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Build Scalable Systems as an IT Applications DevOps Engineer at CWI!

Are you passionate about automation data integration and building reliable systems at scale The College of Western Idaho (CWI) is seeking an IT Applications DevOps Engineer to design develop and operate the systems that power data movement backend automation and enterprise workflows across the college.

This is a handson engineering role where youll work at the intersection of DevOps data engineering and platform integrationbuilding productionready pipelines enabling modern CI/CD practices and contributing to a collaborative GitHubdriven engineering culture.

Why Join CWI

At CWI technology plays a vital role in supporting students faculty and this role youll help shape how data flows across enterprise systems improve automation across the institution and contribute to scalable reliable infrastructure that enables datadriven decisionmaking and efficient operations.

Benefits:

CWI offers one of the most affordable and comprehensive benefits packages in higher education including:

• Premium healthcare plans

• 11% employer retirement contributions

• Tuition discounts

• Generous personal leave

• Professional development opportunities

Data Integration & Pipeline Engineering:

• Design build and operate production data integration pipelines connecting SaaS platforms (e.g. Canvas LMS Microsoft 365 SharePoint) with Azure SQL Managed Instance and Microsoft Fabric

• Own the full integration lifecycle including API design ingestion transformation and delivery

• Ensure pipelines are observable resilient secure and maintainable

• Implement secure credential and secret management using Key Vaults managed identities and certificatebased authentication

• Monitor pipeline health respond to incidents and perform rootcause analysis with documented resolution

Automation & Backend Development:

• Develop backend automation solutions using PowerShell and Python to streamline and eliminate manual workflows

• Build reusable modules and orchestration frameworks to standardize automation practices

• Integrate with enterprise REST APIs using OAuth 2.0 flows including handling pagination rate limiting and error recovery

• Support Azure SQL Managed Instance workloads including performance tuning indexing strategies and schema management

CI/CD & Engineering Excellence:

• Develop and maintain GitHub Actions workflows for code infrastructure and database deployments

• Lead best practices around pull requests branch protection peer review and deployment governance

• Implement CI/CD standards including automated testing artifact management deployment gating and rollback strategies

• Contribute to infrastructureascode practices using Bicep ARM or Terraform

Architecture & CrossFunctional Collaboration:

• Partner with Business Intelligence teams to support data architecture frameworks (e.g. Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion model)

• Collaborate with Enterprise Applications and IT Infrastructure teams to align integration strategies and system design

• Author and maintain technical documentation including architecture diagrams runbooks and system inventories

• Contribute to team standards and ensure engineering best practices are defined and followed

What Were Looking For:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a related field or equivalent professional experience

• Three (3) or more years of experience in DevOps data engineering systems integration or platform engineering

• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell Python or both with experience building productionquality code

• Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server or Azure SQL including TSQL and performance optimization

• Handson experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions (pull requests workflows secrets management CI/CD pipelines)

• Experience integrating with REST APIs including OAuth 2.0 authentication and structured data formats (JSON CSV etc.)

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly document technical solutions for both technical and nontechnical audiences

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Azure data platforms Microsoft Fabric or enterprise SaaS integrations

• Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and analytics pipelines

• Experience working in higher education or another complex multisystem environment