About the Role
Support the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in modernizing, operating, and monitoring its Microsoft Azure cloud environment. This role focuses on transitioning workloads into a standardized, secure, and governed Azure Cloud Landing Zone, implementing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code, and ensuring stable, compliant Azure operations.
Responsibilities
- Assess existing Azure resources and identify configuration gaps against approved architecture standards.
- Support migration of subscriptions and workloads into a standardized Azure Cloud Landing Zone.
- Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code for Azure environment builds and updates.
- Configure and maintain Azure monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions across compute, networking, storage, identity, and security services.
- Monitor Azure environments proactively to identify performance, availability, and security issues.
- Perform incident response and root cause analysis for Azure operational issues.
- Coordinate with TxDOT, DIR, and Shared Technology Services teams to maintain stable and compliant Azure operations.
- Support remediation of cloud security vulnerabilities and compliance gaps.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, dashboards, and operational runbooks.
- Communicate technical information clearly in written and verbal formats to support enterprise cloud operations.
Requirements
- 4-7 years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related IT roles.
- 4-7 years of hands-on experience supporting Microsoft Azure, including experience in Azure Government (Azure.gov) environments or other regulated cloud platforms.
- 4-7 years of experience implementing and supporting Azure infrastructure components such as compute, networking, storage, identity, and security services.
- 4-7 years of experience with Azure monitoring and logging to support performance, availability, security visibility, and incident response.
- 4-7 years of experience assisting with cloud migrations or modernization efforts, including moving workloads into standardized cloud environments such as an Azure Cloud Landing Zone.
- 4-7 years of experience using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., ARM templates, Bicep, Terraform).
- Working knowledge of cloud security best practices, vulnerability remediation, and compliance requirements.
- Experience supporting operational activities including monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis.
- Ability to work independently in a structured enterprise or government environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation.
- Direct experience working in Azure Government (Azure.gov) supporting state or federal workloads.
- Experience supporting Texas DIR and/or TxDOT cloud environments.
- Familiarity with DIR Shared Technology Services (STS) standards, processes, and governance.
- Experience supporting or implementing an Azure Landing Zone in a government or highly regulated environment.
- Experience with hybrid cloud environments integrating on-premises systems with Azure Government.
- Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate).
- Local candidates only; must currently live within 50 miles of the Austin, Texas work location.
Skills
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure Government (Azure.gov)
- Azure infrastructure components (compute, networking, storage, identity, security services)
- Azure monitoring and logging
- Cloud migrations
- Cloud modernization
- Azure Cloud Landing Zone
- Infrastructure as Code (ARM templates, Bicep, Terraform)
- Cloud security best practices
- Vulnerability remediation
- Compliance requirements
- Incident response
- Root cause analysis
- Technical documentation
- Hybrid cloud environments
Location
- Austin, TX 78701
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 4-7 years
About the Company
- The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is responsible for the state's transportation system.
