Cloud Engineer (Senior and Mid-Level)

Position Details

• Title: DevOps / Senior Reliability Engineer

• Openings: 2

1 Senior-Level & 1 Mid-Level

• Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire

• Start Date: Targeting 8/15/2026 (contingent upon award)

• Hours: Part-Time (12–18 hours/week)

• Schedule: Flexible within standard East Coast business hours (9 AM – 5 PM ET)

• Location: 100% Remote

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure within Azure and/or AWS environments

• Support reliability, scalability, monitoring, and operational performance for NEDSS Base System (NBS/NBD) implementations

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

• Monitor system health, uptime, and incident response processes

• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and public health stakeholders to improve system reliability and performance

• Support infrastructure-as-code (IaC) initiatives using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates

• Implement logging, observability, alerting, and operational best practices

• Assist with environment provisioning, configuration management, and cloud security compliance

• Participate in troubleshooting production issues and root cause analysis

• Support modernization and cloud migration efforts for public health applications

Required Qualifications

Senior-Level Candidates

• 7+ years of DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure Engineering experience

• Strong experience supporting cloud-native applications in Azure and/or AWS

• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, etc.

• Strong scripting and automation experience (PowerShell, Bash, Python, etc.)

• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions

• Strong understanding of cloud security and infrastructure best practices

• Experience supporting highly available production systems

Mid-Level Candidates

• 3–5+ years of DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering experience

• Hands-on cloud experience in Azure and/or AWS

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

• Experience with scripting and infrastructure automation

• Exposure to containerization and monitoring tools

• Ability to troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues in cloud environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting public health, healthcare, or government systems

• Familiarity with NEDSS Base System (NBS/NBD)

• Experience supporting state or federal public sector environments

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform preferred)

• Understanding of HIPAA, security, and compliance requirements

• Experience in Agile or DevSecOps environments

Additional Information

• This is a new proposal effort supporting state public health jurisdictions

• Candidates must be comfortable working in a collaborative, remote environment

• Flexible scheduling available within East Coast business hours

• Long-term potential with contract-to-hire pathway following project award and ramp-up