Western Governors University

Western Governors University

Senior Cloud Engineer (IAM)

Salt Lake City, UT · Senior · Full-time

Work authorization required$144k-$223kDetected 5 days ago
PythonJavaBashReactAngularNode.jsDynamoDBAWSCloud PlatformsTerraformCI/CDJenkinsLinuxDevOpsOAuthCybersecurityNetwork SecurityIncident ResponseFirewallNetwork MonitoringZero TrustLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
  • This role combines deep technical expertise with leadership and mentorship, helping elevate both our systems and our engineering teams.
  • Generally, equivalent relevant experience is defined as 1 year of experience for 1 year of education and is the discretion of the hiring manager.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and implementation of IAM solutions across cloud-based infrastructure and applications
  • Architect, build, and maintain secure, scalable AWS environments supporting critical business systems
  • Define and implement authentication and identity standards including MFA, OAuth2/OIDC, and SAML
  • Design and maintain infrastructure for servers, storage, networking, and security systems
  • Drive automation initiatives for cloud platforms, including CI/CD pipelines and monitoring systems
  • Experience building distributed, scalable, and highly available systems
  • You will lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure solutions in AWS and act as a trusted expert in IAM architecture, automation, and best practices.

Requirements

  • experience and training
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field
  • Extensive experience with IAM technologies including SSO, MFA, privileged access management, Ping Identity, Microsoft Entra ID, SailPoint IIQ, and CyberArk
  • Experience with configuration management tools such as Chef, SaltStack, or Terraform
  • Experience with monitoring platforms such as CloudWatch, New Relic, or Nagios
  • Practical experience with Zero Trust Architecture and securing infrastructure systems
  • Experience with incident response, intrusion detection, firewalls, antivirus, and centralized logging
  • Experience with Chef and/or Terraform
  • Experience with VMware vSphere and vRealize Automation

Compensation

  • $143,700.00 - $222,700.00

Equal opportunity

  • 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.
  • Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • While we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, WGU is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role.

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