Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The State of Colorado is dedicated to making a difference in higher education through its University of Colorado System Administration. The Principal Cloud Application Engineer is a senior technical role responsible for designing, developing, and governing enterprise cloud-based integration solutions, ensuring reliable data exchange among applications.
Responsibilities
- Plan, configure, deliver, and govern cloud-based integration, messaging, and software delivery platforms, including environment configuration, access control, monitoring, and operational readiness
- Establish and enforce standards for reliability, performance, security, testing, and automated software delivery across enterprise platforms
- Design and oversee CI/CD pipelines, quality assurance strategies, and DevOps practices to ensure consistent, secure, and efficient solution delivery
- Provide technical direction by defining integration frameworks, guiding solution design decisions, and collaborating with stakeholders to integrate AI-enabled or data-driven services in alignment with enterprise governance and security standards
- Design, develop, and support enterprise application integration solutions within cloud-based and distributed environments
- Translate complex business and system requirements into scalable, secure, and highly available integration solutions using middleware, service-oriented, and event-driven design patterns
- Implement and maintain APIs, data transformations, orchestration workflows, and distributed messaging solutions to enable reliable data exchange across enterprise systems
- Support the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including solution design, development, testing, deployment, and post-production support
Skills
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, or a related IT field plus three (3) years of progressively responsible experience as a Systems Engineer/Architect, DevOps/Platform Engineer, or Integrations Developer (or a similar position) designing and delivering large-scale enterprise on-prem and cloud-based solutions
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, or a related IT field plus five (5) years of progressively responsible experience as a Systems Engineer/Architect, DevOps/Platform Engineer, or Integrations Developer (or a similar position) designing and delivering large-scale enterprise on-prem and cloud-based solutions
- Three (3) years of experience in planning, designing, building, and supporting cloud-based integration solutions using enterprise integration platforms (e.g. MuleSoft CloudHub or Boomi)
- Three (3) years of experience in integrating systems such as Salesforce, Oracle PeopleSoft, Learning Management Systems using standard Integration patterns
- Three (3) years of experience in maintaining CI/CD automation using automated software delivery DevOps frameworks (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD)
- Two (2) years of experience in providing technical direction, enforcing API governance, coding standards, testing standards, reusable frameworks, and integration best practices across enterprise teams
- Two (2) years of experience in mentoring junior staff and work cross-functionally with analysts and architects
- Two (2) years of experience in designing and governing enterprise messaging and data streaming platforms (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- One (1) year of experience integrating AI-enabled services into enterprise software applications
Benefits
- No-cost or low-cost medical & dental plan options, some inclusive of IVF assistance.
- Disability, Life, Vision Insurance options.
- Multiple retirement planning options including a mandatory 401(a) plan where CU contributes 10% of your gross pay, a 401k or 403b plan and a 457 deferred compensation plan.
- Pre-tax savings plans, such as Health care and Dependent care flexible spending accounts.
- Embrace a healthy work-life balance with ample sick and vacation leave, along with at least 12 paid holidays. This includes a dedicated week off for winter break.
- 6 weeks of parental leave to adjust to the joys of parenthood.
- A tuition benefit program for you and/or your dependents.
- Free RTD EcoPass and free onsite parking at our 1800 Grant Street Office.
- Many additional perks & programs with the CU Advantage.
- Additional Taxable Fringe Benefits May Be Available.
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