Azure Cloud Engineer at LightFeather

• Job Location Alexandria, VA
• Seniority Mid-Senior Level
• Type Full-time

Description

LightFeather is seeking a Azure Cloud Engineer design, implement, and manage secure cloud solutions for federal IT environments.

You’ll play a key role in supporting Azure infrastructure, automation, and security, applying DevOps best practices to drive performance, strengthen compliance, and improve operational efficiency.

Location: Hybrid, On-site 4 days/week in Washington, D.C.

20036 and 1 day Telework Job Type: Full-time Citizenship: U.S.

Citizenship Required Clearance Requirement: Active Secret or higher clearance Key Responsibilities 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).

Develop and maintain Terraform templates as the primary IaC tool (critical requirement emphasized by hiring managers).

Support automation via PowerShell, Bash, YAML/JSON, and GitLab pipelines.