Cloud Engineer Professional

For over 180 years, the University of Notre Dame has been a leading American research university, offering a distinct perspective in higher education. This Catholic institution, based in Notre Dame, Indiana, is driven by a powerful blend of faith and intellectual curiosity, consistently pursuing excellence in education, groundbreaking research, and service to society. Notre Dame fosters a welcoming and vibrant campus where students, faculty, and staff are united in their commitment to creating an inclusive community and making a difference in the world. For individuals passionate about innovation, ethical leadership, and leveraging world-class facilities and renowned academic programs, Notre Dame provides a dynamic and impactful career path.

Are you excited to help run and improve enterprise-scale cloud platforms that support mission critical University services and cutting edge research? Notre Dame is hiring a Cloud Engineer Professional to join a highly skilled team known for operational excellence in AWS, now expanding into Azure and GCP.

You’ll support day-to-day cloud operations, primarily AWS, using Terraform/CloudFormation and GitHub workflows, while gaining strong opportunities to learn and grow your multi-cloud and automation expertise alongside experienced cloud engineers.

Responsibilities include:

• Configuring, monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting cloud infrastructure and automation scripts.

• Working with cloud architects and team members to assist in implementing proper cloud infrastructure to support ongoing projects.

• Performing standard administration tasks such as instance deployments, storage configurations, and patch management.

• Developing tools and scripts to assist with routine maintenance tasks and to automate repeatable tasks.

• Maintaining system and cloud architecture documentation.

• Collaborating with Architects to define best practices and standards for cloud operations.

• Supporting cloud governance and operational controls across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including policy/guardrail implementation, account/subscription/project hygiene, and identity and access management.

• Administering and maintaining AWS, Azure, and GCP environments, including core resource configuration, monitoring, cost management support, and operational troubleshooting.

• Assisting with implementing and maintaining AWS Organizations, Azure organizational structures (e.g., management groups/subscriptions), and GCP organizational structures (e.g., organizations/folders/projects), including standards alignment, tagging/labeling, and security baseline enforcement.

• Administering and maintaining core cloud services, primarily AWS, using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and CloudFormation), including IAM resources, networking (VPC/subnets/routes), security groups, DNS, and AWS Organizations configuration across development, test, and production environments.

• Following Git-based workflows for infrastructure and automation code (branching, pull requests, code review, and versioning) and uses GitHub for source control and collaboration, including working within CI/CD pipelines where applicable.

Critical skills employed in this role:

• Enterprise Cloud Operations

• Monitoring, Logging, Alerting, and Health Reporting

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and CloudFormation)

• AWS Core Services Administration (IAM, Networking, DNS, Security Groups, AWS Organizations)

• Governance and Operational Controls (AWS, Azure, and GCP)

• Git Workflows and GitHub Collaboration (PRs, reviews, versioning, CI/CD)

• Documentation, Standards, and Runbooks

Minimum:

• Hands-on experience operating cloud infrastructure in a production/enterprise environment

• Demonstrated experience with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation

• Working knowledge of AWS operational fundamentals (IAM, networking, DNS, security groups, and multi-account governance concepts such as AWS Organizations)

• Experience supporting monitoring/alerting and incident response; familiarity with service management processes for requests and incidents

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities, strong written and oral communication skills, and strong documentation skills

• Ability to work at the University of Notre Dame without visa sponsorship, now or in the future. 

Preferred:

• Experience supporting governance and operational controls in Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform

• Experience Supporting Windows and Linux Servers

• Experience building automation tooling (scripts, CLIs, operational utilities) to reduce toil and improve reliability

• Experience contributing to or operating BC/DR plans, runbooks, and recovery testing in cloud environments

• Experience with GitHub-based CI/CD workflows for infrastructure delivery

We encourage anyone interested in applying, even if you don’t have all the skills mentioned above. Our team invests in helping each other learn and grow in our industry. You will be supported in your desire for well-being, work-life integration, and professional growth and development.

Application Deadline (subject to change): Tuesday, March 31st, 2026

Salary: up to 95K, commensurate with experience

Please include a cover letter for full consideration of your application

Please Note: This is a full time position, M-F 8-5, with occasional after hours and/or weekend support. This role may begin as a fully onsite position during an acclimation and ramp-up period. After this period, the position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement (1-2 days remote) based on operational needs and team expectations.

The University of Notre Dame seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty, staff and administration. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or age in employment. Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals, and complies with 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a). We strongly encourage applications from candidates attracted to a university with a Catholic identity.