27 days ago
Base Salary
$102k - $208k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead cloud architecture and DevSecOps transformation initiatives for Microsoft Federal customers.
- Define enterprise architecture roadmaps aligned with customer mission objectives and business outcomes.
- Design secure, scalable, and resilient Azure landing zones, platform services, application hosting environments, and hybrid cloud solutions.
- Establish DevSecOps reference architectures, engineering standards, governance models, and reusable architecture patterns.
- Architect Infrastructure as Code solutions and automate deployment and configuration management.
- Lead the design and implementation of Kubernetes platforms, containerized applications, and platform engineering capabilities.
- Integrate security, compliance, identity, governance, and Zero Trust controls into cloud and software delivery architectures.
- Serve as the primary technical advisor to customer leadership, engineering teams, partners, and stakeholders.
- Conduct architecture reviews, technology assessments, modernization planning, proofs of concept, and pilot deployments.
- Collaborate with project managers and account teams on technical governance, requirements, risks, delivery plans, and customer value.
- Mentor consultants, engineers, and technical teams and promote engineering best practices.
- Support proposals, technical solutioning, practice development, and strategic growth initiatives.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 4 years of experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, or a related technology domain; the posting also references 6+ years through an alternative qualification path.
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
- Ability to pass Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements and verify U.S. citizenship.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale Azure solutions and cloud-native or hybrid cloud environments.
- Deep knowledge of Azure networking, identity, compute, storage, governance, security, monitoring, and automation services.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Bicep, Terraform, ARM Templates, or similar tools.
- Hands-on experience designing CI/CD and DevSecOps solutions using Azure DevOps, GitHub, and modern automation platforms.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service, container platforms, and platform engineering.
- Working knowledge of Zero Trust architecture, cloud security principles, and compliance frameworks.
- Experience leading technical strategy discussions with executive, technical, and customer stakeholders.
- Preferred qualifications include a relevant bachelor's or master's degree with 6-8+ years of experience, 4+ years of technical sales or project management experience, and a technical or professional certification.
- Preferred technical experience includes 8+ years in cloud architecture, DevSecOps, software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related disciplines, plus federal frameworks such as NIST, RMF, DoD, FedRAMP, and IL2-IL6.
- Strong consulting, communication, leadership, architecture governance, and technical mentoring skills.
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis, and the position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Microsoft
Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.