What are the responsibilities and job description for the CAE Cloud Engineer – Azure Government | MATLAB | LS-DYNA | Azure Virtual Desktop position at Vertage?
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced CAE Cloud Engineer to support the deployment and management of engineering simulation applications within a secure Azure Government Cloud environment. This role combines expertise in Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) tools, Azure cloud infrastructure, virtual desktop technologies, and software license management.
The ideal candidate will work closely with engineering, cloud, security, and vendor teams to deploy, integrate, and support simulation software while ensuring compliance, scalability, cost efficiency, and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Deploy and support CAE applications within Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and Windows 365 environments.
- Gather application requirements including infrastructure, dependencies, authentication, licensing, and user access needs.
- Install, configure, and troubleshoot engineering simulation tools and supporting infrastructure.
- Collaborate with internal teams, software vendors, and service providers to onboard new applications.
- Support integrations between CAE platforms, PLM systems, and engineering tools.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
- Manage software licensing, license servers, asset utilization, capacity planning, and renewals.
- Monitor Azure Government cloud consumption and generate recurring cost and utilization reports.
- Investigate cloud spending anomalies and optimize infrastructure costs.
- Participate in architecture reviews, testing activities, user validation, and production handoffs.
Required Qualifications
Experience
- 7 years of experience supporting CAE/Engineering Simulation tools such as:
- MATLAB
- Simulink
- ANSA
- LS-DYNA
- LS-PrePost
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Experience managing software licensing, license servers, renewals, and utilization reporting.
- Ability to translate vendor infrastructure requirements into technical deployment designs.
- Experience working with engineering or simulation software environments.
Technical Skills
- Microsoft Azure administration and support.
- Azure Virtual Machines, Storage, Identity & Access Management, Monitoring, Backup, and Cost Management.
- Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and/or Windows 365.
- System integration and application onboarding.
- Floating/concurrent licensing models and license server technologies.
- Experience supporting cloud-hosted Windows applications.
- Knowledge of regulated or government technology environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- Experience with Azure Government, GCC High, or other regulated cloud environments.
- Experience with engineering platforms such as 3DEXPERIENCE.
- Knowledge of High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments.
- Identity & Access Management (IAM) experience.
- Cloud financial management, chargeback models, and consumption reporting.
- Familiarity with security assessments, architecture reviews, and change management processes.
- Experience supporting defense, aerospace, automotive, or government organizations.
- Azure certifications such as:
- Azure Administrator Associate
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert