Senior Infrastructure Engineer

• Manage AWS cloud environments including compute, networking, storage, and security.
• Design and provision infrastructure for analytics and machine learning workloads using Terraform.
• Develop and enforce infrastructure standards, best practices, and architectural patterns.
• Support production environments, incident management, troubleshooting, and reliability initiatives.
• Implement monitoring, observability, and SLO-driven operational practices.
• Optimize cloud spend and resource utilization.
• Design and maintain AWS networking components including VPCs, subnets, security groups, load balancers, and DNS.
• Collaborate with development teams to deploy and support analytical applications.
• Partner with data science and data engineering teams to operationalize analytics and machine learning solutions.

• 5+ years of cloud infrastructure and systems engineering experience.
• Strong AWS administration and architecture experience.
• Advanced Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and serverless technologies.
• Strong Linux administration skills.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps tools such as GitLab, Airflow, or similar platforms.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability frameworks.
• Working knowledge of AWS IAM, security best practices, and least-privilege access models.
• Experience supporting large-scale data and analytics environments.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and AI-assisted development tools.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, or other relational database platforms.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Preferred: Deep Terraform expertise including module development and state management.
• Preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.
• Preferred: Experience with AWS AI/ML services such as SageMaker and Bedrock.
• Preferred: FinOps and cloud cost optimization experience.
• Preferred: Experience with Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch, or similar observability platforms.
• Preferred: Snowflake experience and knowledge of NoSQL and semi-structured data platforms.
• Preferred: Experience supporting machine learning and data science environments.
• Preferred: Exposure to Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Preferred: Prior experience within media, entertainment, or large enterprise environments.

Our client seeks a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to support and evolve cloud infrastructure powering analytics platforms, optimization engines, and machine learning workloads. The role will focus on building scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions while partnering with data science, analytics, engineering, and business teams.

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. 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: $84.00 to $86.00/hr. w2, Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

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. If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:

When you work with Eliassen Group, all email communication will come from an Eliassen.com address, never Gmail, Yahoo, etc.

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.