The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) is embarking on an exciting mission of establishing state of the art computational, data and informatics infrastructure for supporting cutting edge biomedical research and innovation to care. We are seeking a Cloud Engineer to join our Informatics team and help us design, develop, and deploy complex research computing and computational science workflows that support researchers.

The Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Initiative at UW-Madison is dedicated to addressing significant, complex challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration, strategic faculty hiring, and research infrastructure enhancement. The initiative focuses on areas such as AI, Earth sciences, and human-centered technology to drive groundbreaking discovery and education.

The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based infrastructure to support the clinical research data services offered through SMPH as part of the RISE Initiative. This role involves working with a team of engineers and researchers to ensure scalable, secure, and efficient cloud solutions for data-intensive and computational workloads.

• 10% Communicates and coordinates with staff related to the project and/or system
• 40% Develops, programs, and/or deploys automation workflows for deployment, configuration, and/or monitoring of systems/services
• 10% Manages and maintains automation tools and infrastructure, including security configurations
• 30% Performs integration, migration, configuration, and security of existing applications and services into automated infrastructures
• 10% Implements and supports security controls to ensure the cloud resources protect data following HIPAA and relevant NIST guidance

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Preferred
Bachelor's Degree

Required:
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with public cloud computing (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Minimum of 2 years professional experience, and proficiency, in automation, configuration management, and monitoring using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt)
- Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CICD) pipelines
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience with Git version control system

Preferred:
- Experience with Azure AI and Machine Learning services
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric
- Proficiency in Linux/Unix systems, scripting languages (e.g., Batch, Python)
- Experience with research and healthcare environment
- Experience with Agile or Scrum methodology and tools
- Experience with regulatory or security regulations, controls and benchmarks like HIPAA, NIST 800-53 and CIS

Strong communication and people skills are required. The ideal candidate is curious, self-motivated, and able to work with minimal supervision. The selected candidate must be committed to providing quality customer service.

Full Time: 100%

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Ongoing/Renewable

Minimum $100,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
The starting salary for the position is $100,000 but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Benefits information can be found at (https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/).

SMPH Academic Staff Benefits flyer: (https://uwmadison.box.com/s/r50myohfvfd15bqltljn0g4laubuz7t0)

University sponsorship is not available for this position, including transfers of sponsorship and TN visas. The selected applicant will be responsible for ensuring their continuous eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without the need of an employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment. This position is an ongoing position that will require continuous work eligibility. If you are selected for this position you must provide proof of work authorization and eligibility to work.

To apply for this position, please click on the "Apply Now" button. You will be asked to upload a current resume/CV and a cover letter briefly describing your qualifications and experience.

Cody Roekle
croekle@wisc.edu
608-263-7676
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DevOps Engineer II(IT106)

A53-MEDICAL SCHOOL/Informatics and IT

Academic Staff-Renewable

316573-AS

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity Employer.