Lead Cloud Platform & Dev Ops Engineer
University of Colorado - System Administration · Denver, CO · Colorado
- Role
- Software engineer
- First seen
- Jul 14, 2026
- Closes
- Not listed
- Salary
- $121,791.28 Annually
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Summary
The Lead Cloud Platform DevOps Engineer leads the design, implementation, and support of cloud-based platforms and DevOps practices for University of Colorado System Administration's University Information Services. The role focuses on cloud platform architecture, infrastructure automation, CI/CD processes, and operational reliability, collaborating with campus IT teams and information security to deliver secure and scalable technology solutions. This position provides technical guidance to development and operations teams and contributes to continuous improvement of platform services.
Key qualifications
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related IT field plus 3 years of progressively responsible Platform Engineer experience, OR Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of similar experience
- 3 years of experience with programming languages (Python and/or Java), DevOps initiatives (CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code), and cloud-based solutions on public cloud platforms (AWS)
- 3 years of experience implementing monitoring, logging, and reliability practices using industry tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
- 2 years of experience with artificial intelligence and enterprise IT and cloud environments, including API and integration development
- 2 years of experience with streaming technologies (Kafka or RabbitMQ) and collaboration with security or compliance stakeholders
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