Senior Cloud Engineer: Scalable Architectures & Automation

Western Governors University; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 161,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Telehealth and mental healthcare

Health Savings Account

Retirement savings plan

Wellbeing program

Discounted WGU tuition

Flexible paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Western Governors University seeks a Staff Cloud Engineer to design, architect, and optimize scalable cloud-based solutions from its Nashville office. You will partner with software developers, architects and infra engineers to build reliable platforms for students, partners and staff.

The role requires deep cloud experience, leadership in cloud operations, and delivering enterprise-grade deployments with a focus on automation and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field.
• 9 years of relevant experience.
• SDLC and Agile/iterative experience.
• Expertise implementing AWS services in distributed environments.
• Proficiency in DevOps scripting and automation.
• Strong Linux/Windows admin experience in cloud or virtualized setups.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins/Travis CI) and configuration tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of scalable cloud architectures.
• Supervise Spark workloads and cloud technologies deployment.
• Research and solve complex business and technical problems.
• Monitor Spark SQL performance and optimize queries.
• Build and maintain deployment automation and infra provisioning.
• Identify and resolve operational issues to ensure reliability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve reporting, analytics, and production support.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS expertise

DevOps scripting

CI/CD tooling

Linux administration

Monitoring

Terraform/automation

Containerization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

Jenkins

Travis CI

Chef

SaltStack

NewRelic

Nagios

CloudWatch

IPMonitor

GitFlow

Job description

Western Governors University seeks a Staff Cloud Engineer to design, architect, and optimize scalable cloud-based solutions from its Nashville office. You will partner with software developers, architects and infra engineers to build reliable platforms for students, partners and staff.

The role requires deep cloud experience, leadership in cloud operations, and delivering enterprise-grade deployments with a focus on automation and performance.