Senior Cloud Systems Engineer Remote GovCloud DevSecOps

Eliassen Group; Boise (ID); Remote; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to guide cloud architecture across hybrid on‑prem to AWS environments, with a focus on GovCloud, security, and regulated workflows. The role emphasizes engineering direction, platform trade studies, and integration within Scaled Agile teams rather than daily coding.

The contractor will work remote with hybrid options in Ashburn, VA or Gaithersburg, MD, and will participate in AI‑assisted engineering, DevSecOps practices, and rigorous security

Qualifications

• Proven cloud architecture and technical planning 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 SSP and ATO.
• Networking 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.
• 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

AWS GovCloud

Kubernetes/OpenShift

DevSecOps

Scaled Agile

Security architecture

Java microservices

AI-assisted engineering

Tools

Amazon ECS

Amazon EKS

OpenShift

Kubernetes

GitLab

Tekton

Argo CD

SAST/DAST/SCA

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to guide cloud architecture across hybrid on‑prem to AWS environments, with a focus on GovCloud, security, and regulated workflows. The role emphasizes engineering direction, platform trade studies, and integration within Scaled Agile teams rather than daily coding.

The contractor will work remote with hybrid options in Ashburn, VA or Gaithersburg, MD, and will participate in AI‑assisted engineering, DevSecOps practices, and rigorous security