Senior Cloud Engineer - GCP/Azure | AI Automation Remote

Eliassen Group; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 96,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life Insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to own and stabilize a legacy GCP and Azure footprint while driving modernization and automation efforts. The role emphasizes building scalable cloud solutions and guiding responsible AI adoption across engineering teams.

You'll collaborate with product teams and implement Go, Python, Terraform, and Temporal, leveraging Kubernetes and other cloud services. This contract role offers W2 benefits, competitive hourly pay, and a fully remote work

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• 2+ years of experience in cloud engineering.
• GCP experience required; Azure experience preferred.
• Automation experience with Go and/or Python.
• Terraform and Temporal experience.
• 6+ years coding with Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js (preferred).
• 3+ years with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI).
• 3+ years with CI/CD, IaC, and Policy-as-Code.
• Cloud infrastructure or security certification (preferred).
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, Kubernetes, or serverless (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead adoption and responsible use of AI and automation to improve scalability, reliability, and efficiency of cloud platforms and engineering workflows.
• Mentor engineers, share technology trends, and engage with internal and external communities.
• Collaborate with product managers to deliver robust cloud solutions and strong customer experiences.
• Utilize languages like Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes with cloud services.
• Provide technical leadership across Agile teams, set standards for design, development, and operations.
• Partner with architects to define service boundaries, integration patterns, and reusable frameworks.
• Identify improvement opportunities and contribute to well-managed cloud solutions.
• Influence long-term technology strategy in a build-and-own environment.
• Integrate risk awareness including cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, audits, and change management.
• Lead technical strategy for cloud initiatives and mentor developers building scalable platforms.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Scala

Node.js

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Temporal

GCP

Azure

CI/CD

Security

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Temporal

Terraform

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to own and stabilize a legacy GCP and Azure footprint while driving modernization and automation efforts. The role emphasizes building scalable cloud solutions and guiding responsible AI adoption across engineering teams.

You'll collaborate with product teams and implement Go, Python, Terraform, and Temporal, leveraging Kubernetes and other cloud services. This contract role offers W2 benefits, competitive hourly pay, and a fully remote work