Sonoma Consulting Inc.

Job Title: Cloud Engineer III
Location: 100% Remote
Duration: 6 months

Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Azure Gov Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in designing, deploying, and supporting secure cloud environments within Microsoft Azure Government. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building and enhancing Azure Landing Zones, supporting large-scale application migrations, and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions—primarily using Terraform. This role will collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect compliant, scalable, and resilient cloud solutions for mission-critical workloads.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain Azure Gov Cloud Landing Zones aligned with enterprise architecture, compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, DoD, etc.), and best practices.
• Lead and execute application migration initiatives, including assessment, planning, and deployment across Azure Gov Cloud environments.
• Develop, test, and deploy Terraform modules and pipelines to support IaC-based provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of cloud resources.
• Implement secure, scalable architectures including network segmentation, identity and access, policy enforcement, and monitoring.
• Collaborate with security, DevOps, and application teams to define and enforce operational standards and guardrails.
• Troubleshoot and optimize cloud infrastructure performance, availability, and cost efficiency.
• Maintain documentation for architecture diagrams, configuration standards, and operational procedures.
• Provide subject matter expertise on Azure Gov Cloud services, capabilities, and constraints.

Required Qualifications:

• 3–7+ years of experience engineering solutions in Azure; at least 2+ years with Azure Government Cloud.
• Demonstrated experience architecting and deploying Azure Landing Zones, including management groups, policies, RBAC, networking, and monitoring.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, including module development, state management, CI/CD integration, and version control (Git).
• Deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code, cloud automation practices, and DevOps methodologies.
• Experience migrating on-prem or multi-cloud applications to Azure (IaaS, PaaS, containers preferred).
• Solid knowledge of Azure networking (VNETs, NSGs/ASGs, firewalls, VPN/ExpressRoute), identity (Azure AD), and security controls.
• Familiarity with compliance requirements for government environments (FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, IL2–IL6).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure certifications: AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-700, or AZ-500.
• Experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps pipelines, or similar CI/CD tools.
• Experience with scripting languages (PowerShell, Python).

Background working with government agencies or regulated industries

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $85.00 - $90.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Work Location: Remote