Western Governors University

The IT Security Analyst II (AppSec) will strengthen WGU’s application security posture through vulnerability analysis, threat modeling, secure architecture reviews, and security tooling. This full-time role is based five days per week in WGU’s Salt Lake City office.

Staff Software Engineer responsible for leading full-stack software architecture and engineering practices across multiple teams, using Python, React, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. The role combines hands-on technical expertise, mentoring, platform reliability, testing strategy, and organization-wide technical influence.

Senior Cloud Engineer responsible for designing, automating, and operating secure, scalable AWS platforms supporting enterprise applications and millions of student interactions. The role combines cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, reliability engineering, technical leadership, and mentorship.

Senior Software Engineer responsible for designing, developing, testing, and supporting web-based applications and services using Angular/Python and related technologies. The role provides technical leadership, mentors junior engineers, and helps deliver reliable, scalable solutions for WGU’s online education platform.

WGU is seeking a Senior Backend-Focused Full Stack Software Engineer to build scalable Java and Python services, APIs, and distributed systems that support modern web and mobile applications. The role combines backend architecture and technical leadership with hands-on full-stack collaboration across Angular and Flutter teams.

Principal Software Engineer serving as the department’s primary technical leader, building production software and shaping cloud-native architecture, delivery standards, and AI-assisted engineering practices. The role combines hands-on technical leadership, enterprise-scale modernization, and business-focused decision-making.

Lead enterprise cloud architecture strategy and design secure, scalable solutions across major cloud platforms. This principal-level role guides modernization, migrations, governance, and technical innovation while mentoring engineering teams.

WGU is seeking a Principal AI Platform Operations Engineer to define the organization’s long-term AI operations strategy and lead enterprise-scale platform, reliability, governance, and deployment initiatives. This highest-level technical individual contributor will advise executives, develop engineering talent, and represent WGU’s AI capabilities externally.