Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. LHH is seeking a Cloud DevOps Systems Engineer for a contract-to-hire opportunity supporting government and commercial customers. The role focuses on administering and improving Azure cloud infrastructure, building automation, supporting production systems, and partnering with engineering and security teams to enhance reliability and secure operations.

Responsibilities

• Support and improve cloud-based infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Azure environments
• Manage cloud resources, virtual infrastructure, server environments, storage, networking, and related platform services
• Build and maintain automation using tools such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible, ARM templates, or similar technologies
• Assist with system performance, monitoring, alerting, patching, backups, disaster recovery, and operational documentation
• Partner with security and engineering teams to support access controls, vulnerability remediation, compliance alignment, and incident response needs
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and provide escalation support during production-impacting events
• Help support CI/CD and DevOps processes, including GitHub Actions and other automation-driven workflows
• Provide backup support for urgent Tier 1 or Tier 2 technical issues when business-critical needs arise

Skills

• • 6+ years of systems administration experience, including hands-on work in cloud-based environments
• • Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, Azure Government, Windows Server, and Linux
• • Experience with infrastructure automation, scripting, configuration management, and cloud deployment tools
• • Working knowledge of containers and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• • Understanding of cloud networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, DNS, load balancing, and secure connectivity
• • Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Datadog, or similar platforms
• • Experience supporting production environments with the ability to respond to urgent system issues as needed
• • U.S. citizenship required
• • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred
• • Cloud, Linux, Microsoft, or related technical certifications are a plus
• • Exposure to cybersecurity, NIST, CMMC, RMF, Snowflake, serverless technologies, or microservices is preferred

Benefits

• Contract-to-hire opportunity with a true conversion path.
• Remote-first role with limited anticipated travel.
• Collaborative team environment with strong internal support and a veteran-friendly culture.
• Benefit offerings for full-time employment include medical, dental, vision, term life and AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits, wellness plans, and a 401k plan or a nonqualified deferred compensation plan.
• Available paid leave includes Personal Time Off (PTO) on an accrual basis.
• PTO and holiday hours are prorated based on hire date within the calendar year.

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