Cloud Engineer IV

Boston Children's Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Affordable health, vision, and dental insurance

Child care and student loan subsidies

Generous levels of time off

403(b) Retirement Savings plan

Pension

Tuition and certification reimbursement

Cell phone plan discounts

Discounted rates on T-passes

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to lead cloud computing functions. The role involves designing and implementing cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP, and requires strong scripting skills with Python and PowerShell.

The ideal candidate will have 7 years of hands-on DevOps experience with a focus on cloud migration and Infrastructure as Code. A Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field is required. Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package including flexible schedules, affordable health insurance, and generous time off.

Qualifications

• 7 Years of Hands-on DevOps experience with AWS and/or Azure.
• Experience in healthcare and end-user support is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Lead cloud migration efforts, assessing applications for cloud readiness.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Investigate best practices for cloud-native development and DevOps.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cloud architecture design

CI/CD pipeline implementation

Scripting with Python and PowerShell

Documentation and technical writing

Networking and cybersecurity principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Position Summary

Research, design, implement, and continually drive improvement of cloud computing functions within the Hospital. Operates as technical lead and may act in a lead role when needed to cover for team manager. Effectively prioritizes assigned tasks and work for project teams, ensuring needs are met within the required timeframe and to the desired outcomes. Proposes new best practices as applicable to leadership for broader use.

Key Responsibilities

• Designs and implements cloud solutions across AWS, Azure and GCP environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• Research and identify the requirements of cloud computing needs by analyzing vendor provided and internally developed solutions to meet the integrated needs of multiple departments.
• Leads and supports cloud migration efforts, assessing on-premises and legacy applications for cloud readiness and executing lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-architecting strategies to move workloads to AWS and Azure.
• Author and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation to provision, configure, and manage cloud resources in a repeatable and auditable manner.
• Provides technical support to peers, application teams, research and clinical staff, and end-user services.
• Investigates/does research on best practices (concepts, tools, and processes) and how they can be applied to advance the BCH cloud computing environments.
• Designs and manages AWS and Azure networking components including VPCs, Load Balancers, VNets, subnets, route tables, peering-connections, Transit Gateways, ExpressRoute, VPN gateways, and DNS configurations.
• Investigates and researches best practices related to cloud-native development, DevOps, and IaC methodologies, and applies them to advance BCH cloud computing environments. * Designs, implements, and maintains CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes for cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Develops and maintains automation scripts using Python and PowerShell to support infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and operational tasks.
• Implements and enforce security controls, roles, and access policies across cloud platforms, including Azure App Registrations, IAM roles, service principals, and least-privilege access models.
• Designs and manages secure delivery of applications to the internet, including configuration of web application firewalls, TLS/SSL certificates, load balancers, and network security groups.

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analyses, and summarize the information and data to solve problems.
• Design complex systems and programs that cross department/divisional lines.
• Well-developed writing and communication skills to effectively deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions.
• Strong documentation skills, creation of detailed procedural guides, diagrams, and professional grade reference architectures.
• Technical skills including declarative and procedural scripting languages and tools such as PowerShell, Python, CloudFormation, Terraform, CI/CD pipeline, networking, and cybersecurity foundations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.

Experience

• 7 Years of Hands-on DevOps experience with AWS and/or Azure.
• Experience in healthcare and end-user support is a plus.

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.