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), contributes to architecture and design decisions, and serves as a primary technical resource for Terraform, CloudFormation, and cloud-native services. Working with development, security, and networking teams, the engineer implements production environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The position advances scalability through automation and self-service orchestration while maintaining global security, IAM governance, and compliance standards. Work follows agile workflows and delivery timelines. The position has no responsibility for providing patient care and requires U.S. citizenship to meet federal contract requirements for access to sensitive government data. The University of Utah Health aims to enhance health and well-being through patient care, research, and education, and emphasizes collaboration, excellence, leadership, respect, compassion, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality, and trust. The University is a Level 1 Trauma Center and has five hospitals and eleven clinics.

Requirements

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 of cloud networking and troubleshooting, 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 with GitHub Actions and integrating them with ITSM tools such as ServiceNow.
Experience with Ansible and a configuration-as-code approach.
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 the ability to incorporate AI capabilities into cloud and automation workflows.
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously while delivering high-quality, maintainable solutions.
U.S. citizenship is required for federal contract access to sensitive government data.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Develop and refactor Terraform and CloudFormation code, 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 ServiceNow, GitHub, and BeyondTrust, and create middleware or scripts for data exchange and orchestration.
Contribute to automated cloud provisioning workflows integrating ServiceNow, GitHub Actions, Ansible, and Terraform Cloud to replace manual processes.
Implement logging, monitoring, and observability solutions in Azure and GCP aligned with established AWS enterprise standards through IaC.
Develop and maintain Ansible configuration as code for 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.
Govern, maintain, and update core cloud and IaC technologies; investigate and recommend technologies to modernize and improve organizational efficiency.
Provide senior technical oversight and redundancy for critical cloud systems; support and mentor DevOps I and II engineers; lead and 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 hybrid-cloud infrastructure to provide visibility into platform health, automation outcomes, and performance.
Collaborate and consult with cross-functional teams and external service providers on cloud initiatives, offering technical expertise and supporting outage resolution and service request management.