Remote Senior Azure Cloud Engineer – Federal

Eliassen Group; Providence (RI); Remote; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with match

Sick time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr. Cloud Engineer (Azure) to design, deploy, secure, and optimize enterprise cloud infrastructure for federal customers. This remote, full-time role requires an active Secret clearance and hands-on Azure, IaC, and DevOps experience.

Compensation ranges from $140,000 to $160,000 per year on a W2 basis, with comprehensive benefits. The position emphasizes automation, security, hybrid-cloud support, and DoD/NIST compliance, offering a challenging opportunity to

Qualifications

• Active Secret Security Clearance.
• 5+ years in Cloud Engineering/DevOps/Systems Administration or related fields.
• 3+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure engineering experience.
• 3+ years with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• 3+ years building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• 4+ years of PowerShell scripting.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub, and Ansible.
• Experience supporting hybrid-cloud and on-premises integrations.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Manage Azure services: VMs, VNets, SQL Database, Blob Storage.
• Support cloud modernization initiatives and enterprise infrastructure optimization.
• Automate cloud provisioning and configuration using Terraform, ARM Templates, and Ansible.
• Develop automation solutions using PowerShell, Python, and Bash.
• Create reusable infrastructure templates and deployment frameworks.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitLab, and Jenkins.
• Support automated deployments, testing, and release management processes.
• Implement Azure security best practices including RBAC, Defender for Cloud, DDoS Protection, and encryption.
• Ensure compliance with FedRAMP, NIST, and DoD security requirements.
• Support vulnerability remediation and security monitoring efforts.
• Monitor environments with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Activity Logs.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and optimize performance.
• Configure and manage Azure networking (VNets, DNS, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Load Balancer, Application Gateway).
• Support hybrid-cloud integrations and migrations using Azure Migrate, Azure Arc, and Site Recovery.
• Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies using Azure Backup.
• Partner with DevOps, Security, Engineering, and Government stakeholders and provide technical guidance for Azure architecture and operations.

Skills

Azure

DevOps

Terraform

CI/CD

PowerShell

Python

Security best practices

Networking (VNets, DNS)

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Jenkins

GitHub

Ansible

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr. Cloud Engineer (Azure) to design, deploy, secure, and optimize enterprise cloud infrastructure for federal customers. This remote, full-time role requires an active Secret clearance and hands-on Azure, IaC, and DevOps experience.

Compensation ranges from $140,000 to $160,000 per year on a W2 basis, with comprehensive benefits. The position emphasizes automation, security, hybrid-cloud support, and DoD/NIST compliance, offering a challenging opportunity to