Azure Cloud Deployment and System Administration

The contract entails the full installation, configuration, and continuous administration of a CCMS system within a customer-managed Azure cloud environment, with an emphasis on achieving high availability and rigorous security hardening to meet federal standards. The scope requires expertise in Azure infrastructure management, including resource provisioning, network isolation, identity and access control, monitoring, and disaster recovery planning, all aligned with the customer’s operational and compliance requirements. This is a subcontract under the National Research Council of Canada, a government of Canada entity, with performance based in Ottawa. The solicitation was posted on July 28, 2026, and responses are due by August 12, 2026, with the NAICS code 541511 indicating it falls under custom computer programming services. The work must be executed in a secure, government-regulated cloud setting, demanding proven experience with federal compliance frameworks and the ability to maintain system integrity and uptime without direct oversight of the underlying cloud infrastructure.