Senior Cloud Engineer-Remote f/ Wisconsin

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC seeks an experienced Certified Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and operate an enterprise hybrid cloud environment. The role focuses on AWS/Azure/GCP, security, automation, and long-term operational support.

The position is primarily remote with Wisconsin residency required. Occasional onsite attendance may be needed. Collaboration with security teams, IT professionals, and application developers is essential.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years designing, developing, modifying, supporting cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• At least 3 years cloud experience in a regulated organization
• At least 5 years of infrastructure-as-code experience
• At least 5 years of application containerization experience
• At least 5 years of GitHub-based CI/CD experience
• At least 5 years of enterprise networking, observability, and cloud cost management
• At least 5 years of Windows/.NET environments experience
• Strong programming, scripting, configuration, and cloud troubleshooting skills
• Experience securing, automating, and supporting enterprise hybrid cloud environments
• Experience transitioning new technology into long-term operational support
• Strong written, verbal, documentation, collaboration and knowledge-transfer skills

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, configure, support, and maintain hybrid private and public cloud platforms.
• Review and validate vendor-proposed cloud architectures, configurations, and implementation decisions.
• Identify architecture, security, scalability, reliability, performance, operational, and cost risks.
• Provide technical guidance on cloud networking, compute, storage, databases, identity, security services, monitoring, logging, and automation.
• Support cloud services across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or comparable platforms.
• Work with .NET teams on application deployment, integration, configuration, APIs, containers, and environment management.
• Develop and support CI/CD pipelines, particularly GitHub-based delivery processes.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code and repeatable deployment automation.
• Incorporate security, privacy, and compliance into cloud architecture and implementation.
• Support identity/access management, encryption, network security, vulnerability management, backup, recovery, and DR.
• Align cloud services with regulatory and security frameworks (NIST, IRS 1075).
• Perform scripting, programming, configuration, troubleshooting, automation, and issue-resolution tasks.
• Develop monitoring standards, SOPs, maintenance, and incident-response processes.
• Document cloud architecture, configurations, dependencies, procedures, and support requirements.
• Assume long-term responsibility for operational support, maintenance, optimization, and improvement.
• Evaluate new cloud services for security, reliability, scalability, and cost benefits.
• Transfer knowledge to internal staff through documentation and mentoring.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Scripting

Collaboration

Documentation

Security best practices

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

GitHub

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Kubernetes

Job description

Beacon Hill was founded to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing.

Certified Cloud Engineer

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Certified Cloud Engineer to support the development, implementation, security, automation, maintenance, and long-term operation of an enterprise hybrid cloud environment. The environment may include AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and a combination of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and cloud-hosted applications. This individual will provide technical oversight throughout design, integration, testing, deployment, production implementation, and operational transition. The engineer will work closely with external vendors, architects, application developers, security teams, and internal IT professionals. The opportunity is primarily remote, but Wisconsin residency is required. Candidates who do not currently live in Wisconsin must be willing to relocate to Wisconsin within 30 days of the start date at their own expense. Occasional onsite attendance may be required with sufficient notice.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, configure, support, and maintain hybrid private and public cloud platforms.
• Review and validate vendor-proposed cloud architectures, configurations, and implementation decisions.
• Identify architecture, security, scalability, reliability, performance, operational, and cost risks.
• Provide technical guidance concerning cloud networking, compute, storage, databases, identity, security services, monitoring, logging, and automation.
• Support cloud services across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or comparable enterprise platforms.
• Work closely with .NET application development teams on application deployment, integration, configuration, APIs, containers, and environment management.
• Develop and support CI/CD pipelines, particularly GitHub-based delivery processes.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code and repeatable deployment automation.
• Incorporate security, privacy, and compliance requirements into cloud architecture and implementation.
• Support identity and access management, least privilege, encryption, network security, vulnerability management, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery.
• Help ensure cloud services align with applicable regulatory and security frameworks, including NIST and IRS Publication 1075.
• Perform complex scripting, programming, configuration, troubleshooting, automation, and issue-resolution activities.
• Develop monitoring standards, operational procedures, maintenance practices, and incident-response processes.
• Document cloud architecture, configurations, dependencies, operational procedures, and support requirements.
• Assume long-term responsibility for operational support, maintenance, optimization, and continuous improvement following implementation.
• Evaluate new cloud services and marketplace solutions for security, reliability, scalability, performance, and cost benefits.
• Transfer technical knowledge to internal employees through documentation, mentoring, and hands-on collaboration.
• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience designing, developing, modifying, supporting, and maintaining AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or another major cloud platform.
• At least 3 years of cloud experience within a regulated organization.
• At least 5 years of infrastructure-as-code experience.
• At least 5 years of application containerization experience.
• At least 5 years of experience with GitHub-based CI/CD.
• At least 5 years of experience with enterprise networking, observability, and cloud cost management.
• At least 5 years of experience supporting Windows and .NET environments.
• Strong programming, scripting, configuration, and cloud troubleshooting skills.
• Demonstrated experience securing, automating, and supporting enterprise hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience transitioning newly implemented technology into sustainable, long-term operational support.
• Strong written, verbal, documentation, collaboration, and knowledge-transfer skills.

Certification Requirement

Candidates must hold a relevant certification for a major cloud platform. AWS certification is preferred, but Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or another applicable cloud certification may be considered. The selected candidate must provide copies of applicable certifications during the hiring process.

Location and Work Arrangement

Candidate must currently reside in Wisconsin or relocate to Wisconsin within 30 days of starting. The position is approximately 90 to 100 percent remote. Occasional onsite attendance may be required when operational needs arise.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California Residents

Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Company Profile

Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs. Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles. Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com.

Benefits Information

• medical
• dental
• vision
• federal leave programs
• state leave programs

Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.

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