University of Utah

Job Summary

About my529
my529 administers the State of Utah's 529 education savings plan. With approximately $20 billion in assets under management, my529 consistently ranks as one of the top 529 plans in the United States. Learn more at www.my529.org.

Background
We are currently seeking a qualified DevOps Engineer to help maintain and grow our CI/CD pipeline, while simultaneously containerizing, then migrating our on-prem applications into AWS. Leveraging tools such as Gitlab, Jenkins, Docker, and Octopus Deploy, with a focus on "shifting left" and strengthening the security portion of DevSecOps.


Responsibilities
Responsibilities include:

• Drives DevOps strategy to automate tasks, define standards, tool selection, and implement best practice methodology.
• Develops/Implements scripts and automation tools used to build, integrate, and deploy software releases to various internal platforms (CI and CD tools).
• Partners with PM/BA on release management including the scheduling, coordinating, and deployment of releases.
• Collaborates with DBA on automating script deployment as part of an overall release package.
• Leads the design and implementation of pipelines to automate software delivery from development to production.
• Works with QA automation engineers, developers and the security team to integrate testing tools into the pipeline.
• Incorporates DevOps activities within an Agile environment.

Minimum Qualifications
Qualifications include:

• 2+ years of DevOps experience
• 1+ year of AWS/Cloud experience
• 1+ year of container orchestration experience (ideally Kubernetes)
• Advanced use of HELM, YAML, Bash and/or PowerShell scripting
• Understanding of hybrid cloud environments
• Experience with C#, .NET, and JavaScript is a bonus

Successful candidates should have experience in the following:

• Implementing and supporting DevOps pipelines with a CI/CD tool focus on GitLab, Jenkins and Octopus Deploy.
• Containerizing applications using Docker, preferably those comprised of a React front-end and .NET back-end.
• Using Kubernetes (HELM) for container orchestration.
• Experience with AWS including EC2, ECR, Load balancing, S3, VPC, etc.
• Using Git (GitLab) for code/repository management.
• Parameterizing and automating environment configuration settings.
• Experience working with a security team to shift left' and follow DevSecOps practices.
• Experience with systems administration in Linux and Windows environments.

Preferences
6 years in a DevOps position implementing and supporting CI/CD pipelines in a hybrid cloud environment will be considered in lieu of education and experience requirement.

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN41288B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary: Hybrid Model. General hours are Mon - Fri 8am - 5pm
Department: 01396 - my529
Location: My529 Downtown SLC
Pay Rate Range: $93,275.95 - $102,708.35
Close Date: 6/5/2025
Open Until Filled:

To apply, visit https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/179512

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