Senior Systems Engineer

Requirements:

• Proven experience in cloud architecture and technical planning for hybrid on-premises and AWS systems.
• Hands-on experience with Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and Red Hat OpenShift, including Kubernetes, Helm, operators, policies, routes, and pipelines.
• Experience with integration, verification and validation, and fielding in regulated environments such as FISMA High or FedRAMP High.
• Security architecture experience, including segmentation and control mapping for SSP and ATO support.
• Networking expertise with ingress, ALB, WAF, PrivateLink, endpoints, and related enterprise access patterns.
• Experience migrating containerized workloads from on-premises environments to AWS, including re-platforming, parallel runs, MongoDB or PostgreSQL data connectivity, and rollback planning.
• Experience designing AWS GovCloud and commercial multi-account and VPC environments, including DMZ and private-tier segmentation.
• DevSecOps toolchain experience with GitLab, Tekton, Argo CD, SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, SBOM, image signing and scanning, and secrets management.
• Scaled Agile experience working across multidisciplinary teams and communicating technical decisions.
• Familiarity with Java ecosystems, microservices, REST, and cloud-native development in Linux environments.
• Demonstrated use of AI-assisted engineering tools comparable to Claude for development and testing.
• Willingness and ability to work on a W-2 basis, as required by the client.

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical planning and cloud architecture for hybrid on-premises-to-AWS designs spanning VPCs, GovCloud and commercial regions, and multiple clusters.
• Compare platform options and size ECS, EKS, and OpenShift environments, modeling costs and effort across development, test, and operations.
• Direct integration, verification and validation, and fielding in FISMA High environments, including cutover to GovCloud.
• Design security architecture, including trust boundaries, segmentation, and control mapping for SSP and ATO boundaries.
• Develop networking patterns involving ALB, WAF, routes and ingress, PrivateLink and endpoints, and Zscaler or PIV considerations.
• Develop and analyze requirements, produce technical documentation, and write technical and white papers.
• Guide developers and testers on system and software design within Scaled Agile teams.
• Lead hardware and software integration and cloud system design for Java and microservices environments.
• Apply DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD, security scanning, SBOM, image signing, secrets management, and policy as code.
• Use AI to support coding, requirements, test creation, debugging, and analysis, including generating test scripts.

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevSecOps
• GitLab
• Hardware
• Helm
• Support
• Java
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• MongoDB
• OpenShift
• PostgreSQL
• REST
• Security
• WAF
• microservices

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We are recruiting for a Systems Engineer role with our client, focused on providing engineering direction across cloud architecture, integration, security, and verification for complex cloud-hosted software systems. The work spans technical planning, platform studies, regulated-environment fielding, networking, DevSecOps, and AI-assisted engineering; the role emphasizes design guidance and cross-functional influence rather than day-to-day coding. This is a hybrid position in Ashburn, Virginia, or Gaithersburg, Maryland, with a W-2 hourly rate of $60–$70. Our W-2 consultants may receive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and a 401(k) with company matching; benefits eligibility and options may depend on scheduled hours and applicable conditions. We are Eliassen Group, a strategic consulting firm providing technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. We use AI tools during initial application screening and hiring, with AI-assisted evaluations reviewed by human recruiters.

last updated 43 week of 2026