DevOps Engineer - Technology Solutions

University of Illinois Chicago; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Illinois Chicago seeks a DevOps Engineer to design and optimize secure, scalable infrastructure for the University AI Platform and enterprise services. Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, enforcing security and compliance, and mentoring engineers.

The role requires experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and GitHub Actions in a multi-cloud environment, with Illinois residency preferred. Hybrid work arrangement in Chicago is available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely related field.
• At least 1 year of professional IT experience within IT development.
• Experience in a multi-cloud development environment with CI/CD concepts and tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Experience architecting and managing container orchestration platforms using Kubernetes and Docker.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable infrastructure for the University AI Platform and enterprise services using Terraform, Kubernetes, and containerization technologies.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) ensuring AI tools and applications meet security, accessibility, and compliance standards.
• Collaborates with senior technical staff to align on priorities and technical direction.
• Maintain and optimize GitHub Actions, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and related tooling with consistent standards.

Skills

CI/CD concepts

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub Actions

Security automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

EntraID

AWS

Azure

Job description

DevOps Engineer - Technology Solutions

Hiring Department: Technology Solutions

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1042099

FTE: 1

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday / 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Shift: Days

# of Positions: 1

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Posting Close Date: 09/20/2026

Salary Range (commensurate with experience): $80,000.00 - 90,000.00 / Annual Salary

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation's preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent "Best Colleges" rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has nearly 260,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

• Health


• Dental


• Vision


• Life Insurance


• a Retirement Plan


• Paid time Off


• Tuition waivers for employees and dependents

Under general direction, designs, implements, and optimizes secure, scalable infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines supporting enterprise technology services and the University AI Platform. Serves as a technical resource for DevOps practices including Infrastructure-as-Code, container orchestration, security-first automation, and observability. Contributes to the formalization of DevOps-as-a-Service offerings, mentors other engineers and student employees, and collaborates across teams to ensure reliable, compliant, and automated delivery of software and platform services.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure, scalable infrastructure for the University AI Platform and enterprise services using Terraform, Kubernetes, and containerization technologies.


• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) ensuring AI tools and applications meet security, accessibility, and compliance standards.


• Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies such as GitHub Copilot with organizational standards.


• Collaborates with senior technical staff to align on priorities and technical direction.


• Contribute to containerization roadmapping and prototype new concepts to improve and innovate within the team.


• Collaborate with the security team to implement automated security scanning, accessibility scanning, dependency checking, and compliance validation within CI/CD workflows.


• Define and recommend security guardrails and least-privilege access controls across EntraID, AWS, and Azure environments for review and approval by senior staff.


• Build secure data pipelines enabling AI access to university data while maintaining FERPA compliance.


• Implement Splunk observability dashboards for monitoring data integrity, platform performance, and system health.


• Support the formalization and scaling of DevOps-as-a-Service by documenting learnings and developing self-service tooling and reusable automation patterns for campus-wide adoption.


• Maintain and optimize GitHub Actions, TDX iPaaS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and Lando environments with consistent standards and maximum ROI.


• Develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and disaster recovery plans.


• Mentor and guide mid-level DevOps engineers, junior developers, and student employees.


• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to build long-term institutional DevOps capacity.


• Must be available for on-call schedule and off-hours work.


• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications Required:

1. Bachelor Degree within Computer Science or closely related field of study


2. Minimum 1 years of professional IT experience within IT Development which includes demonstrated experience in developing and/or modifying new and existing applications, including requirement analysis, design, code, test, debug, implementation and maintenance.


3. Experience in a complex, multi-cloud development environment with CI/CD concepts and tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins), including designing and implementing Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform across multiple environments.


4. Experience architecting and managing container orchestration platforms using Kubernetes and Docker.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps or infrastructure engineering.


• Experience designing and managing infrastructure on AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms.


• Experience implementing security automation, vulnerability scanning, and compliance validatio within CI/CD pipelines.


• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash and Python for automation of infrastructure and deployment workflows.


• Experience with Linux administration in an enterprise environment


• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Grafana, or Prometheus.


• Familiarity with AI/ML platform infrastructure and integration patterns (e.g., GitHub Copilot, LLM hosting).


• Experience with identity and access management platforms (e.g., EntraID) and least-privilege access models.


• Knowledge of FERPA or similar data privacy compliance frameworks in a higher education environment.


• Experience with TDX iPaaS, Lando, and WordPress architecture.


• Familiarity with Agile/Kanban methodologies and GitFlow workflows.


• Knowledge of configuration formats such as JSON, XML, and YAML.


• Understanding of certificates and SSL lifecycle management.


• Experience mentoring junior or mid-level engineers.

Illinois Residency is required within 180 days of employment.

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

The university provides accommodations to applicants and employees. Request an Accommodation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.