Cloud Platform Engineer

Job Summary

A Cloud Platform Engineer is responsible for designing and maintaining cloud-based systems. Leveraging industry best practices they develop and implement cloud applications, migrate existing on-premise applications to the cloud, and debug cloud stacks. You will be responsible for orchestrating cloud organizations in AWS , GCP , and Azure using Terraform. Your expertise will be pivotal in designing and maintaining new infrastructure through automation using Terraform. Additionally, you will lead the migration of existing on-premises applications to the cloud and establish new cloud-native applications.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Infrastructure Ops teams, Product Managers, and Application Owners to ensure smooth deployment and operation of systems.

• Configure and administer cloud organizations in various clouds using Terraform, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, availability, and security.

• Build CI/CD pipeline configurations to orchestrate provisioning and deployment of both large and small-scale systems / environments.

• Assist in the evaluation and implementation of various development, testing, automation tools, and IT infrastructure.

• Leverage automation tools to monitor and maintain system configuration, health, and reliability to support business process requirements.

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development, test, and production environments.

• Communicate status and risks to team members and the product teams.

• Help automate and streamline operations and processes.

• Build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring, and operations.

• Demonstrated ability to write technical instructions and document source code. Design and implement automation solutions using Ansible to streamline IT operations.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a bachelor's degree in a related area or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience) with at least 2 years of experience in the field or in a related area.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Preferences

• Experience writing Hashicorp Terraform configurations and modules.

• Experience in DevOps and GitOps models with infra-as-code, config-as-code, policy-as-code, etc.

• Proficient in translating designs into fully developed Terraform code.

• Strong knowledge of AWS Cloud, certification preferred. AWS, Azure and GCP desirable.

• Solid understanding of cloud networking concepts, subnets, routing, load balancing, firewalls, and cloud security.

• Experience in enterprise-scale environments, building highly available IaaS and PaaS

\solutions.

• Understanding of landing zones, cloud-native security, monitoring and logging tools, and Well-Architected Frameworks.

• Experience with container related technologies and CICD tools - GitHub, pipelines, repos, etc.

• Experience in programming languages such as: JavaScript, and Python.

• Experience with infrastructure automation tools/configuration management like: Terraform, Ansible, and Docker.

• Proficient in translating designs into fully developed Terraform code.

• Exposure to Cloud logging, monitoring, and observability tools.

• Proficient in at least one scripting language (i.e. Bash, Python).

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational skills.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to work with team.

• Familiarity with IAM (Identity and Access Management) concepts and tools in cloud platforms to ensure secure and controlled access to cloud resources. • Familiarity with Service Now development.

• Awareness of compliance requirements, industry regulations, relevant to the cloud domain (e.g., HIPAA, PCI, FISMA, etc.)

• Eagerness to actively engage in professional development opportunities such as certifications, workshops, or conferences to enhance skills and knowledge in cloud technologies.

Special Instructions

This is a hybrid position, and the candidate must be in the Salt Lake City area.

Please have sample code available to review for the interview.

Requisition Number: PRN42089B

Full Time or Part Time? Full Time

Work Schedule Summary: Monday – Friday 8am to 5pm with rotating on-call during non-business hours

Department: 01555 - UIT INFRASTRUCTURE & OPS

Location: Campus

Pay Rate Range: $55,000.00 - $75,000.00

Close Date: 7/5/2025

Open Until Filled:

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