Senior Cloud Systems Engineer – Hybrid Gov/AI (Remote)

Eliassen Group; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to guide hybrid cloud architecture and system integration across GovCloud and commercial AWS regions. The role emphasizes security, verification, and scalable engineering in a federal‑oriented environment.

You will work within Scaled Agile teams to design, implement, and validate cloud solutions, ensure SSP/ATO alignment, and leverage AI-assisted tooling for development and testing while maintaining a strong focus on security and automation.

Qualifications

• Proven cloud architecture and technical planning experience for hybrid on‑prem to AWS systems.
• Hands‑on with Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and Red Hat OpenShift, including Kubernetes, Helm, operators, policies, routes, and pipelines.
• Track record in integration, V&V, and fielding for regulated environments such as FISMA High or FedRAMP High.
• Security architecture experience with segmentation and control mapping to support SSP and ATO.
• Networking expertise across ingress, ALB, WAF, PrivateLink, endpoints, and related enterprise access patterns.
• On‑prem to AWS migration of containerized workloads, including re‑platforming, parallel runs, data connectivity for MongoDB or PostgreSQL, and rollback planning.
• AWS GovCloud and commercial multi‑account and VPC design, including DMZ and private tier segmentation.
• DevSecOps toolchain experience with GitLab, Tekton, Argo CD, SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, SBOM, image signing and scanning, and secrets management.
• Scaled Agile experience collaborating within mixed teams and communicating technical decisions.
• Familiarity with Java ecosystems, microservices, REST, and cloud‑native development in Linux environments.
• Demonstrated AI-assisted engineering using tools comparable to Claude for development and testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical planning and cloud architecture for hybrid on‑prem to AWS designs across VPCs, GovCloud and commercial regions.
• Conduct platform trade studies and sizing for ECS, EKS, and OpenShift with cost and effort modeling across Dev, Test, and Ops environments.
• Drive integration, verification and validation, and fielding within FISMA High boundaries, including cutover to GovCloud.
• Design security architecture including trust boundaries, segmentation, and control mapping to SSP and ATO boundaries.
• Engineer networking patterns including ALB, WAF, routes and ingress, PrivateLink and endpoints, and Zscaler or PIV considerations.
• Own requirements development and analysis, technical writing, and authoring of technical papers and white papers.
• Provide system and software design guidance to developers and testers within Scaled Agile teams.
• Lead hardware and software integration and cloud system design for Java and microservices ecosystems.
• Apply DevSecOps practices, CI/CD, security scanning, SBOM, image signing, secrets management, and policy as code.
• Incorporate AI for coding, requirements, test creation, debugging, and analysis, including AI-driven test script generation.

Skills

Cloud architecture

System integration

Security architecture

DevSecOps

AI-assisted engineering

Scaled Agile

Java ecosystems

Kubernetes

OpenShift

GitLab

Argo CD

Tools

AWS ECS

AWS EKS

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Helm

Operators

Policies

Routes

Pipelines

SAST

DAST

SBOM

Image signing

GitLab

Tekton

Argo CD

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to guide hybrid cloud architecture and system integration across GovCloud and commercial AWS regions. The role emphasizes security, verification, and scalable engineering in a federal‑oriented environment.

You will work within Scaled Agile teams to design, implement, and validate cloud solutions, ensure SSP/ATO alignment, and leverage AI-assisted tooling for development and testing while maintaining a strong focus on security and automation.