Cloud Engineer

V Group Inc. is an IT services and products company serving public-sector, enterprise, and professional-services organizations. They are seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to support cloud operations, engineering, application workloads, monitoring, troubleshooting, compliance, integrations, and operational support for VDOT ITD Tolling.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and implement cloud resources in the Tolling Azure environment
• Ensure compliance with Virginia government policies regarding security, IAM, network controls, and cost governance
• Maintain and improve infrastructure documentation, naming conventions, tagging standards, and cloud governance artifacts
• Assist with access reviews, role assignments, and least-privilege IAM evaluations
• Manage vendor-required updates and ensure compatibility
• Implement fault-tolerant and highly available Azure solutions
• Monitor Azure services and application workloads to ensure uptime and availability
• Troubleshoot issues related to connectivity, access, security, application performance, and service degradation
• Perform diagnostic deep-dives using logs, metrics, traces, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics
• Analyze and tune system/application performance
• Participate in daily/weekly operational cycles including pattern monitoring, incident reviews, and maintenance readiness checks
• Triage production issues, ensure timely resolution, and document root-cause findings
• Execute and support off-hours work as needed
• Define change requests, detailed implementation plans, and roll-back procedures
• Understand end-to-end data flows across tolling systems, roadways data, financial transactions, and reporting tools
• Support optimization of integrations and data movement
• Apply PCI or other regulatory compliance requirements when evaluating system behavior and logging patterns
• Manage key vaults, passwords, certificates, and secure credential storage
• Work directly with architects, engineers, managers, and cross-functional teams to use Azure services effectively
• Provide best-practice guidance related to SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
• Communicate clearly in written and verbal form with internal and external stakeholders
• Support multiple concurrent projects of complex technical scope

Requirements:

• Microsoft Azure administration/engineering – Required – 3 Years
• Microsoft Windows environments (2019+) – Required – 5 Years
• Server infrastructure, protocols, firewalls, certificates, load balancers – Required – 2 Years
• Support of VDOT / E-ZPass Virginia tolling applications, infrastructure, and cloud workloads – Required – 3 Years
• Networking, server administration (Windows/Linux), databases, cloud environments – Required – 2 Years
• Implementing Rubrik backup & recovery for Azure IaaS/PaaS – Required – 2 Years
• Scripting with PowerShell/Python – Required – 2 Years
• Continuous integration tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, TFS) – Desired – 1 Year
• Administration of Secret Server privileged access vaults. – Required – 2 Years
• Office 365 and Power Apps platforms – Required – 1 Year
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent) – Desired – 1 Year
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) – Desired – 1 Year
• Experience with PCI or similar compliance frameworks – Required – 1 Year
• Key Vault, secrets and certificate management – Desired – 1 Year
• Single Sign On and identity administration (Entra ID) – Required – 1 Year
• Azure certification (AZ 104, AZ 305, or similar) – Desired – 1 Year
• Experience with enterprise governance models – Required – 1 Year
• Experience analyzing cloud cost trends and delivering cost optimization recommendations – Desired – 1 Year
• Azure Virtual Desktops – Desired – 1 Year
• Minimum 3 years of experience with Microsoft Azure services
• Minimum 3 years' experience supporting VDOT /E-ZPass Virginia tolling applications, infrastructure, and cloud workloads, including hands-on diagnostic work with transaction flows, roadway sensor data ingestion, and tolling application performance tuning
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated ability to communicate requirements and design concepts clearly
• Experience working in Windows environments
• Implementing Rubrik backup & recovery for Azure IaaS/PaaS, including policy sets, snapshot lifecycle tuning, and DR validation
• Experience with Office 365 services and administering Single Sign-On (SSO) including Entra ID
• Experience administering Secret Server privileged access vaults including credential rotation, vault workflow troubleshooting, and integration with Azure workloads
• Solid scripting experience (PowerShell and/or Python)
• Ability to create network and system topology documentation
• Experience with Azure Virtual Desktops
• Office 365 services and Power Apps
• Azure certification (preferred)