Devops Cloud Engineer

Your future role at a glance

Department: Core Tech Cloud Platform

Schedule: 8 hour shift, Monday-Friday

Location: Remote

Salary:

$91,107 - $126,998 per year

Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity

Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000\+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150\+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you’ll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.

Benefits that help you thrive

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options
• Financial security \& retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance
• Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays
• Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning
• Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
• Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits
• Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more

Benefit options and eligibility vary by position, scheduled hours and location. Benefits are subject to change at any time. Your recruiter will provide the most up-to-date details during the hiring process.

How you’ll make an impact in this role

• 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.

Preferred

• 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.

Education

What minimum requirements you’ll need

• 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.

Equal employment opportunity employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.

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