Senior Cloud Operations Engineer Azure

Reston, Virginia

IQ Clarity LLC
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About Us

IQ Clarity's client, a leading SaaS company committed to delivering secure, scalable, and high-performing cloud solutions. Our team operates in a multi-tenant, multi-cloud environment, ensuring reliability, security, and compliance across our platform. We are looking for a Cloud Operations Engineer to enhance our infrastructure and drive automation, monitoring, and security across our cloud environments. This is a contract opportunity for 6+ months.

Job Overview

As a Cloud Operations Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure with a strong focus on Azure and Azure Services while ensuring FedRAMP and GCC High compliance. You will play a critical role in automating deployments, improving observability, and enhancing security in a highly available SaaS platform. This role requires expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), monitoring, security, and container orchestration.

Key Responsibilities
  • Cloud Infrastructure & Automation: Design, deploy, and manage cloud environments using Azure, Terraform, and Ansible. Ensure compliance with FedRAMP and GCC High security standards.
  • Monitoring & Reliability: Implement and maintain monitoring solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, and other observability tools to improve system reliability and performance.
  • Security & Compliance: Strengthen security posture through best practices, vulnerability management, and compliance enforcement for a multi-tenant SaaS environment.
  • Containerization & Orchestration: Deploy, manage, and optimize containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Database Management: Administer and optimize SQL Server in cloud environments, ensuring high availability and performance.
  • Multi-Cloud Operations: Support operations in a multi-cloud setup, ensuring interoperability, security, and cost efficiency.
  • Incident Response & Troubleshooting: Act as an escalation point for cloud infrastructure issues, working to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with DevOps, Security, and Development teams to optimize cloud architecture and streamline CI/CD pipelines.
Required Qualifications
  • 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, site reliability, or cloud operations roles.
  • Expertise in Azure and Azure Services, with experience in FedRAMP and GCC High compliance.
  • Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
  • Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Proficiency in monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
  • Solid understanding of SQL Server in cloud environments.
  • Strong background in security best practices for cloud operations, including compliance frameworks.
  • Experience working in a multi-tenant, multi-cloud SaaS environment.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
  • Excellent problem-solving, analytical thinking, and troubleshooting skills.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
  • Familiarity with AWS or Google Cloud in addition to Azure.
  • Knowledge of zero-trust security models and cloud governance.
Why Join Us?
  • 100% remote role with flexibility.
  • Opportunity to work in a high-growth SaaS environment.
  • Competitive salary, benefits, and professional development opportunities.
  • Collaborative and inclusive team culture.
If you're passionate about cloud operations, automation, and security, and want to be part of an innovative SaaS company, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today.

IQ Clarity is a Equal Opportunity Employer

Unfortunately, our client is unable to offer sponsorship at this time

Must be based in the United States

Date Posted: 31 March 2025
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