Senior Cloud Engineer (IAM

Position: Senior Cloud Engineer (IAM)
If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. 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.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Grade:
Technical 410

Pay Range: $ - $Job Description Impact As  a Senior Cloud Engineer focused on Identity and Access Management, you will shape and secure our cloud infrastructure while enabling seamless access for students and employees. 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. This role combines deep technical expertise with leadership and mentorship, helping elevate both our systems and our engineering teams.

What You’ll DoLead 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 SAMLDesign and maintain infrastructure for servers, storage, networking, and security systems

Drive automation initiatives for cloud platforms, including CI/CD pipelines and monitoring systems

Monitor system performance, capacity, and availability to ensure reliability and uptime

Mentor Cloud Engineers while contributing to documentation, standards, and best practices

What You’ll Bring Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field7 years of related experience3 years of AWS Cloud Services experienceCISSP or equivalent knowledge and experience in information security5 or more years of hands-on experience in Information Security, Security Engineering, Cloud Security Engineering, or Network Security Engineering Comprehensive knowledge of AWS core technologies including EKS, S3, RDS, EC2, SQS, IAM, Route 53, and serverless services such as Lambda and DynamoDBExtensive experience with IAM technologies including SSO, MFA, privileged access management, Ping Identity, Microsoft Entra , SailPoint IIQ, and Cyber Ark Strong  administration knowledge of Linux Experience scripting or programming in Bash, Java, Python, or Node.js

Experience building distributed, scalable, and highly available systems

Understanding of Dev Ops, CI/CD, Git Flow, and tools such as Jenkins or Travis

Experience with configuration management tools such as Chef, Salt Stack, or Terraform

Experience with monitoring platforms such as Cloud Watch, New Relic, or Nagios Knowledge of identity governance and lifecycle management, including JML and SSPRPractical experience with Zero Trust Architecture and securing infrastructure systems

Experience with incident response, intrusion detection, firewalls, antivirus, and centralized logging

Strong communication, documentation, and analytical skills

Self-starter mindset with the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively

Bonus Points

Experience with Chef and/or Terraform

Experience with VMware vSphere and vRealize Automation

Experience with front-end frameworks such as React or Angular Experience in Lieu of Education…