Senior Azure Systems & Platform Engineer

Diné Development Corporation is seeking a Senior Azure Systems & Platform Engineer to support enterprise mission systems in a secure DoD environment. This role involves systems administration and platform engineering with a focus on Microsoft Azure operations, deployment, and sustainment.

Responsibilities:

• Administer, configure, and maintain Microsoft Azure and hybrid enterprise environments, ensuring availability, performance, and operational stability
• Deploy, manage, and sustain Azure compute, storage, networking, and identity-integrated services in accordance with organizational and security requirements
• Perform system monitoring, patching, upgrades, backups, and recovery activities for Azure-hosted and hybrid systems
• Package, configure, and deploy applications and system components to standardized environments, ensuring consistency across development, test, and production tiers
• Support platform standardization and environment readiness, including baseline configurations, images, and deployment patterns
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, platform, and application-level issues, coordinating with development, IA, and operations teams as required
• Implement and maintain configuration management and change control processes to support stable and auditable system operations
• Support incident response and problem management activities, including root-cause analysis and corrective action
• Collaborate with Information Assurance and cybersecurity personnel to remediate security findings, apply system hardening, and maintain compliance with security controls
• Support system onboarding, sustainment, and lifecycle activities, including environment transitions, upgrades, and decommissioning
• Maintain accurate system documentation, diagrams, and operational procedures
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts, identifying opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency, and repeatability of platform operations
• Ensure systems and platforms remain compliant with DoD 8140 / DCWF qualification requirements and organizational policies

Requirements:

• Minimum 4 years of systems administration, platform engineering, or equivalent experience
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Proven hands-on experience administering Microsoft Azure environments
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate or higher
• DoD 8570 / 8140 IAT-II–compliant certification (e.g., Security+, SSCP, GSEC)
• Active Secret clearance