Senior Staff DevOps Engineer

Senior Staff DevOps Engineer

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: DevOps

Industry: Life Sciences

Workplace Type: Remote

Reference ID: JN -072026-108072

Date Posted: 07/26/2026

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Our client is entering Phase 2 of a Manufacturing Traceability program and requires a Senior Staff DevOps Engineer focused on Terraform and Google Cloud Platform. The engineer will enable GCP infrastructure for AI and data analytics, build reusable templates, and support data movement and reporting. The role partners with Product Performance and Data & Analytics to implement infrastructure-as-code through Terraform Cloud, accelerate operational readiness, and provide cloud services that back analytics, AI enablement, and regulated manufacturing use cases.

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: $80.00 to $90.00/hr. w2

JN -072026-108072

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and optimize GCP infrastructure with Terraform Cloud to support AI and data analytics workloads.

• Collect manufacturing process data and enable secure movement into GCP services including BigQuery, Dataplex, Datastream, and cloud storage.

• Partner with Product Performance and Data & Analytics to build reusable templates and patterns that accelerate delivery.

• Perform architectural design, reviews, and implementation aligned to best practices for networking, security, and cost efficiency.

• Enable and support operational readiness in DNA wrangle environments.

• Enable and support Cloud Spanner in mfg-data analytics and DNA wrangle environments.

• Enable notebooks and DBT Python in DNA projects.

• Enable the GCP mfg-dataanalytics project to support Product Performance innovation.

• Create and update Product Performance sandbox environments and iterate on improvements.

• Assist in building DNA medallion leveling templates.

• Support Landing Zone phase 2 with AI feature flags, enhanced AI service templates, and AI example sandboxes.

• Collaborate with the Cloud Platform team to develop and implement lab-level environment strategy.

• Contribute to security and compliance practices including IAM, encryption, logging, and auditing.

• Document designs, standards, and runbooks and mentor team members.

Experience Requirements:

• Expert-level Terraform experience, preferably with Terraform Cloud.

• Strong hands-on GCP experience with BigQuery, Dataplex, Datastream, VPC networking, and storage.

• Familiarity with Google AI and Gemini offerings.

• Ability to operate independently and ramp quickly in an existing GCP environment.

• 13+ years of cloud and infrastructure experience preferred.

• Experience building infrastructure for data and analytics platforms.

• Kubernetes expertise and proficiency with VMs, Cloud Run, and serverless.

• GitOps and DevOps experience with GitHub, GitHub Runners, Backstage or Roadie, ArgoCD, and Cloud Deploy.

• Database familiarity including BigQuery, Snowflake, MongoDB, and Cloud SQL.

• Strong understanding of VPCs, load balancers, firewalls, and cloud networking.

• Experience in regulated industries is a plus.

• Excellent documentation and knowledge sharing practices.

Recruitment Transparency Notice

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( View email address on click.appcast.io , View phone number on click.appcast.io) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

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.

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About Eliassen Group:

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.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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