Senior Azure Cloud Engineer - Remote (Secret Clearance)

Eliassen Group; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

401(k) with match

Sick time

Job summary

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

Responsibilities include automating deployments, building CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring FedRAMP/NIST/DoD compliance, with a strong focus on security and resilience across hybrid-cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Active Secret Security Clearance.
• 3+ years with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• 3+ years building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• 4+ years of PowerShell scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure and services.
• Manage Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Azure SQL Database, Blob Storage, Managed Disks, and Azure Active Directory.
• 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, including VNets, DNS, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Load Balancer, and Application Gateway.
• Support hybrid-cloud integrations and migrations using Azure Migrate, Arc, and Site Recovery.
• Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies using Azure Backup and storage lifecycle policies.
• Partner with DevOps, Security, Engineering, and Government stakeholders and provide technical guidance for Azure architecture and operations.

Skills

Azure engineering

Terraform / IaC

CI/CD pipelines

PowerShell scripting

Python

Security/compliance

Tools

Terraform

ARM Templates

Ansible

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Jenkins

GitHub

Job description

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

Responsibilities include automating deployments, building CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring FedRAMP/NIST/DoD compliance, with a strong focus on security and resilience across hybrid-cloud environments.