Senior Cloud Engineer

Western Governors University • Salt Lake City, UT

17h • $116,000 - $174,100

About The Position

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: Grade: Technical 410 Pay Range: $116,000.00 - $174,100.00 Job Description The Senior Cloud Engineer provided architectural direction and implementation for cloud-based infrastructure and networking solutions. They direct and support the engineering efforts for student and employee facing infrastructure technologies. They'll also mentor team members in strategic and tactical efforts. They are the in-house expert on design, automation, and scaling solutions in a cloud-based environment. Role Overview Western Governors University (WGU) is seeking a Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and support scalable, secure cloud infrastructure. This role partners closely with engineering teams to enable reliable systems, modern DevOps practices, and effective use of Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of AWS services including S3, EC2, RDS, SQS, IAM, and Route 53.
• Experience with Linux system administration.
• Scripting or programming experience in Bash, Python, Java, or Node.js.
• Experience with CI/CD, GitFlow, and tools such as Jenkins or Travis CI.
• Familiarity with serverless services (Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudWatch).
• Understanding of DevOps, Scrum, ITIL, and containerization or virtualization.
• Experience with monitoring tools (CloudWatch, New Relic, Nagios, or similar).
• Strong communication, documentation, and collaboration skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT or a related field.
• 7+ years of related experience, including 3+ years with AWS.
• Equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements. Generally, equivalent relevant experience is defined as 1 year of experience for 1 year of education and is the discretion of the hiring manager.

Nice To Haves

• Chef experience.
• VMware vSphere and vRealize Automation experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure roadmaps.
• Monitor system performance, capacity, availability, and reliability.
• Automate cloud platforms and maintain monitoring and alerting systems.
• Design and maintain server, storage, network, and security infrastructure.
• Provide tools and infrastructure to support DevOps and development teams.
• Mentor DevOps and Cloud Engineers.
• Create and maintain infrastructure documentation, policies, and procedures.
• Deliver AWS-based solutions for ongoing initiatives.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior