DevOps Cloud Engineer, Innovation Hub

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career! 


JOB SUMMARY
The DevOps Cloud Engineer is a vital member of the Enterprise Systems and Services team. This role is responsible for leveraging CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Azure DevOps (ADO) to manage, optimize, and maintain cloud infrastructure across multiple platforms, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. The primary goal is to support the organization's healthcare applications and services. In addition to these core responsibilities, the DevOps Cloud Engineer will address digital transformation challenges, ensuring that technology systems and services align with industry best practices. This role is crucial in accelerating the adoption of a multi-cloud infrastructure at UT Southwestern, driving innovation and efficiency throughout the organization. 

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!
  EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
  Required
• Education
  Bachelor's Degree with major coursework in computer science, math, information systems, or other related field. 
  Associate's Degree and 4 years of experience 
  High School Diploma or GED and 6 years progressively responsible and applicable information technology experience 
  
  

• Experience
  2 years of deep technical experience in infrastructure design, build and deployment, including private and public cloud, networking, connectivity, storage, virtualization, and identity. Implementation of Azure networking for enterprise organizations 
  Securing, managing, and monitoring Azure environments 
  Experience building and deploying resilient Azure cloud architectures 
  Experience with best practice guidance like the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
  Well versed in Windows Server, VMWare and Active Directory 
  Experienced in the use of Azure platform services to IaaS, PaaS solutions 
  Experience with the Azure CLI, PowerShell/Azure PowerShell, and the Azure Portal 
  Experience with configuration management and automation technologies 
  Experience working with or using Azure technologies such as virtual machines, blob, queues, tables, Cloud Services, web apps, functions apps, Azure Active Directory, Virtual Networks, ExpressRoute, etc. 
  An equivalent combination of education and/or directly related experience may be substituted in lieu of the stated requirements. 
  
  

Preferred

• Licenses and Certifications
  One or more of the following certifications: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Certified Upon Hire 
  
  

JOB DUTIES

• Identifies and proposes innovative and creative cloud solutions that enhance or increase the efficiency of the services provided by Information Resources to the campus community.
• Applies IaC concepts for configuration management & immutable infrastructure.
• Deploys and manages immutable infrastructure.
• Performs network troubleshooting at the cloud level, using associated tools, i.e., network traces.
• Manages cloud services running in a combined directory services environment and handles associated configurations and rights assignments.
• Works with cloud security components, both with identifying potential vulnerabilities and remediating said vulnerabilities where applicable.
• Analyzes and remediates problems involving cloud infrastructure, operating systems, database systems, applications, or other related technologies associated with cloud services. This includes troubleshooting issues using proficiencies with the proper tools and utilities.
• Collaborates with system users and engineers to make recommendations, receive feedback, and test additions and/or enhancements to the cloud environment so that the systems and any associated/hosted applications are updated, tested, developed, and implemented as required.
• Proposes policies for cloud infrastructure, operating system, and associated storage layout and design; works in tandem with the scientific and technical community using knowledge of future trends to produce a combined systems solution that is based on user and system engineer needs.
• Installs cloud infrastructure, operating systems, and associated application upgrades, in a manner that maintains proper system integrity.
• Consults with end users, application analysts, and vendors as a component of leading assigned project efforts; this includes the initial design and development phases, specifications and pricing, and the follow-on system design, build, configuration testing, go-live, and project closure tasks.
• Develops documentation relative to assigned cloud projects and tasks, including documentation related to system testing, disaster recovery, and routine system administration processes.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT

Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 117.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

EEO
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.