Senior Cloud Engineer

WGU is a non-profit online university that offers competency-based degree programs. The Senior Cloud Engineer will serve as a strategic technical leader bridging software development and infrastructure operations, designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and highly available cloud Kubernetes environments.

Requirements

• Lead and perform software deployments across cloud environments
• Design and implement advanced monitoring and observability solutions
• Develop and maintain automation tools for deployment and infrastructure management
• Optimize application and system performance and responsiveness
• Proactively identify and resolve operational issues to ensure system reliability
• Enhance infrastructure scalability and stability through continuous improvement
• Implement and monitor AWS cost optimization strategies to ensure efficient resource usage and budget adherence
• Communicate delays and roadblocks to leadership and stakeholders
• Provide expert guidance and mentorship to development and infrastructure teams
• Lead maintenance and innovation-based projects with cross-functional teams
• Participate in and support the team’s on-call rotation

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
• Health savings account and flexible spending account
• Basic and voluntary life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
• Legal and identity theft coverage
• Retirement savings plan
• Wellbeing program
• Discounted WGU tuition
• Flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual
• Flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual
• 11 paid holidays
• Up to 12 weeks of parental leave