Cloud Platform Engineer III

University of Utah Health•Salt Lake City, UT

About The Position

The DevOps Engineer III (Cloud Platform Engineer III) is a senior-level technical contributor responsible for developing, automating, and maintaining the organization’s multi-cloud ecosystem. The role refactors legacy infrastructure into resilient, standardized Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), helps eliminate single points of failure and operational drag, and contributes to architectural and design decisions. The engineer serves as a primary technical resource for Terraform, CloudFormation, and cloud-native services, implementing complex production environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP in collaboration with development, security, and networking teams. The position advances scalability through automation, moving from manual intake toward self-service orchestration while maintaining global security, IAM governance, and compliance standards. It follows agile workflows and delivery timelines and requires U.S. citizenship to meet federal contract requirements related to access to sensitive government data. The role has no responsibility for providing patient care. It is a sedentary position in an office setting, involving sitting most of the time, with exertion of up to 10 pounds and no exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship to meet federal contract requirements related to access to sensitive government data.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent.
Three years of experience administering systems, or equivalent.
Expert-level skill administering and configuring a hybrid multi-cloud enterprise environment.
Advanced proficiency writing, refactoring, and managing Terraform code at scale, including Terraform Cloud and GitHub integration; follows an IaC-first approach.
Proficiency in Python and working knowledge of one or more of JavaScript/TypeScript, Bash, and PowerShell.
Strong knowledge of RESTful API principles and experience developing scripts or applications that interact with web services to automate cross-platform tasks.
Strong understanding and debugging ability in cloud networking, including virtual networks, VPN tunnels, routing tables, direct connect tunnels, and network security groups.
Deep understanding of cloud security, including IAM policy construction, secret management, automated CIS compliance hardening, networking controls, and security best practices.
Proficiency building and maintaining complex CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and integrating them with ITSM tools such as ServiceNow.
Experience with Ansible and a configuration-as-code philosophy.
Experience integrating cloud platforms with enterprise tools such as ServiceNow, CMDBs, databases, and internal automation systems.
Working knowledge of AI concepts and prompt engineering, with ability to incorporate AI-driven capabilities into cloud and automation workflows.
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously while delivering high-quality, maintainable solutions.

Nice To Haves

Deep understanding of and experience with AWS CloudFormation templates for infrastructure deployment is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Develop and refactor Terraform and CloudFormation codebases, including reusable modules and standardized network patterns for infrastructure parity across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Design and develop custom code to interface with cloud-provider and internal-platform REST APIs, including automated middleware and scripts for data exchange and orchestration workflows.
Contribute to automated cloud provisioning and self-service workflows by integrating ServiceNow, GitHub Actions, Ansible, and Terraform Cloud through IaC and pipelines.
Implement logging, monitoring, and observability solutions in Azure and GCP aligned with established AWS enterprise standards via IaC.
Develop and maintain configuration as code with Ansible to automate system roles, patching, and onboarding development teams into cloud-native environments.
Execute proof-of-concept initiatives to modernize legacy infrastructure using modern cloud technologies and enterprise AI infrastructure.
Manage governance, maintenance, and updates for core cloud and IaC technologies; investigate and recommend technologies to modernize and improve efficiency.
Provide senior-level technical oversight and redundancy for critical cloud systems, support and mentor DevOps I and II engineers, and lead or contribute to internal Communities of Practice.
Implement IAM roles, security groups, and baseline security controls, supporting CIS hardening and compliance through automated configuration and policy enforcement.
Develop, configure, and support logging and monitoring across AWS, Azure, and GCP to maintain visibility into platform health, automation outcomes, and system performance.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external service providers on cloud initiatives, provide technical expertise, and support outage resolution and service request management.