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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Engineer - Healthcare Cloud Platform - **Company:** UST Inc - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $105,000.0 - $158,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Audit Trail, User Authentication, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Interoperability, OpenID, Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, Runbook, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Security Information and Event Management, Software Deployment, Datadog, Data Logging, Cloud Platform System, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, Grafana, Reliability of Systems, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloudformation, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Health Level Seven International, Opsworks, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Splunk, Elk Stack - **Published:** August 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18009449?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18009449%2FPlatform-Engineer-Healthcare-Cloud-Platform-Illinois-Chicago ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline. * 7+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or SRE environments. * Expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code implementation. * Strong experience with IAM governance and cloud security controls. * Hands-on experience with AWS Systems Manager (SSM), CloudWatch Agents, and operational automation. * Experience implementing AWS CloudTrail and audit logging solutions. * Experience supporting regulated healthcare applications handling PHI/PII data. * Strong understanding of healthcare security, compliance, and governance requirements. * Preferred Qualifications * Experience with Healthcare Provider, Payer, EMR/EHR, Clinical, or Health Insurance platforms. * Experience supporting HIPAA/HITECH-compliant cloud environments. * Familiarity with FHIR, HL7, and healthcare interoperability frameworks. * Exposure to HITRUST-certified environments. * Preferred Certifications AWS Certified DevOps Engineer * Professional AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional AWS Certified Security, * Healthcare Cloud Platforms and Platform modernization AWS Architecture & Operations Site Reliability Engineering Infrastructure Automation Security & IAM Governance Audit & Compliance Management ## Description We are seeking a highly skilled Platform Engineer to design, build, secure, and operate enterprise-scale cloud platforms supporting healthcare applications and services. The opportunity: * Cloud Platform Engineering Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available AWS cloud platforms for healthcare applications. * Build reusable platform services and self-service infrastructure capabilities. * Implement AWS best practices for scalability, reliability, disaster recovery, and security. * Support multi-account AWS environments with centralized governance and controls. * Optimize cloud infrastructure performance and cost utilization. * Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) * Establish and monitor Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Error Budgets. * Improve system reliability, availability, and operational efficiency through automation. * Develop runbooks and remediation automation to minimize operational toil. Perform capacity planning, resiliency testing, and disaster recovery exercises. * Infrastructure as Code (IaC) * Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation. * Create reusable infrastructure modules and platform templates. * Implement GitOps and automation-driven infrastructure provisioning strategies. * Identity & Access Management (IAM) Design and manage AWS IAM policies, roles, permission boundaries, and trust relationships. Implement least-privilege access controls and role-based access management. * Manage AWS Identity Center (SSO), federated authentication, SAML, and OIDC integrations. * Support healthcare regulatory compliance through secure identity governance and compliance audits. * AWS Systems Management & Agents Manage AWS Systems Manager (SSM) and SSM Agent across enterprise environments. * Configure and maintain CloudWatch Agents for infrastructure observability. * Automate patching, software deployment, inventory management and configuration compliance. * Implement operational automation using SSM Automation Documents and Runbooks. * Audit, Compliance & Security Governance Implement and manage AWS CloudTrail for centralized logging and audit tracking. * Configure AWS Config, Security Hub, GuardDuty, and Audit Manager for governance and compliance monitoring. * Maintain audit trails supporting HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and healthcare compliance requirements. * Collaborate with Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to address audit findings and remediation activities. * Ensure encryption, data protection, and secure access controls for Protected Health Information (PHI). * Monitoring & Observability Implement enterprise monitoring and observability solutions. * Develop dashboards, s, and operational metrics. * Monitor platform health, performance, availability, and security events. * Utilize CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk, or ELK Stack. * DevOps & Automation Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployment. * Improve deployment reliability and reduce manual intervention through automation. 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