Boston Children's Hospital

Cloud Engineer IV

Boston Children's Hospital$120K — $145K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
  • 7+ years of hands-on DevOps experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Experience in healthcare and end-user support is a plus.
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
  • Proficient in scripting languages like Python and PowerShell.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Well-developed writing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP for high availability and security.
  • Research and analyze cloud computing requirements for multiple departments.
  • Lead cloud migration efforts and evaluate legacy applications for cloud readiness.
  • Author and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for cloud resource management.
  • Provide technical support to peers and end-user services.
  • Investigate and apply best practices in cloud computing and DevOps methodologies.
  • Design and manage networking components across AWS and Azure.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Collaborative work environment with a focus on innovation.
  • Possibility of flexible working arrangements.
  • Engagement in impactful projects within the healthcare sector.
Full Job Description
Job Posting Description

Position Summary

Research, design, implement, and continually drive improvement of cloud computing functions within the Hospital. Operates as technical lead and may act in a lead role when needed to cover for team manager. Effectively prioritizes assigned tasks and work for project teams, ensuring needs are met within the required timeframe and to the desired outcomes. Proposes new best practices as applicable to leadership for broader use.

Key Responsibilities
  • Designs and implements cloud solutions across AWS, Azure and GCP environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
  • Research and identify the requirements of cloud computing needs by analyzing vendor provided and internally developed solutions to meet the integrated needs of multiple departments.
  • Leads and supports cloud migration efforts, assessing on-premises and legacy applications for cloud readiness and executing lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-architecting strategies to move workloads to AWS and Azure.
  • Author and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation to provision, configure, and manage cloud resources in a repeatable and auditable manner.
  • Provides technical support to peers, application teams, research and clinical staff, and end-user services.
  • Investigates/does research on best practices (concepts, tools, and processes) and how they can be applied to advance the BCH cloud computing environments.
  • Designs and manages AWS and Azure networking components including VPCs, Load Balancers, VNets, subnets, route tables, peering-connections, Transit Gateways, ExpressRoute, VPN gateways, and DNS configurations.
  • Investigates and researches best practices related to cloud-native development, DevOps, and IaC methodologies, and applies them to advance BCH cloud computing environments.
  • Designs, implements, and maintains CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes for cloud infrastructure and applications.
  • Develops and maintains automation scripts using Python and PowerShell to support infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and operational tasks.
  • Implements and enforce security controls, roles, and access policies across cloud platforms, including Azure App Registrations, IAM roles, service principals, and least-privilege access models.
  • Designs and manages secure delivery of applications to the internet, including configuration of web application firewalls, TLS/SSL certificates, load balancers, and network security groups.
Knowledge and Skills
  • Advanced analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analyses, and summarize the information and data to solve problems.
  • Design complex systems and programs that cross department/divisional lines.
  • Well-developed writing and communication skills to effectively deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions.
  • Strong documentation skills, creation of detailed procedural guides, diagrams, and professional grade reference architectures.
  • Technical skills including declarative and procedural scripting languages and tools including PowerShell, Python, Cloud Formation, Terraform, CI/CD pipeline, and networking and cybersecurity foundations.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Education
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
Experience
  • 7 Years of Hands-on DevOps experience with AWS, Azure or GCP.
  • Experience in healthcare and end-user support is a plus.

About Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. Boston Children's Hospital is home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric hospital. More than 1,100 scientists, including nine members of the National Academy of Sciences, 11 on-staff members of the Institute of Medicine and 9 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The hospital is also the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
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