Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The University of Colorado is dedicated to building a workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. The Lead Cloud Platform & DevOps Engineer is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and support of cloud-based platforms and DevOps practices, focusing on cloud platform architecture, infrastructure automation, and operational reliability.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain cloud platform architecture, including security, identity, networking, and policy controls aligned with institutional standards
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and release processes, including build, testing, security, and deployment workflows across development and production environments
- Support system integration across cloud and enterprise environments
- Drive adoption of platform engineering practices, including containerization and automation
- Contribute to automation and data-driven technologies, including support for machine learning and intelligent automation workloads
- Work across multiple projects and technical environments to ensure consistent implementation of DevOps and cloud engineering practices
- Support platform reliability and operational practices, including defining service performance metrics (e.g., SLOs/SLIs), implementing monitoring and observability solutions, and participating in incident response and disaster recovery activities
- Collaborate with information security and compliance teams to implement and maintain platform security controls, access management, and data protection measures in alignment with regulatory requirements (e.g., FERPA, HIPAA)
- Monitor and optimize platform performance, capacity, and cost utilization across cloud environments, ensuring consistency across environments
- Ensure operational reliability and performance of platform services
- Align platform solutions with institutional standards, policies, and requirements
- Provide technical guidance and support to development and operations teams through documentation, training, and onboarding to promote effective use of platform services and DevOps practices
- Evaluate and implement new technologies and tools to support cloud platform capabilities, automation, data integration, and data-driven initiatives in collaboration with internal stakeholders
- Contribute to development of technical standards, documentation, and governance practices
- Contribute to continuous improvement of platform services and engineering processes
Skills
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, or related IT field plus three (3) years of progressively responsible professional experience as a Platform Engineer (or a similar position) supporting production systems
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, or related IT field plus five (5) years of progressively responsible experience as a Platform Engineer (or a similar position) supporting production systems
- Three (3) years of experience in programming languages such as Python and/or Java, including with machine learning frameworks
- Three (3) years of experience in leading or supporting DevOps initiatives, including implementation of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and release/change management practices
- Three (3) years of experience in designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-based solutions using public cloud platforms (e.g. AWS services such as EKS, ECS, or Lambda), including containerized or serverless applications in production environments
- Three (3) years of experience in implementing monitoring, logging, and reliability practices and supporting incident response using industry tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
- Two (2) years of experience in artificial intelligence
- Two (2) years of experience in enterprise IT and cloud environments, including API and integration development, streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka or RabbitMQ)
- Two (2) years of experience in collaboration with security or compliance stakeholders in support of technical controls
Benefits
- No-cost or low-cost medical & dental plan options, some inclusive of IVF assistance.
- Disability, Life, Vision Insurance options.
- Multiple retirement planning options including a mandatory 401(a) plan where CU contributes 10% of your gross pay, a 401k or 403b plan and a 457 deferred compensation plan.
- Pre-tax savings plans, such as Health care and Dependent care flexible spending accounts.
- Embrace a healthy work-life balance with ample sick and vacation leave, along with at least 12 paid holidays. This includes a dedicated week off for winter break.
- 6 weeks of parental leave to adjust to the joys of parenthood.
- A tuition benefit program for you and/or your dependents.
- Free RTD EcoPass and free onsite parking at our 1800 Grant Street Office.
- Many additional perks & programs with the CU Advantage.
- Additional taxable fringe benefits may be available.
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