Sr. Cloud Engineer

Ellucian powers innovation for higher education, partnering with approximately 3,000 customers across 50 countries, serving more than 21 million students.

Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff.

Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future.

These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, including data-rich tools for student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement.

Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners and user community of more than 45,000 provides best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.

Full-time opening for Sr.

Cloud Engineer at Ellucian Company LLC in Reston, VA 20191 (HQ).

JOB DUTIES: Cloud Architecture and Infrastructure- Lead the design, implementation, and support of scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure solutions across public cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.

Infrastructure as Code: Build and manage infrastructure using automation tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation to ensure consistent, repeatable, and auditable deployments.

DevOps Enablement: Collaborate with development teams to design and enhance CI/CD pipelines that accelerate delivery while maintaining quality, stability, and security.

Monitoring and Observability: Implement and maintain observability solutions (e.g., CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana) to monitor system performance and proactively detect and resolve issues.

Security and Compliance: Apply security best practices for cloud platforms, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, secrets management, and compliance with industry standards such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

Hybrid Environments: Support infrastructure for a variety of application types, including cloud-native SaaS applications as well as hybrid systems such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM, SQL Server, and IIS.

Automation and Optimization: Automate routine operations and workflows to improve reliability and efficiency, and continuously seek opportunities to optimize cloud performance and cost.