Senior Azure Cloud Engineer — Remote & Automation Driven

Eliassen Group; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr. Cloud Engineer (Azure) to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise Azure infrastructure for federal customers. The role requires US citizenship with an active Secret clearance and a W2, full-time engagement.

Remote work is supported for this position, with duties spanning automation, security, and hybrid-cloud capabilities. Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, implementing security controls, and collaborating with DevOps, Security, and Government

Qualifications

• Active Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure and services.
• Manage Azure Virtual Machines, VNets, Azure SQL Database, Blob Storage, Managed Disks, and Azure Active Directory.
• Support cloud modernization initiatives and enterprise infrastructure optimization.
• Automate provisioning and configuration using Terraform, ARM Templates, and Ansible.
• Develop automation with PowerShell, Python, and Bash.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitLab, and Jenkins.
• Implement Azure security best practices including RBAC, Defender for Cloud, Azure DDoS Protection, and encryption for data at rest and in transit.
• Ensure compliance with FedRAMP, NIST, and DoD requirements.
• Monitor environments with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Activity Logs.
• Configure and manage networking including VNets, Azure DNS, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Load Balancer, and Application Gateway.
• Support hybrid-cloud integrations with on-premises environments.
• Assist with migrations using Azure Migrate, Azure Arc, and Azure Site Recovery.
• Implement backup and recovery with Azure Backup.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Security, Engineering, and Government stakeholders.

Skills

Azure engineering

Terraform IaC

CI/CD pipelines

PowerShell

Python

Bash

YAML

JSON

Troubleshooting

DevOps tooling

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Jenkins

GitHub

Ansible

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr. Cloud Engineer (Azure) to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise Azure infrastructure for federal customers. The role requires US citizenship with an active Secret clearance and a W2, full-time engagement.

Remote work is supported for this position, with duties spanning automation, security, and hybrid-cloud capabilities. Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, implementing security controls, and collaborating with DevOps, Security, and Government