Cloud Operations Lead — Multi-Cloud & Automation

University System of New Hampshire; Durham (NH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The University System of New Hampshire seeks a Cloud Operations Team Lead to guide a 3-person unit responsible for the enterprise IT automation toolkit, cloud platforms, and DevOps services. You will shape CI/CD pipelines, multi-cloud strategies, and platform automation across Azure, AWS, and private clouds.

Ideal candidates bring strong leadership, hands-on cloud engineering experience, and a track record of driving cost governance, security, and scalable operations in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field.
• Four years of IT experience or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience designing and managing Azure and AWS cloud environments.
• Experience with Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of cloud cost governance and FinOps.
• Scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of 3 Cloud Operations & Engineering staff and oversee delivery quality.
• Plan and schedule team resources and staffing processes.
• Lead hiring, onboarding, and performance reviews with clear goals.
• Develop and maintain automation for CI/CD and cloud platform services.
• Design multi-cloud and hybrid cloud solutions across Azure, AWS, and private clouds.
• Ensure cloud governance, security, and cost management practices are followed.
• Collaborate with developers and admins to plan needs and deployments.

Skills

Team leadership

Cloud computing

CI/CD

Automation

Scripting

Linux

Windows

Monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Azure

CloudFormation

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

The University System of New Hampshire seeks a Cloud Operations Team Lead to guide a 3-person unit responsible for the enterprise IT automation toolkit, cloud platforms, and DevOps services. You will shape CI/CD pipelines, multi-cloud strategies, and platform automation across Azure, AWS, and private clouds.

Ideal candidates bring strong leadership, hands-on cloud engineering experience, and a track record of driving cost governance, security, and scalable operations in a hybrid environment.