Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence. They are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Migration Engineer to lead the design, planning, and execution of enterprise-scale cloud migration initiatives on Microsoft Azure, ensuring secure and cost-optimized solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design end‑to‑end Azure architectures including compute, networking, identity, storage, security, and governance
- Develop cloud reference architectures, landing zones, and reusable patterns aligned with Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
- Define migration strategies (rehost, refactor, replatform, rearchitect) based on application assessments and business requirements
- Strong background in Windows and Linux System Administration
- Lead and execute migrations of VMs, applications, databases, and workloads from on‑premises or other clouds into Azure
- Build and automate migration pipelines using tools such as Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Database Migration Service, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC)
- Perform environment provisioning, configuration, and validation across dev/test/prod environments
- Develop IaC using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates
- Automate deployment, configuration, and operational tasks using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or PowerShell
- Implement CI/CD pipelines for cloud infrastructure and application deployments
- Implement Azure security best practices including RBAC, managed identities, network segmentation, encryption, and policy enforcement
- Configure Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Sentinel, and cost‑management controls
- Ensure compliance with organizational and industry standards
- Work closely with application owners, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to define migration roadmaps
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams
- Document architectures, runbooks, and operational procedures
Skills
- Bachelors degree and 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering or architecture, with at least 3 years focused on Microsoft Azure
- Proven experience leading large-scale cloud migrations
- Strong knowledge of Azure services: VMs, VNets, NSGs, Storage, AKS, App Services, Azure AD, Key Vault, Load Balancers, Firewalls, etc
- Hands-on experience with IaC (Terraform/Bicep/ARM)
- Proficiency in scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)
- Experience with DevOps tooling (Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins)
- Solid understanding of networking, identity, and security principles
- CompTIA Security + CE or other qualifying 8140 certification
- Must have an active Secret clearance
- US Citizenship is required
- Azure certifications such as: AZ-305: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AZ-104: Azure Administrator, AZ-700: Network Engineer, AZ-500: Security Engineer
- Experience with hybrid cloud and on-premises integrations
Benefits
- Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
- Telecommute Options: Remote work allowed 100%
Company Overview
Peraton Fearlessly solving the toughest national security challenges. It was founded in 1992, and is headquartered in Woodbridge, New Jersey, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.peraton.com/.