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About the Role

Western Governors University (WGU) is seeking a full-time Senior Disaster Recovery Engineer to join our newly established Disaster Recovery Team onsite in Salt Lake City, Utah. This critical role will drive the design, implementation, and management of enterprise-level disaster recovery strategies, ensuring the resilience and availability of WGU’s systems across multi-region deployments.

As a senior member of the team, you will take ownership of initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and lead efforts to establish best practices for disaster recovery and CI/CD processes. This position is ideal for an experienced professional who thrives on collaboration, leadership, and innovation in cloud-based infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Spearhead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-wide disaster recovery initiatives.

Lead multi-region deployments, leveraging current CI/CD processes to ensure scalability and reliability.

Mentor, train, and delegate tasks to junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team environment.

Design and implement roadmaps for robust cloud-based data infrastructures.

Develop tools and strategies to facilitate efficient multi-region operations.

Required Qualifications

7+ years of experience in software development, focusing on backend development.

3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.

Demonstrated experience in implementing disaster recovery strategies at an enterprise level.

Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire and guide junior team members.

Proficiency in designing cloud infrastructures and utilizing CI/CD processes.

Preferred Qualifications

At least 2 AWS Associate-level certifications (Solutions Architect or Systems Operations) or 1 Professional-level certification (Solutions Architect or DevOps).

Experience with Kubernetes.

Experience with Azure cloud services.

Bonus: Disaster Recovery Engineer Certification (CDRE).

Join us in building WGU’s enterprise-wide disaster recovery initiative from the ground up!

To explore more about our company and what makes working here special, visit our website at https://www.wgu.edu/about.html. To view current career opportunities and apply, please visit https://www.wgu.edu/about/careers.html.

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The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
 

How to apply: apply online

Full-time Regular Positions (FT classification, standard working hours = 40)

This is a full-time, regular position that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

The University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.