Devops Cloud Engineer

Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system committed to reimagining healthcare. They are seeking a DevOps Cloud Engineer to provide technical expertise in establishing and optimizing a continuous build and release environment, as well as to design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise and leadership in establishing and optimizing a continuous build and release environment to accelerate software delivery
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions (YAML scripting), Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, Vault, and Terraform Enterprise
• Develop, test, and maintain build and deployment automation scripts to streamline and standardize release processes
• Author, optimize, and troubleshoot GitHub Actions workflows in YAML to support multi-environment build, test, and deployment operations
• Design, develop, and implement tools, services, workflows, and processes to ensure highly available and efficient DevOps pipelines
• Participate in code, design, and product reviews to uphold quality standards and encourage best practices
• Build, configure, and administer instances and services across cloud environments (Google Cloud Platform and/or Microsoft Azure) for development, testing, and production workloads
• Script, test, and deploy new versions of applications, databases, and infrastructure components in the cloud
• Establish and maintain infrastructure monitoring and management processes using automation frameworks
• Troubleshoot and debug issues within GCP or other cloud infrastructure
• Apply Agile principles to plan, track, and deliver work using Jira or similar tools
• Analyze complex problems, recommend solutions, and implement improvements leveraging deep technical and theoretical expertise
• Define and implement strategies for networking, servers, platforms, and security that support enterprise systems
• Manage cloud infrastructure provisioning, cost optimization, and capacity planning

Requirements:

• Provide technical expertise and leadership in establishing and optimizing a continuous build and release environment to accelerate software delivery
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions (YAML scripting), Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, Vault, and Terraform Enterprise
• Develop, test, and maintain build and deployment automation scripts to streamline and standardize release processes
• Author, optimize, and troubleshoot GitHub Actions workflows in YAML to support multi-environment build, test, and deployment operations
• Design, develop, and implement tools, services, workflows, and processes to ensure highly available and efficient DevOps pipelines
• Participate in code, design, and product reviews to uphold quality standards and encourage best practices
• Build, configure, and administer instances and services across cloud environments (Google Cloud Platform and/or Microsoft Azure) for development, testing, and production workloads
• Script, test, and deploy new versions of applications, databases, and infrastructure components in the cloud
• Establish and maintain infrastructure monitoring and management processes using automation frameworks
• Troubleshoot and debug issues within GCP or other cloud infrastructure
• Apply Agile principles to plan, track, and deliver work using Jira or similar tools
• Analyze complex problems, recommend solutions, and implement improvements leveraging deep technical and theoretical expertise
• Define and implement strategies for networking, servers, platforms, and security that support enterprise systems
• Manage cloud infrastructure provisioning, cost optimization, and capacity planning
• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required
• Proven experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions (including advanced YAML scripting), Jenkins, and JFrog Artifactory
• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (GCP and/or Azure) and cloud-native services
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation and deployment tasks
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred)
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or collaboratively
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools like Jira
• Serve customers as a key point of contact
• Manage customer expectations and ensures prompt and complete customer service
• Form productive networks with internal and external customers and the vendor community
• Produce project plans, RFP's, and RFI's
• Customize presentations to the interests of the audience
• Conduct diagnosis of most business problems
• Design, direct and perform analyses to resolve complex first-time project issues including analysis of technical and economic feasibility of proposed system solutions
• Design projects with broad implications requiring systems integration of one or more technical platforms
• Lead design sessions by presenting logical statements of business problems and designs
• Participate in the design of technical requirements for the application/solution
• Serve as a staff resource and mentor regarding understanding of architectural systems