Cloud Engineer

UMB Bank; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 83,200 - 178,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

401(k) matching program

Health insurance coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

A prominent financial institution in Kansas City is seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer to join their Enterprise Cloud Architect team. This hybrid role involves defining the organization's cloud platform strategy, building AWS environments, and implementing CI/CD pipelines. Qualified candidates will have at least 5 years of experience in cloud architecture and strong communication skills. Expect competitive compensation ranging from $83,200 to $178,800, along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience designing and implementing cloud architecture.
• Experience with AWS environments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise cloud strategy and design patterns.
• Build AWS environments hands-on.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)

AWS Cloud platform

AWS Cloud security, identity, and compliance

AWS Network fundamentals

Containerization (Docker)

Exceptional communication skills

Strategic thinker mindset

Proficiency in Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field

Job description

UMB’s Enterprise Cloud Architect team was recently formed to streamline and accelerate adoption of the Cloud. The team provides self‑service means to empower other teams to deploy cloud‑native platforms while ensuring security, governance, architectural best‑practice, cost containment, and control. The team works to provide architecture, tools, services, knowledge, support, organization structure, and operating model arranged as a compelling product.

As a Cloud Engineer, you will be heavily participating in defining the organization’s cloud platform strategy, designing enterprise cloud solutions, and enabling cloud adoption across the business. This involves combining architecture vision with hands‑on cloud engineering to align technical decisions with business objectives and regulatory requirements. This is a subset of the overall responsibilities which will include multiple initiatives as assigned by IT leadership.

This role is hybrid (Mon through Thu on‑site / Fri remote) at the UMB Technology & Operations Center located in downtown Kansas City, MO.

How You Will Spend Your Time

• Participate in defining enterprise cloud strategy (AWS), reference architectures, and design patterns.
• Involved in hands‑on building of AWS environments.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines (Terraform)
• Adhere to governance frameworks, technology standards, and architectural principles.
• Communicate architectural vision to executive, technical, and business audiences.

We are excited to talk if you have

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in designing and implementing cloud architecture (AWS) for enterprise environments.
• Following technical skills:
  • Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)
  • AWS Cloud platform
  • AWS Cloud security, identity, and compliance (i.e. IAM, VPC, etc.)
  • AWS Network fundamentals (i.e. VPC design, routing, NLB, ALB, API_GW, etc.)
  • Containerization (i.e. Docker)
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• Strategic thinker mindset balancing delivery with long‑term vision.
• Proficiency in Agile/Scrum.

Bonus Points if you have

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional Certification, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional Certification, or any additional cloud certifications
• Banking/financial services industry experience
• Development experience especially with .NET
• AWS Enterprise Support or Well‑Architected Review experience
• Event‑driven architecture (i.e. Kafka, Kinesis)
• Microservices and API design
• Kubernetes advanced management
• IDE experience

Applicants must have legal authority to work in the United States. Work Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Compensation Range

$83,200.00 - $178,800.00

The posted compensation range on this listing represents UMB’s standard for this role, but the actual compensation may vary by geographic location, experience level, and other job‑related factors. In addition, this range does not encompass the full earning potential for this role. Please see the description of benefits included with this job posting for additional information.

UMB offers competitive and varied benefits to eligible associates, such as Paid Time Off; a 401(k) matching program; annual incentive pay; paid holidays; a comprehensive company sponsored benefit plan including medical, dental, vision, and other insurance coverage; health savings, flexible spending, and dependent care accounts; adoption assistance; an employee assistance program; fitness reimbursement; tuition reimbursement; an associate wellbeing program; an associate emergency fund; and various associate banking benefits. Benefit offerings and eligibility requirements vary.

Are you ready to be part of something more?

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