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Location: New York, New York (NY)
Contract Type: C2C
Posted: 3 weeks ago
Closed Date: 04/07/2026
Skills: Azure SQL/MI, Storage, Networking
Visa Type: Any Visa

Role: Principal Azure Capacity Manager

Duration: 12 months

Location: New York, NY (4 days onsite required weekly from day one)

Legal Authorization: US Citizen or Green Card Holder

Interview: Video

Requirements: Public cloud, Capacity management, Government, FedRAMP

 

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Required Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
  • 10–12+ years in infrastructure capacity/performance engineering across compute, storage, network, and platform services; financial services experience is a plus.
  • Demonstrated experience operating in regulated environments; familiarity with FedRAMP High concepts and evidence requirements.
  • Strong data analysis skills; capable of translating telemetry and forecasts into clear decisions and stakeholder communications.
  • Process orientation with disciplined change/config management; ability to manage upstream/downstream dependencies across IT operations and finance.
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering teams and aligning delivery across multiple platforms and tools.
  • Familiarity with Azure services and concepts (e.g., Entra ID, managed identities, Azure SQL/MI, storage, networking, policies, RBAC) from a PM perspective.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive-facing presentation skills.
  • Ability to translate complex technical requirements into clear plans, milestones, and measurable outcomes.


Technical Skills

  • Azure capacity ecosystem: Monitor/Log Analytics/Metrics, Advisor, Cost Management, Reservations/Savings Plans, quotas/limits management.
  • Compute/container scaling: AKS, VMSS, App Service; HPA/VPA, autoscaling policies; performance testing (k6/JMeter); observability (Prometheus/Grafana).
  • Storage and database performance: tiering, IOPS/throughput planning, caching, indexing, and connection management.
  • Networking and security capacity: Azure Firewall, NSGs, private endpoints, Bastion; throughput/latency planning and allow-listing discipline.
  • Cryptography services: Key Vault, managed HSM; FIPS-validated modules; key lifecycle capacity considerations.
  • IaC and config management: Terraform/Bicep/ARM; Ansible/Chef; integration with gated CI/CD.
  • Governance: Azure Policy/Blueprints/Initiatives for configuration baselines and region restrictions; SSP and evidence artifact production.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Building capacity models for multi-region architectures with strict U.S.-only constraints.
  • DR planning and execution with validated failover capacity and documented evidence.
  • POA&M management and continuous monitoring submissions in a FedRAMP context.
  • Collaboration with SREs on SLI/SLOs, error budgets, and reliability patterns.