Cloud Platform Engineer III
University of Utah Health16 hours ago
Salt Lake City, UT, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Develop and refactor Terraform and CloudFormation codebases, reusable modules, and standardized network patterns across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Design and develop custom code and middleware that interfaces with REST APIs for cloud providers and internal platforms such as ServiceNow, GitHub, and BeyondTrust.
- Implement automated cloud provisioning and self-service workflows using ServiceNow, GitHub Actions, Ansible, Terraform Cloud, IaC, and pipelines.
- Implement logging, monitoring, and observability solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Maintain configuration-as-code with Ansible for system roles, patching, and development-team onboarding.
- Execute proof-of-concept initiatives for legacy infrastructure modernization, cloud technologies, and enterprise AI infrastructure.
- Manage governance, maintenance, updates, and lifecycle recommendations for cloud and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies.
- Provide senior-level technical oversight, redundancy, mentoring, and technical enablement for DevOps engineers.
- Implement IAM roles, security groups, CIS hardening, compliance controls, and automated policy enforcement.
- Support hybrid-cloud platform health, automation outcomes, system performance, outage resolution, and service request management.
- Collaborate with development, security, networking, vendors, and external service providers on secure and scalable cloud initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent.
- Three years of experience administering systems or equivalent.
- U.S. citizenship to meet federal contract requirements involving access to sensitive government data.
- Expert-level experience administering and configuring hybrid multi-cloud enterprise environments.
- Advanced Terraform experience, including large-scale code management, Terraform Cloud, and GitHub integration.
- Strong Python proficiency and working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript, Bash, or PowerShell.
- Experience developing scripts or applications that consume and interact with RESTful web services.
- Strong understanding of cloud networking, including virtual networks, VPN tunnels, routing tables, direct connect tunnels, and network security groups.
- Deep understanding of cloud security, IAM policy construction, secret management, CIS compliance hardening, networking controls, and security best practices.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and integrating them with ServiceNow.
- Experience with Ansible and configuration-as-code practices.
- Experience integrating cloud platforms with ServiceNow, CMDBs, databases, and internal automation systems.
- Working knowledge of AI concepts and prompt engineering for cloud and automation workflows.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while delivering maintainable solutions.
Benefits
- Sedentary office-setting position with physical requirements including sitting, standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, reaching, and related activities.
- Must meet working-condition and physical-demands requirements with or without accommodation.
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About University of Utah Health
University of Utah Health is the nonprofit academic health system of the University of Utah, based in Salt Lake City and founded in 1965. It operates five hospitals (including a Level 1 trauma center), eleven community health centers, specialty institutes, and a regional health plan, providing care across Utah and neighboring states while advancing research and medical education. Revenue comes from clinical services, insurance premiums, and sponsored academic programs.