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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Research Cloud Engineer - Technology Solutions - **Company:** University of Illinois - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States - **Salary:** $85,000.0 - $100,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Storage, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Job Scheduling, Network File Systems, Cloud Services, Ansible, Shell Script, High Performance Computing, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Terraform, Serverless Computing - **Published:** August 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18125730?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18125730%2FResearch-Cloud-Engineer-Technology-Solutions-Illinois-Chicago ## About the Role 1. Bachelor Degree within Computer Science or closely related field of study. 2. Minimum of 1 year of professional level IT experience within Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Research Computing including the design and implementation of advanced high performance computing systems; data (acquisition, storage, management and reporting); and networks in support of research initiatives. 3. Experience with building and managing Azure and/or AWS cloud infrastructure 4. Experience with system administration/Engineering/DevOps, * Experience with AWS services such as CloudFormation, ParallelCluster, EC2, S3, VPC, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, ECS, and EKS and their equivalent counterparts in Azure such as CycleCloud, Secure Enclave, Storage Accounts, VMs. * Experience with developing cloud and/or hybrid solutions for projects with sensitive datasets (e.g., HIPAA, NIST, CMMC) * Experience with network file systems, networking, databases, and shell scripting * Exposure to high-performance computing and job schedulers * AWS Professional or Azure Expert certifications or ability to pursue within 24 months of hire * Exposure to Infrastructure-as-a-Code tools such as TerraForm * Exposure to configuration management tools such as Ansible ## Description * Designs, creates, and maintains secure, repeatable cloud solutions via Terraform and CloudFormation templates (or equivalent solutions) to enable the adoption of cloud services in the research community. * Participate in cloud service design, development, delivery, and continuous improvement program. * Support hybrid or cloud only, containerized, and/or serverless solutions through CI/CD processes. * Execute the provisioning of secure, repeatable cloud solutions to enable effective use and adoption of cloud for research related use cases. * Optimize cloud computing costs, assist the community in developing realistic cloud computing budgets, and setup effective alerts. * Self-starter with a drive to work autonomously as a member of a collaborative team. * Able to identify the advantages/disadvantages of competing tools or services among on-prem vs. in the cloud across different cloud providers (i.e., AWS and Azure). * Communicate effectively through verbal and written means with practical diagramming and documentation abilities. * Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned. ## Related Videos - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - CSS is DOOMed](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1838-wearedevelopers-live-css-is-doomed) - [Dev & Test in the Cloud? 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