Western Governors University
Staff Cloud Engineer - Craft Education
Nashville, TN · Staff+ · Full-time
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About the role
- The ideal candidate is adaptable across tools and platforms, brings deep cloud expertise, and thrives in solving complex technical challenges at scale.
- This is an in-office position working out of our incredible office in downtown Nashville, TN
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable cloud architectures and enterprise-grade solutions.
- Monitor job performance and optimize Spark SQL queries to improve efficiency and system responsiveness.
- Build and maintain automation for software deployment, infrastructure provisioning, and operational workflows.
- Partner with technical and non-technical stakeholders to communicate solutions, drive initiatives, and continuously improve reporting, analytics, automation, and production support processes.
- Ability to lead the design, development, and deployment of business-critical software and infrastructure at scale.
- The Staff Cloud Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for designing, architecting, developing, and optimizing scalable cloud-based solutions.
- This role partners closely with software development teams, architects, and infrastructure engineers to build reliable, efficient, and secure platforms that support the technologies serving our students, partners and employees.
- Experience working directly with customers and business stakeholders to design cloud infrastructure solutions while evaluating risks, tradeoffs, and best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or a related field.
- Experience with highly available and fault-tolerant enterprise and web-scale software deployments.
- Experience with GitFlow workflows and continuous integration tools such as Jenkins or Travis CI.
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Chef and SaltStack.
Compensation
- $161,000.00 - $249,500.00
Benefits
- Experience in Lieu of Education
- Equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions of this role may substitute for education requirements.
- Generally, equivalent relevant experience is defined as one year of experience for one year of education and is at the discretion of the hiring manager.
Company info
- We are working tirelessly to accelerate the expansion of these programs along with the data infrastructure that underpins them.
Equal opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
- Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
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