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Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Contract Length: 6+ months
Location: Remote USA ****The Consultant may work remotely but must physically reside in the US and be a ****
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer. Candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
Sponsorship is not available for this position. Third-party candidates will not be considered.
We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Infrastructure Engineer specializing in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). In this role, you will architect and automate secure cloud foundations, Landing Zones, and application-migration environments across Azure (preferred) or AWS. Government cloud experience (Azure Gov or AWS GovCloud) is a plus but not required for strong Terraform/IaC engineers.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
- 5+ years in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure automation.
- Expert-level Terraform skills: module development, testing, state management, CI/CD integration, Git workflows.
- Strong grounding in IaC principles, automation, and environment lifecycle management.
- Solid understanding of cloud architectures: compute, networking, identity, security, monitoring.
- Experience with at least one enterprise cloud (Azure preferred, AWS also valuable).
- Experience with Azure Government Cloud or AWS GovCloud preferred
- Experience building Azure Landing Zones or AWS Control Tower style foundations
- Relevant certifications:
- Azure: AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-700, AZ-500
- AWS: Solutions Architect, SysOps, Security
- Scripting experience (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
- Experience supporting regulated or government environments a plus
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, DoD IL) a plus
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Serve as the Terraform SME, building reusable modules, enforcing IaC best practices, and automating provisioning at scale.
- Design and deploy Landing Zones / cloud foundations in Azure and/or AWS.
- Support application migrations by delivering scalable, secure infrastructure architectures through IaC.
- Build secure cloud environments including VNET/VPC design, identity & access controls, segmentation, policies, and monitoring.
- Partner with DevOps, Security, and Application teams to define standards, guardrails, and automation patterns.
- Optimize cloud performance, reliability, and cost management.
- Maintain documentation, diagrams, and operational runbooks.
Genius Road, LLC is proud to be a Certified Women s Business Enterprise, an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.