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Azure Systems Engineer
Posted: 05/26/2026
Employment Type:
Direct Hire
Job Number: 31855
Job Location: Hybrid
Industry: ALT - Alternative Energy
Job Description
Position Title: Azure Systems Engineer
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting FTE Azure Systems Engineer opportunity.
Job Responsibilities:
Job Qualifications:
Job Details:
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting FTE Azure Systems Engineer opportunity.
Job Responsibilities:
- Administer and optimize Azure Government environments, including compute, identity, networking, storage, and PaaS services
- Design, implement, and maintain secure Azure configurations supporting HPC clusters, AI workflows, and research workloads in compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements
- Support and integrate Azure CycleCloud Workspace for Slurm for orchestration, scaling, and management of HPC workloads
- Manage diverse storage solutions (e.g., Blob/File, NetApp, Managed Lustre, etc.), ensuring appropriate performance, cost optimization, and compliance with data retention policies
- Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates and automation scripts in the company repository (e.g., using Bicep, Terraform, Ansible) for consistent environment deployment and management.
- Partner with DevOps teams to support application deployments and platform services
- Oversee identity and access management through Entra ID and role-based access control (RBAC) aligned to least-privilege principles
- Implement and maintain security controls including network segmentation, encryption, monitoring, and compliance reporting consistent with organizational governance requirements
- Collaborating with Infrastructure Architecture, IT Operations, and Engineering teams to support controlled environments hosting qualified scientific and engineering software
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve performance or availability issues across compute and storage services
- Support escalation management, ensuring critical or compliance-sensitive issues are promptly routed and tracked to resolution
- Generate reports on performance, identifying areas for process improvement and communicating trends to leadership.
Job Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience managing Azure environments
- Direct experience working with Azure Government (Azure Gov) services and associated compliance boundaries
- Proficiency with Azure HPC and workload integration
- Strong knowledge of Azure storage solutions, performance tuning, and cost management
- Experience implementing and managing security and compliance controls within Azure environments
- Familiarity with identity management, AAD, and RBAC administration
- Strong scripting or automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Ansible or Terraform)
- Excellent problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment supporting multiple concurrent projects and business priorities
- Remain current with industry trends and emerging technologies.
- Nice to Have:
- Experience in regulated industries (e.g., nuclear, energy, aerospace, or federal contracting)
- Understanding of ITIL service management best practices.
- Travel Required: 0-10%.
Job Details:
- Job Type: Direct Hire
- Salary Range: $117,922 - $176,833 (Pay rates are approved based on candidate location, education and experience)
- Location: Bellevue, WA.
- Export control regulations require candidates to be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Legal Permanent Resident, or of a protected person status.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
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