Senior Cloud Engineer - GCP/Azure AI-Driven Platform

Eliassen Group; Annapolis (MD); Remote; USD 96,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group seeks a senior Cloud Engineer to own and stabilize a legacy GCP and Azure footprint while supporting automation and platform build work. You will work with Go, Temporal, Terraform, and Python, driving responsible AI adoption and engineering standards across teams to deliver reliable cloud solutions.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering and 2+ years in cloud engineering, with strong GCP experience and familiarity with Kubernetes, CI/CD, and security considerations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years cloud engineering experience.
• GCP experience required; Azure experience preferred.
• Automation experience with Go and/or Python.
• Terraform and Temporal experience.
• 3+ years with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI).
• 3+ years with CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Crossplane), and Policy-as-Code (e.g., OPA).
• Cloud infrastructure or security certification preferred.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, Kubernetes, or serverless.
• Experience designing and supporting cloud networking, security, and identity integrations.
• Experience supporting production cloud environments.
• Experience using AI-driven tooling for operations, reliability, or cost optimization.
• Experience driving cross-functional engineering efforts or large-scale initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead adoption of AI and automation to improve cloud scalability and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and share technology trends with teams.
• Collaborate with product managers to deliver robust cloud solutions.
• Use Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js with Docker/Kubernetes and cloud services.
• Provide technical leadership across Agile teams and establish standards.
• Define service boundaries and reusable integration patterns with architects.
• Identify improvement opportunities and contribute to well-managed cloud solutions.
• Influence long-term tech strategy in a build-and-own environment.
• Address cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, audits, and change management.
• Lead cloud initiatives and guide developers building scalable platforms.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Scala

Node.js

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Azure

Terraform

Temporal

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Temporal

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Job description

Eliassen Group seeks a senior Cloud Engineer to own and stabilize a legacy GCP and Azure footprint while supporting automation and platform build work. You will work with Go, Temporal, Terraform, and Python, driving responsible AI adoption and engineering standards across teams to deliver reliable cloud solutions.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering and 2+ years in cloud engineering, with strong GCP experience and familiarity with Kubernetes, CI/CD, and security considerations.