Senior Cloud Systems Engineer — Hybrid GovCloud Expert

Eliassen Group; Helena (MT); Remote; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401(k) with match

Life insurance

Job summary

The Eliassen Group seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to guide cloud architecture, security, and integration in a government-focused contract role. You will lead hybrid cloud strategies and influence design across complex systems, collaborating in Scaled Agile teams.

Candidates must be a US citizen on a W2 basis with a benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, and life insurance. Remote work options available.

Qualifications

• Proven cloud architecture and planning for hybrid on-prem to AWS systems.
• Hands-on with ECS, EKS, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Helm and pipelines.
• Experience with V&V for regulated environments (FISMA High / FedRAMP High).
• Security architecture with segmentation and SSP/ATO mapping.
• Networking across ALB, WAF, PrivateLink, endpoints and enterprise access.
• Migration of containerized workloads from on-prem to AWS GovCloud and commercial.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical planning and cloud architecture for hybrid on-prem to AWS.
• Conduct platform trade studies for ECS, EKS, OpenShift with cost/effort modeling.
• Drive integration, verification, fielding within FISMA High boundaries.
• Design security architecture and trust boundaries.
• Engineer networking patterns including ALB, WAF, PrivateLink, endpoints.
• Own requirements development and technical writing.
• Provide system and software design guidance within Scaled Agile teams.
• Lead hardware/software integration for Java/microservices ecosystems.
• Apply DevSecOps practices: CI/CD, SBOM, image signing, secrets management.
• Incorporate AI for coding, requirements, test creation and debugging.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

OpenShift

Kubernetes

DevSecOps

GitLab

Tekton

Argo CD

Java/microservices

AI-assisted engineering

Tools

ECS

EKS

GovCloud

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Helm

Policies & pipelines

Job description

The Eliassen Group seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to guide cloud architecture, security, and integration in a government-focused contract role. You will lead hybrid cloud strategies and influence design across complex systems, collaborating in Scaled Agile teams.

Candidates must be a US citizen on a W2 basis with a benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, and life insurance. Remote work options available.