Senior Cloud Platform Engineer I - Remote

Eliassen Group; Des Moines (IA); Remote; USD 138,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) with match

Referral program $1,000

Job summary

Eliassen Group seeks a Sr Platform Engineer I to join the Platform Engineering and DevOps team. This remote, full-time role focuses on enabling secure, scalable cloud adoption and streamlined software delivery within a healthcare client environment.

The position emphasizes automation, self-service, and reliable cloud platforms using Azure. The candidate will design and implement IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and platform components while supporting security, governance, and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in cloud/platform engineering, software engineering, or DevOps with hands-on IaaS, PaaS, AI, and containers.
• Experience designing IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and automated platform provisioning with at least one scripting language.
• Contributes to DevOps/DevSecOps practices with cross-team collaboration.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex systems and improve platform reliability.
• Knowledge of IAM, security of cloud resources, and observability basics.
• Nice to have: cloud migration, AI/ML platform services, microservices, and cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Implement and design platform environments across cloud compute, storage, networking, and runtime layers using Azure IaaS/PaaS.
• Deploy and operate containerized, platform-native runtimes and automate provisioning.
• Develop reusable platform components and automation frameworks.
• Enforce security controls, identity, access, and secrets management.
• Enable governance with automated guardrails and observability through monitoring/logging.
• Support CI/CD tooling, self-service templates, and golden paths.
• Collaborate with teams, troubleshoot issues, and drive improvements.

Skills

Cloud platform engineering

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Azure certifications (preferred)

Tools

Azure

Job description

Eliassen Group seeks a Sr Platform Engineer I to join the Platform Engineering and DevOps team. This remote, full-time role focuses on enabling secure, scalable cloud adoption and streamlined software delivery within a healthcare client environment.

The position emphasizes automation, self-service, and reliable cloud platforms using Azure. The candidate will design and implement IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and platform components while supporting security, governance, and cost optimization.