DevOps Engineer

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Dev Ops Engineer I

In Information Technology Services we pride ourselves on the culture we have created in our department. We build strong relationships across campus where we foster creativity, innovation through hard work, fun, and a commitment to excellence. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply today!

As a collaborative member of the Dev Ops Team in Information Technology Services, the Dev Ops Engineer I contributes to Florida Poly's initiative to build an AI-operable enterprise systems environment. This position supports the development, automation, deployment, and maintenance of enterprise integrations and applications across the university's technology ecosystem. This role is designed for early-career professionals with foundational technical experience who are eager to grow their skills in a real-world, AI-forward enterprise setting.

The Dev Ops Engineer I works within an established engineering team to help design, build, document, and operate governed AI tools, integrations, and automations that connect Florida Poly's enterprise systems including Ellucian Banner, Workday, Salesforce, and Microsoft Azure. Work is performed using Git Hub-centered engineering practices, including version-controlled code, pull request review, CI/CD pipelines, and structured documentation.

The Dev Ops Engineer I contributes to agentic AI pilots such as building read-only knowledge tools, producing AI-assisted recommendations, drafting actions, and supporting human-approved execution workflows. This role is an opportunity to grow alongside an emerging discipline, gain hands-on experience with MCP servers, OpenAPI tool definitions, Azure Foundry, and AI-assisted development, and help shape how a modern STEM university operates its enterprise technology.

• Contribute to the design, implementation, testing, and documentation of governed AI tools, integrations, and automations using approved Dev Ops practices, following secure coding and change control standards.
• Assist in building and operating pilot AI agent workflows, including read-only knowledge tools, recommendation systems, and draft-action workflows, and help design integrations that are AI-ready, well-documented, and suitable for future automation.
• Create and maintain structured technical documentation, including README files, runbooks, architecture notes, and operational procedures, written clearly enough for both human engineers and AI-assisted development tools.
• Respond to integration issue reports, assist in diagnosing failures, and support operational reliability by helping improve monitoring, alerting, logging, and visibility across the team's portfolio of integrations and applications.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related analytical field, or equivalent experience.
• Entry-level to 3 years of relevant experience in software development, Dev Ops, cloud services, systems integration, automation, or related technical work.
• Experience may include internships, student employment, capstone projects, research projects, open-source contributions, or personal technical projects.

• Experience with Git Hub, CI/CD concepts, automated testing, and deployment pipelines.
• Exposure to AI-assisted software development using tools such as Claude Code, Git Hub Copilot, or similar platforms.
• Interest in building secure, AI-ready integrations and applications that can be operated by humans today and AI agents in the future.
• Experience with cloud applications and SaaS platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Ellucian Banner, Workday, or Salesforce.

• Foundational software engineering skills, including coding, testing, version control, and Git Hub-based or similar development workflows.
• Working knowledge of APIs, REST principles, and structured data exchange formats (JSON, XML).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure; experience with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, or similar services is a plus.
• Exposure to or genuine interest in agentic AI, large language…