Senior Cloud Engineer – GCP/Azure, Remote, AI-Driven Ops

Eliassen Group; Helena (MT); Remote; USD 96,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a senior Cloud Engineer to own and stabilize a legacy GCP/Azure footprint while driving automation and platform build using Go, Python, Terraform, and Temporal. Remote, contract role with a strong benefits package for W2 consultants offering medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, and life insurance.

You will guide AI adoption, set engineering standards, and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable cloud solutions for financial services clients.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years in cloud engineering.
• GCP experience required; Azure preferred.
• Automation experience with Go and/or Python.
• Terraform and Temporal experience.
• 6+ years coding with Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js.
• 3+ years with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• 3+ years with CI/CD, IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Crossplane).

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 that enable strong customer experiences.
• Utilize languages such as Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js and orchestrate with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Provide technical leadership across Agile teams, establishing 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

GCP

Azure

Automation

Go

Python

Terraform

Temporal

Java/Scala/Node.js

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a senior Cloud Engineer to own and stabilize a legacy GCP/Azure footprint while driving automation and platform build using Go, Python, Terraform, and Temporal. Remote, contract role with a strong benefits package for W2 consultants offering medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, and life insurance.

You will guide AI adoption, set engineering standards, and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable cloud solutions for financial services clients.