Senior Cloud Engineer - GCP/Azure | Remote

Eliassen Group; Augusta (ME); Remote; USD 96,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

Life insurance

401k with company matching

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a senior Cloud Engineer to own and stabilize a legacy GCP and Azure footprint, drive automation, and support platform build work using GCP, Go, and Temporal for orchestration, with Azure and Terraform/Python. You will guide responsible AI adoption, set engineering standards, and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable cloud solutions.

The role requires W2 basis with a comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with company matching, and

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.
• Preferred: 6+ years coding with Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js.
• Preferred: 3+ years with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI).
• Preferred: 3+ years with CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Crossplane), and Policy-as-Code (e.g., OPA).
• Preferred: Cloud infrastructure or security certification.
• Preferred: Experience with distributed systems, microservices, Kubernetes, or serverless.
• Preferred: Experience designing and supporting cloud networking, security, and identity integrations.
• Preferred: Experience supporting production cloud environments.
• Preferred: Experience using AI-driven tooling for operations, reliability, or cost optimization.
• Preferred: Experience driving cross-functional engineering efforts or large-scale initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead adoption and responsible use of AI and automation to improve scalability, reliability, and efficiency of cloud platforms and engineering workflows.
• Share technology trends, experiment and learn new technologies, and mentor engineers while engaging with internal and external communities.
• Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver robust cloud solutions that enable strong customer experiences.
• Utilize languages such as Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js and container orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes alongside cloud provider services.
• Provide technical leadership across Agile teams, establishing standards for design, development, and operational excellence.
• 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 that support regulatory needs.

Skills

Cloud engineering

AI adoption

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Automation

Distributed systems

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GCP

Azure

Terraform

Temporal

Docker

Kubernetes

Java

Scala

Python

Go

Node.js

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a senior Cloud Engineer to own and stabilize a legacy GCP and Azure footprint, drive automation, and support platform build work using GCP, Go, and Temporal for orchestration, with Azure and Terraform/Python. You will guide responsible AI adoption, set engineering standards, and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable cloud solutions.

The role requires W2 basis with a comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with company matching, and