Azure Infrastructure Engineer_ Sr. - Must be local to Mechanicsville, VA

Sr. Azure Infrastructure Engineer Hybrid in Mechanicsville, VA

Client is seeking a highly-experienced Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer to lead the implementation, configuration, governance, and ongoing management of our enterprise Azure environment. This role is ideal for someone passionate about building and maintaining secure, resilient, and scalable cloud platforms - and who is ready to set the standard for cloud excellence across the organization

We are looking for a senior level engineer with deep expertise in Azure's ecosystem, proven enterprise grade operational experience, and the ability to provide technical leadership across teams and to management.

What You'll Bring:
Extensive, hands on experience with Azure services, Terraform IaC, cloud infrastructure design, security best practices, governance, and operational management
A strong sense of ownership - someone who embraces complex challenges and sees them through from design to delivery
The ability to guide, mentor, and cross-train other engineers, fostering a strong engineering culture
Confidence in communicating technical recommendations, risks, and strategies to management and executive leadership
Core Responsibilities & Required Experience:

Provide expert guidance on the design, implementation, configuration, and governance of Azure resources, networking, and security policies
Implement, maintain, and monitor mission critical cloud resources in a large enterprise environment
Manage and optimize enterprise backup and disaster recovery operations, ensuring reliability and continuity
Plan, lead, and execute cloud migration initiatives, including moving workloads from on premises to Azure
In-depth experience working with other areas of IT such as architecture, security, development, and governance.
Provide operational support and troubleshooting for production applications and infrastructure
Utilize security tools such as Tenable to manage vulnerability remediation and improve security posture
Build meaningful observability solutions using Azure Monitor, Workbooks, Alerts, and related tooling
Develop and maintain robust disaster recovery (DR) strategies to minimize downtime and protect critical data
Demonstrate strong networking knowledge, including OSI model concepts, core network protocols, and network level troubleshooting
Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves):

Microsoft certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or similar
Networking certifications such as Network+, CCNA, or equivalent

Required/Desired Skills Required /Desired Amount of Experience
Experience implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and providing guidance on resources & infrastructure in Microsoft Azure Required 10 Years
Experience with Terraform (highly-preferred) or at a minimum, other IaC methods (ARM, Bicep, etc.) Required 7 Years
Experience planning and executing migrations from on-premises envrionments to Azure Required 10 Years
Experience working in mission-critical enterprise environments and implementing backup & DR strategies Required 10 Years
Experience implementing networking and security policies in Azure Required 10 Years
Experience using Azure Monitor for alerting, observability, and dashboards Required 10 Years
Experience with vulnerability remediation & working on security initiatives Required 10 Years

Questions
Question1 Commonwealth of Virginia security policies prohibit the use of offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside within the US for the duration of the assignment?
Question2 Please list candidate's email address.