Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer – Remote Virginia
Join a team improving outcomes through technology and operational solutions. This contract offers remote work in Virginia and the opportunity to design enterprise Azure environments, optimize MS SQL and Azure SQL platforms, and automate infrastructure through modern DevOps practices.
Quick Facts
- Location: Remote in Virginia, must be local to client location in VA.
- Hourly: $75-$79 hour based on experience
- Employment Type: Contract
- License/Certifications: No specific license or certification listed
- Experience: 5+ years of software development or DevOps experience combined with deep hands-on enterprise systems engineering experience
What You’ll Do
- Design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable, highly available Azure infrastructure across IaaS and PaaS environments.
- Configure and manage VNets, ExpressRoute, VPNs, network security, Azure Firewall, application gateways, and load balancers.
- Administer and optimize enterprise MS SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Managed Instances.
- Perform query tuning, index optimization, execution plan analysis, backup and recovery, and database performance troubleshooting.
- Implement high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions, including Always On Availability Groups, failover clusters, and geo-replication.
- Develop infrastructure as code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates and build CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
- Lead incident response, monitor system performance and availability, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers on cloud and SQL best practices.
What You Need
Required
- 5+ years of software development or DevOps experience combined with enterprise systems engineering experience.
- Hands-on experience designing, configuring, and maintaining Azure workloads across compute, storage, networking, security, and governance.
- Advanced experience with MS SQL Server and Azure SQL, including indexing, query tuning, T-SQL development, HA/DR, and backup and recovery.
- Proficiency in C# or Python, plus advanced scripting in PowerShell or Bash.
- Experience developing and managing modular infrastructure as code using Terraform or Azure Bicep.
- Experience building automated build and release pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/SSL, enterprise network topology, and cloud security frameworks.
Preferred
- Experience with Azure Database Migration Service and Database Migration Assistant.
- Exposure to Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
- Experience configuring and monitoring application performance monitoring tools.
- Experience in regulated environments such as healthcare, financial services, or government.
- Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-500, DP-300, or AZ-400.
About the Assignment
This role supports the Education Practice at a leading facility in Virginia. You will bridge cloud infrastructure architecture, software development, and database engineering while helping deliver reliable, secure, and automated enterprise systems.
NextPath is an Equal Opportunity Employer (“EEO”)/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/E-Verify Employer and welcomes all to apply to NextPath. #LI-DV1 #LI-REMOTE
Unfortunately, at this time our client is unable to sponsor or transfer visas. Only candidates authorized to work in the US without sponsorship should apply.