Senior Cloud Platform Engineer – Remote & Automation

Eliassen Group; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 138,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr Platform Engineer I to join the Platform Engineering and DevOps organization. This role focuses on enabling secure, scalable cloud adoption and software delivery with a strong emphasis on automation, reliability, and devops practices.

The position supports developer self-service, cloud governance, and cost optimization across cloud resources, with remote work as a primary modality and requirements for a reliable home setup.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in cloud/platform engineering, DevOps, or related fields.
• Experience with IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and automated provisioning.
• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps practices and cross-team collaboration.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex systems and improve platform reliability.
• Knowledge of identity/access management for securing cloud resources.
• Experience with observability including logging and monitoring.
• Preferred exposure to cloud migration and AI/ML platform services.

Responsibilities

• Implement and design platform environments across cloud compute, storage, networking, and runtime layers (Azure IaaS/PaaS).
• Deploy and operate containerized platform-native services.
• Implement infrastructure provisioning using IaC.
• Develop and enhance reusable platform components and automation frameworks.
• Implement security controls and policy enforcement.
• Enable compliance and governance through automated guardrails.
• Support CI/CD platform capabilities and developer tooling.
• Troubleshoot platform and infrastructure issues and perform root-cause analysis.

Skills

Cloud platform engineering

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps practices

Troubleshooting complex systems

Identity and access management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Azure certifications (preferred)

Tools

Azure IaaS

Azure PaaS

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring/Observability tools

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr Platform Engineer I to join the Platform Engineering and DevOps organization. This role focuses on enabling secure, scalable cloud adoption and software delivery with a strong emphasis on automation, reliability, and devops practices.

The position supports developer self-service, cloud governance, and cost optimization across cloud resources, with remote work as a primary modality and requirements for a reliable home setup.