Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

Nelnet, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA

FSA

401K / student loan repayment

Life insurance & AD&D

Employee assistance program

Employee stock purchase program

Tuition reimbursement

Performance-based incentive pay

Short- & long-term disability

Wellness program

Job summary

Nelnet Business Services (NBS) seeks a Senior DevOps and Cloud Engineer to lead cloud deployments and IT infrastructure across Lincoln, NE; Madison, WI; and Centennial, CO. The role focuses on cloud architecture, automation, and security in a multi-site environment.

Required are 8+ years of experience, AWS/Azure certification, virtualization and containerization expertise, and strong collaboration skills. Compensation ranges from $120k to $130k annually plus a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field (equivalent experience may be substituted).
• 8+ years of experience in related competency fields.

Responsibilities

• Develops, modifies, and maintains IT cloud infrastructure to meet business objectives.
• Implements and provides oversight on technical solutions for various sized projects or daily support initiatives.
• Creates and maintains technical documentation for IT systems and solutions.
• Works with multiple customers, stakeholders, and system owners to produce requirements, determine feasibility, analyze cost/benefits requirements, and recommend design solution options.
• Provides training and technical support for users with varying levels of IT knowledge.
• Completes and evaluates enhancements to routine preventative measures.
• Ensures logging occurs and participates in log analysis for vulnerability reviews, penetration assessments, and network monitoring.
• Assists in regulatory body attestations to maintain system and network compliance.

Skills

AWS/Azure cloud services

Cloud Architect certification

VMware/Hyper-V virtualization

Docker Kubernetes

Windows scripting PowerShell

Linux Bash scripting

Networking (DNS, routing, firewalls)

Security best practices

CI/CD

communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

VMware

Hyper-V

Job description

Nelnet Business Services (NBS) seeks a Senior DevOps and Cloud Engineer to lead cloud deployments and IT infrastructure across Lincoln, NE; Madison, WI; and Centennial, CO. The role focuses on cloud architecture, automation, and security in a multi-site environment.

Required are 8+ years of experience, AWS/Azure certification, virtualization and containerization expertise, and strong collaboration skills. Compensation ranges from $120k to $130k annually plus a comprehensive benefits package.