Senior Cloud Systems Engineer — Remote & GovCloud

Eliassen Group; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to guide cloud-hosted software systems and provide engineering direction across architecture, integration, security, and verification. The role spans cloud architecture, platform trade studies, integration and fielding in regulated environments, security architecture, networking, DevSecOps, and AI-assisted engineering.

The position supports hybrid to AWS GovCloud environments and requires US citizenship with an active Public Trust clearance.

Qualifications

• Cloud architecture for hybrid on‑prem to AWS systems.
• Experience with ECS, EKS, OpenShift (Kubernetes, Helm, operators, routes, pipelines).
• Security/ SSP/ATO mapping for regulated environments (FISMA High, FedRAMP High).
• GovCloud and multi‑account AWS design experience.
• DevSecOps toolchain including scanning and secrets management.
• Scaled Agile collaboration across cross‑functional teams.
• Java/microservices in Linux cloud‑native development.
• AI-assisted engineering 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

Hybrid on-prem to AWS

OpenShift & Kubernetes

DevSecOps

Security engineering

AI-assisted engineering

Scaled Agile collaboration

Java/microservices

Networking security

Tools

Amazon ECS

Amazon EKS

OpenShift

Kubernetes

GitLab

Tekton

Argo CD

SAST/DAST/SCA

SBOM

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to guide cloud-hosted software systems and provide engineering direction across architecture, integration, security, and verification. The role spans cloud architecture, platform trade studies, integration and fielding in regulated environments, security architecture, networking, DevSecOps, and AI-assisted engineering.

The position supports hybrid to AWS GovCloud environments and requires US citizenship with an active Public Trust clearance.