GPS Azure Platform Engineer Supervising Associate

From strategy to execution the Government & Public Sector (GPS) practice of Ernst & Young LLP provides a full range of consulting and audit services to help our Federal State Local and Education clients implement new ideas to help achieve their mission outcomes. We deliver real change and measurable results through our diverse high-performing teams quality work at the highest professional standards operational know-how from across our global organization and creative and bold ideas that drive innovation. We enable our government clients to achieve their mission of protecting the nation and serving the people; increasing public safety; improving healthcare for our military veterans and citizens; delivering essential public services; and helping those in need. EY is ready to help our government build a better working world.

Our GPS Technology Organization is a structure within the US GPS practice that implements and maintains a new operate and technology model designed specifically to support U.S. defense and Government engagements.

The opportunity

This role supports large and complex government cloud programs operating within Azure Government environments. It is responsible for leading the delivery of platform and infrastructure capabilities from initial design through implementation with a focus on enabling scalable automated and low friction cloud consumption models. The position plays a critical role in designing and evolving enterprise grade automation and CI/CD capabilities while serving as a bridge between product engineering and platform teams to advance cloud capabilities without introducing technical debt. The role translates business and user needs into platform designs that meet functional security and operational requirements while providing technical leadership and mentorship within a collaborative delivery environment. Success in this role requires creativity and innovation applied thoughtfully within the constraints of government and security sensitive contexts.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead the design engineering and automation of cloud platform solutions that meet product and business needs
• Apply and enhance DevSecOps practices standards and automation to improve reliability and delivery effectiveness
• Apply modern development principles security standards and usability guidelines to all platform solutions
• Ensure platform quality through appropriate use of manual reviews and automated controls
• Balance a strong bias toward automation with sound judgment on when manual approaches are more effective
• Identify communicate and manage risks assumptions issues and decisions throughout the full solution lifecycle
• Evaluate technical options assess feasibility and impact and recommend solutions that balance delivery timelines with longterm maintainability
• Design build and support CI/CD pipelines and associated tooling to enable reliable repeatable deployments
• Collaborate across teams and mentor junior engineers to support delivery excellence and capability growth

Skills and attributes for success

• Demonstrates ownership of assigned work proactively identifying issues and driving solutions within defined scope
• Operates with a growth mindset showing curiosity and commitment to continuous learning as technologies and priorities evolve
• Communicates clearly with technical and nontechnical stakeholders to support effective decisionmaking and delivery
• Applies sound judgment when balancing delivery speed quality security and sustainability
• Collaborates effectively across teams influencing outcomes through partnership rather than authority
• Adapts to shifting priorities and ambiguity while maintaining focus on delivery commitments
• Provides guidance and informal mentorship to lessexperienced engineers through example and feedback
• Approaches problems analytically questioning assumptions and exploring practical alternatives
• Demonstrates accountability and reliability in environments requiring independent execution

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science IT or equivalent experience
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• 5 years in engineering roles working with private/public cloud IaaS PaaS and/or SaaS
• Strong hands-on experience with (in order of importance):
  • Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD designing and delivering with tools such as Bicep Azure DevOps ARM templates or Ansible
  • Containers and orchestration experience building and running containerized workloads using technologies such as Docker Kubernetes Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Azure Container Apps or Helm for packaging and deploying services at scale
  • Scripting / programming practical automation experience using PowerShell (Python or similar scripting languages is a plus but not required)
  • Networking fundamentals strong foundation designing and troubleshooting VNets subnets network security groups (NSGs) routing (UDRs) and basic load-balancing scenarios with enough depth to reason about hub-and-spoke or similar topologies and diagnose common connectivity issues
  • Cloud security principles solid understanding of concepts such as shared responsibility least privilege identity-driven security network segmentation encryption and logging/monitoring and how to apply them for customers driven by regulatory compliance requirements such as: NIST Fedramp
  • Windows and Linux administration hands-on experience managing troubleshooting and hardening server workloads including patching performance tuning and applying security baselines (e.g. DISA STIG or equivalent)
  • Identity and access understanding of Microsoft Entra ID Azure RBAC Entra ID RBAC Privileged Identity Management (PIM) and managed identities for Azure resources
• Experience with government security frameworks (e.g. NIST controls)
• Hands-on delivery in Agile environments (Scrum Kanban SAFe or similar)
• Strong written and verbal communication and the ability to work effectively on distributed teams

Ideally youll also have

• Ability to obtain and maintain Top-Secret Security Clearance
• Deeper hands-on experience with:
  • Git-based source control and branching strategies
  • Azure DevOps Pipelines and broader Azure platform services
  • Bicep for advanced automation and configuration
  • Azure Policy and multi-tenant / multi-subscription design patterns
  • Advanced Azure networking experience hands-on exposure to one or more of: VPN Gateway or ExpressRoute Azure Firewall or other NVAs Virtual WAN hubs Application Gateway or similar L7 gateways and more complex hybrid or multi-region network designs

• Additional relevant certifications such as:
  • AZ-400 AZ-500 AZ-700 AI-102
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or CKAD / CKNS
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation

What we look for

• A self-starter independent-thinker curious and creative person with ambition and passion
• History of continuous learning and continuous progression