Cloud Platform Engineer
Draper, UT - USA
Job Summary
The Cloud Platform Engineer designs builds and enhances Sunwest Banks cloud platforms with Azure as the primary enterprise cloud and AWS supporting select initiatives. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building foundational cloud capabilities including Infrastructure as Code landing zone architecture automation and CI/CD pipelines. Working closely with Product and Engineering teams you will enable the secure and efficient delivery of technology solutions while supporting banking security and regulatory requirements.
Schedule: Monday Friday; work hours may vary based on operational needs and project delivery
Work Location: Onsite
Travel: Occasional
Cloud Platform & Automation
- Build and maintain cloud infrastructure using Azure Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
- Develop automation CI/CD pipelines and self-service platform capabilities to improve delivery speed and consistency.
- Migrate and modernize cloud resources to support scalable repeatable deployments.
Cloud Operations & Security
- Design deploy and support secure Azure infrastructure including networking identity Kubernetes monitoring and disaster recovery.
- Implement governance security controls and cost management practices that align with regulatory requirements.
Platform Engineering & Collaboration
- Support AWS environments for select business initiatives.
- Partner with Product Engineering and Security teams to remove infrastructure bottlenecks and improve developer experience.
- Support audits access reviews compliance activities and operational change management processes.
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
Infrastructure as Code
- Hands-on experience building and managing production cloud infrastructure with Terraform including modular design state management and deployment workflows.
Cloud Platform Engineering
- 5 years of infrastructure engineering experience including 3 years working with Azure in production environments.
- Experience with Azure governance networking identity and security services.
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture automation and platform operations.
Containers & Automation
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads (AKS preferred).
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps GitHub Actions or similar tools.
- Scripting experience with PowerShell Bash Python or similar languages.
Compliance & Operations
- Experience supporting regulated environments and working within established change management security and audit processes.
- Experience with AWS services such as VPC IAM EC2 EKS or related cloud technologies.
- Experience with Azure data and analytics platforms including Microsoft Fabric Synapse OneLake or Power BI infrastructure.
- Industry certifications such as Azure Administrator (AZ-104) Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305) Terraform Associate or AWS certifications.
- Experience building platform engineering developer self-service or cloud automation capabilities.
- Proven ability to improve operational efficiency through infrastructure automation.
- Experience leading or contributing to cloud modernization and Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives.
- Highimpact role enabling product and engineering velocity
- Opportunity to shape cloud standards and platform strategy
- Collaborative environment balancing innovation with security and compliance
- Competitive compensation and benefits within a growing financial institution
Draper Utah
Competitive compensation commensurate with experience bonus benefits
In general the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow differently abled individuals to perform the essential functions of the job.
Sedentary: Limited activity no lifting limited walking
Moderate: Mostly standing walking bending frequent lifting
Light: Office work some lifting bending stooping or kneeling walking
Arduous: Heavy lifting bending crawling climbing
This job description reflects the general nature of the role and may change as business needs evolve. Sunwest Bank is an equal opportunity employer and works with staff members and customers without regard to race ancestry national origin sex marital status age religion medical condition handicap disability or veteran status.
Compliance with Bank Secrecy Act laws and regulations is considered an essential responsibility of this role. Employees must attend all required training and maintain compliance with Sunwest Banks Code of Ethics and Conduct as well as all applicable laws regulations policies and procedures.
Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties and may be amended as business needs require.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Sunwest Bank is an entrepreneurial business bank built for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. Find bank accounts, financing, HSA and more banking services.