Azure Cloud Engineer (FedRAMP) - Remote & Secure Infra

Eliassen Group; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr. Cloud Engineer (Azure) to design, deploy, secure, and optimize enterprise cloud infrastructure for federal customers. The role supports hybrid-cloud architectures and requires active Secret clearance.

W2 per-year compensation ranges from $140,000 to $160,000, with full benefits and federal-security-compliant practices. The position is remote, full-time, and focused on Azure services, IaC, and DevOps automation, with responsibilities spanning design,

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required.
• 5+ years in Cloud Engineering / DevOps fields.
• 3+ years Microsoft Azure engineering.
• 3+ years with Terraform / Infrastructure as Code.
• 3+ years building CI/CD pipelines.
• 4+ years PowerShell scripting.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub, and Ansible.
• Experience supporting hybrid-cloud and on-premise integrations.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking services.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure and services.
• Manage Azure VMs, VNets, SQL Database, Blob Storage, and AD.
• Support modernization and enterprise infrastructure optimization.
• Automate cloud provisioning with Terraform, ARM templates, and Ansible.
• Develop automation with PowerShell, Python, and Bash.
• Create reusable deployment templates and frameworks.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins.
• Support automated deployments, testing, and release management.
• Implement Azure security best practices (RBAC, Defender, DDoS, encryption).
• Ensure FedRAMP, NIST, DoD compliance.
• Support vulnerability remediation and security monitoring.
• Monitor with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and optimize performance.
• Configure Azure networking (VNets, DNS, VPN, ExpressRoute, Load Balancer, App Gateway).
• Support hybrid-cloud integrations using Azure Migrate, Arc, Site Recovery.
• Implement backup and disaster recovery policies.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Security, Engineering and Government stakeholders.

Skills

Azure engineering

DevOps practices

Infrastructure as Code

PowerShell scripting

Automation

Troubleshooting

Tools

Terraform

ARM Templates

Ansible

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Jenkins

GitHub

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr. Cloud Engineer (Azure) to design, deploy, secure, and optimize enterprise cloud infrastructure for federal customers. The role supports hybrid-cloud architectures and requires active Secret clearance.

W2 per-year compensation ranges from $140,000 to $160,000, with full benefits and federal-security-compliant practices. The position is remote, full-time, and focused on Azure services, IaC, and DevOps automation, with responsibilities spanning design,