Job Details
Cloud Engineer
2026-01-15 The Planet Group all cities,AK
Description:
KPMG Specific Submission Requirements:
To Include in the Submission notes
AM: Daron Blaylock
Category: TECH - NSD
Industry: Professional Services
Background: Credit Check is required. Please make sure that your candidate is aware of it.
Bill Rate: $130.00
Pay Rate: $82.00
Length: 3 Month Engagement
Hours: 40 hours
Location: Remote
Travel: N
Sold Work: Closed
Competition: N
H1b's: Y
Conf Call N
Start: 12/15/26 - 03/31/2026
Job Description:
Responsible for interfacing directly with the product owner and solution teams, executing against approved architectures, and adhering to existing standards around security, automation, and quality. The most successful candidate likely has a strong software development background, an appetite to learn new technologies, and a proven track record of applying foundational elements of software design to new use cases.
Responsibilities:
The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly, never provide banking information during the application process and always double check the email address of the Recruiter to ensure it's from an official Planet domain (@theplanetgroup.com or @launchcg.com) - and not a domain with an alternative extension like .net, .org or .jobs.
The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.
Job Description
Marketing Info/Reason's to Work here:
- Co Size: $36 Billion in Revenue, 273.42k employees
- One of the largest professional consulting firms in the World, recognized as a "white glove service" providing world class solutionsto Fortune 500 customers
- KPMG will often "redeploy" contractors they have worked with previously on future engagements. High likelihood for future projects with KPMG once you have worked contracts with them
- Opportunity to work on highly technical, complex, & interesting projects. This variety can keep you work engaging and help build a diverse portfolio
- Being part of one of the Big Four accounting firms add significant prestige to your resume & opens doors to future career opportunities
KPMG Specific Submission Requirements:
- All submittals must include MMDD of the candidate's DOB
- No logo on resume
- Can accept 1099 Certified Workday candidates & W2 Candidates for these positions, submission must include name of corporation
- Do you have any relatives currently working at KPMG?
- Are you a former employee of KPMG? If yes, were you contract or direct hire?
To Include in the Submission notes
- Upcoming PTO within 6 months of the start date of the engagement
- Please Include all Active WD Certifications
- If Relevant, Please include expired certifications
- If the consultants do not carry the required certification; please include the lead time it would take to complete the required certification.
AM: Daron Blaylock
Category: TECH - NSD
Industry: Professional Services
Background: Credit Check is required. Please make sure that your candidate is aware of it.
Bill Rate: $130.00
Pay Rate: $82.00
Length: 3 Month Engagement
Hours: 40 hours
Location: Remote
Travel: N
Sold Work: Closed
Competition: N
H1b's: Y
Conf Call N
Start: 12/15/26 - 03/31/2026
Job Description:
Responsible for interfacing directly with the product owner and solution teams, executing against approved architectures, and adhering to existing standards around security, automation, and quality. The most successful candidate likely has a strong software development background, an appetite to learn new technologies, and a proven track record of applying foundational elements of software design to new use cases.
Responsibilities:
- Automate component implementation (IaC).
- Execute Terraform build against approved architectures.
- Set up CI/CD Pipelines (Azure DevOps) and Actions (GitHub).
- Interface with all stakeholders from build start to go-live.
- Automate component implementation.
- Manage scope of build.
- Manage work against an Agile Scrum process.
- Microsoft Azure expertise (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS across Microsoft Azure cloud and the Microsoft technology stack).
- Terraform expertise.
- Azure DevOps YAML pipelines experience.
- Git expertise.
- Containers / AKS experience.
- Linux (RHEL) is a plus.
- PowerShell DSC is a plus.
- Strong understanding of software development design concepts.
- Strong verbal/written communication, with ability to effectively interact with individuals at all levels of responsibility and authority.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field
The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly, never provide banking information during the application process and always double check the email address of the Recruiter to ensure it's from an official Planet domain (@theplanetgroup.com or @launchcg.com) - and not a domain with an alternative extension like .net, .org or .jobs.
The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.