Sr. Cloud Engineer
Anywhere
Category: Architecture
Industry: Government
Workplace Type: Remote
Reference ID: JN -022026-105548
Date Posted: 02/17/2026
Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/ekJ6fJ
Description:
Remote
Do the can't be done. At our client, teams deliver the next big thing by bringing together talent, technology, and ideas to solve complex challenges that keep people safer and more secure. The organization values fresh thinking, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a drive to transform how work gets done.
Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicants must be a United States Citizen. Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $60.00 to $70.00/hr. w2
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
- Deploy applications across dev, staging, and prod environments with consistency and stability.
- Build reusable CI/CD pipeline templates, jobs, and stages for cross-team consistency.
- Containerize and deploy applications using ECS and Lambda in collaboration with developers.
- Configure GitLab Runners and manage environment-specific variables and secrets.
- Define and deploy readiness and liveness probes for containers running in EKS and ECS.
- Develop custom scripts for CloudWatch custom metrics and alarms based on application probes.
- Monitor deployments and system health using CloudWatch and related tools.
- Implement rollback strategies and manage version control during deployments.
- Troubleshoot deployment issues and improve pipeline performance and reliability.
- Use Python, Bash, YAML/JSON, Node.js, and Lambda functions for automation and operations.
- Perform daily health checks using AWS CLI or scheduled Lambda scripts and report results.
- Set up monitoring thresholds, dashboards, and metrics for applications and infrastructure.
- Conduct root cause analysis and incident correlation using monitoring and performance tools.
- Maintain a central inventory of licensed software deployed in AWS environments.
- Maintain accurate documentation on infrastructure and operational procedures.
- Assess and apply patches for infrastructure and third-party software.
- Develop patch testing schedules and rollout plans with rollback and recovery.
- Create and manage change records and participate in PI planning and Agile ceremonies.
- Keep cloud environments compliant with security standards and best practices.
- Orchestrate failover and restoration of ECS/EKS services, Lambda functions, databases, and other components.
- Test and document regional failover playbooks and recovery runbooks.
- Ensure adherence to RTO and RPO requirements.
- Participate in on-call rotations to support 24/7 production systems and respond to incidents.
Experience Requirements:
Experience Requirements
- 8+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years in cloud support, infrastructure maintenance, or IT operations.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Strong proficiency in AWS Lambda for writing, deploying, and optimizing functions.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and workflows, including GitHub or GitLab, EKS, Kubernetes, and DevOps practices.
- Scripting skills for automation and maintenance using Bash and Python.
- Cloud certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect Associate.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to diagnose performance issues in cloud environments (preferred).
- Experience creating pre-check and post-check scripts for validating system health (preferred).
- Familiarity with container orchestration using Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes (preferred).
- Knowledge of ITIL practice or incident management frameworks (preferred).
- Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
Education Requirements:
Education Requirements
- BA/BS in IT, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- AWS certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer or AWS Solutions Architect Associate.
- ITIL certification (preferred).
W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com.
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