maintain Azure Virtual Desktop environments, including host pools, application groups, and workspaces.
• Build and maintain golden images using Packer through automated pipelines.
• Automate recurring Azure Virtual Desktop session host image updates and rotations using Azure DevOps pipelines.

3. CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps

• Develop, maintain, and optimize Azure DevOps pipelines for infrastructure provisioning and application delivery.
• Support application deployments into Azure environments and troubleshoot deployment failures and operational issues.
• Implement consistent, traceable, and repeatable configuration management across environments.

4. Migration and Application Support

• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, application, and deployment issues.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, troubleshooting guides, and resolution procedures.
• Collaborate with onsite and remote teams to validate configurations, support migrations, and ensure operational handoff readiness.

5. Automation and Scalability

• Develop automation solutions that reduce manual effort and improve deployment reliability.
• Optimize infrastructure provisioning and operational workflows.
• Scale Azure infrastructure to accommodate evolving workload, performance, and mission requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Active

CompTIA Security+ certification

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• Active

TS/SCI security clearance or higher

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• U.S. citizenship, as required by the government contract.
• 8+ years of demonstrated experience in a related technology field.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, with 3+ years of leadership experience in a relevant area, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience deploying Microsoft Azure infrastructure using Bicep or Terraform.
• Demonstrated production-level experience with Azure Virtual Desktop.
• Experience building golden images using Packer and automating image rotation through CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working in a classified Azure region or delivering software into an air-gapped network.
• Strong knowledge of Azure infrastructure, networking, automation, and secure deployment practices.
• Ability to work fully onsite in Beavercreek, Ohio.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft AZ-140: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification.
• Experience migrating workloads from on-premises environments to Azure or between cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with containerized workloads and orchestration using Kubernetes or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Experience with Ansible and PowerShell automation.
• Experience supporting secure, mission-critical DoD cloud environments.