Lead Cloud Platform & Dev Ops Engineer

Lead Cloud Platform & Dev Ops Engineer

U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident required. Candidate must be a Colorado resident or be able to relocate to Colorado within one month of employment.

CU is an equal‑opportunity employer and encourages individuals from all backgrounds, including protected veterans and people with disabilities, to apply.

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud platform architecture, including security, identity, networking, and policy controls aligned with institutional standards.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and release processes, including build, testing, security, and deployment workflows across development and production environments.
• Support system integration across cloud and enterprise environments.
• Drive adoption of platform engineering practices, including containerization and automation.
• Contribute to automation and data‑driven technologies, including support for machine learning and intelligent automation workloads.
• Work across multiple projects and technical environments to ensure consistent implementation of Dev Ops and cloud engineering practices.
• Support platform reliability and operational practices, including defining service performance metrics (e.g., SLOs/SLIs), implementing monitoring and observability solutions, and participating in incident response and disaster recovery activities.
• Collaborate with information security and compliance teams to implement and maintain platform security controls, access management, and data protection measures in alignment with regulatory requirements (e.g., FERPA, HIPAA).
• Monitor and optimize platform performance, capacity, and cost utilization across cloud environments, ensuring consistency across environments.
• Ensure operational reliability and performance of platform services.
• Align platform solutions with institutional standards, policies, and requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and support to development and operations teams through documentation, training, and onboarding to promote effective use of platform services and Dev Ops practices.
• Evaluate and implement new technologies and tools to support cloud platform capabilities, automation, data integration, and data‑driven initiatives in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Contribute to development of technical standards, documentation, and governance practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of platform services and engineering processes.

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, or related IT field plus 3 years of progressively responsible experience as a Platform Engineer supporting production systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, or related IT field plus 5 years of progressively responsible experience as a Platform Engineer supporting production systems.
• At least 3 years of experience with programming languages such as Python and/or Java, including machine learning frameworks; leading or supporting Dev Ops initiatives, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code, and release/change management practices.
• Designing, developing, and maintaining cloud‑based solutions using public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS services such as EKS, ECS, or Lambda), including containerized or serverless applications in production environments.
• Implementing monitoring, logging, and reliability practices and supporting incident response using industry tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• At least 2 years of experience with artificial intelligence, enterprise IT and cloud environments, including API and integration development, streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka or RabbitMQ), and collaboration with security or compliance stakeholders.

• No‑cost or low‑cost medical & dental plan options, including IVF assistance where available.
• Disability, life, vision insurance options.
• Retirement planning options, including mandatory 401(a) plan with 10% employer contribution, 401(k) or 403(b) plans, and a 457 deferred compensation plan.
• Pre‑tax savings plans, such as Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Ample sick and vacation leave, at least 12 paid holidays, and a dedicated week off for winter break.
• Six weeks of parental leave.
• Tuition benefit program for employee and/or dependents.
• Free RTD Eco Pass and free onsite parking at our Grant Street Office.
• Additional perks and programs through the CU Advantage.

Submit a cover letter identifying your most relevant qualifications and a resume detailing your experience. Applications must be submitted through CU Careers; emailed materials will not be considered.