Senior Platform Engineer I — Remote Cloud & DevOps

Eliassen Group; Madison (WI); 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 remote, full-time role supports secure, scalable cloud adoption and software delivery, enabling developer self-service and automated governance.

Salary sits at $138,000–$143,000 on a yearly W2 basis with comprehensive benefits. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in cloud/platform engineering, strong IaC/CI/CD experience, and Azure expertise.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in cloud/platform/DevOps with hands-on IaaS, PaaS, AI, and containers.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated provisioning.
• Contributes to DevOps/DevSecOps with cross-team collaboration.
• Able to troubleshoot complex systems and improve reliability.
• Knowledge of IAM and securing cloud resources.
• Experience with observability: logging, monitoring, performance diagnostics.

Responsibilities

• Implement and design platform environments across cloud compute, storage, networking, and runtime layers using Azure IaaS/PaaS.
• Deploy and operate containerized platform-native runtime services.
• Implement IaC for infrastructure provisioning.
• Develop and enhance reusable platform components and automation.
• Enforce security controls and policy per platform standards.
• Enable self-service tooling and CI/CD capabilities for developers.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Collaborate with teammates and share knowledge.

Skills

Cloud platform engineering

DevOps practices

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting language

Troubleshooting

Identity and access management

Observability

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

High School Diploma with equivalent experience

Azure certifications (preferred)

Tools

Azure

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr Platform Engineer I to join the Platform Engineering and DevOps organization. This remote, full-time role supports secure, scalable cloud adoption and software delivery, enabling developer self-service and automated governance.

Salary sits at $138,000–$143,000 on a yearly W2 basis with comprehensive benefits. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in cloud/platform engineering, strong IaC/CI/CD experience, and Azure expertise.