Cloud Platform Engineer

About the Role

The Cloud Platform Engineer is responsible for designing operating and continuously improving Sunwest Banks cloud platforms with Azure as the primary enterprise cloud and AWS supporting select initiatives. This role enables Product and Engineering teams to deliver quickly and securely by providing reliable cloud infrastructure automation and selfservice capabilities while maintaining compliance with banking regulatory requirements.

Work Details

Schedule: Monday Friday; work hours may vary based on operational needs and project delivery
Work Location: Onsite Hybrid Remote (eligible)
Travel: Occasional

What Youll Do

• Design deploy and operate secure Azure infrastructure supporting enterprise workloads including networking identity security monitoring and disaster recovery
• Implement and maintain cloud governance frameworks such as landing zones policy RBAC/PIM cost controls and management groups
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using InfrastructureasCode and scripting tools
• Build and support AWS environments for targeted initiatives ensuring secure connectivity monitoring and cost management
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering teams to remove infrastructure bottlenecks and accelerate delivery
• Develop CI/CD pipelines GitOps workflows and standardized golden path environments for development teams
• Enable selfservice cloud capabilities that reduce manual tickets while preserving access controls and auditability
• Maintain cloud security posture and support data governance backup and disaster recovery capabilities
• Support IT governance access reviews audits and evidence collection related to cloud controls and compliance
• Participate in engineering planning and execute changes through established IT Operations controls

What Were Looking For

(Required)

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• 5 years of experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering with deep handson Azure expertise
• Working experience supporting AWS production environments
• Strong InfrastructureasCode experience (Terraform preferred)
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads (AKS and/or EKS)
• CI/CD and automation experience using modern tooling
• Strong understanding of cloud networking security architecture and identity management
• Experience supporting regulated environments subject to FFIEC GLBA or similar standards

(Nice to Have)

• Azure Administrator or Solutions Architect certification
• AWS Solutions Architect or SysOps certification
• Experience implementing landing zones Azure Policy or governance frameworks
• Experience building internal platform engineering or developer selfservice capabilities
• Demonstrated success reducing infrastructure request turnaround times

Why Youll Love Working Here

• 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

Posting Location(s):

Sandy Utah (Remote eligible)

Compensation

Competitive compensation commensurate with experience bonus benefits

Physical Demands:

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

The Fine Print

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.