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Job Summary:
The University of South Florida is a top-ranked research university dedicated to innovation and excellence. They are seeking an Advancement Platform Engineer to design and operate the Azure platform ecosystem, enabling modern business applications and AI services while supporting the division's digital transformation goals.
Responsibilities:
• Design, implement, and operate Advancement's Azure platform ecosystem, including identity, storage, compute, monitoring, integration, and platform services.
• Lead the modernization of workloads from traditional infrastructure models toward cloud-native, PaaS, serverless, and managed service architectures.
• Establish reusable platform patterns supporting applications, integrations, data platforms, AI services, backup, disaster recovery, and operational support.
• Enable secure and scalable access to data, APIs, integrations, and platform services for developers, analysts, and low-code makers.
• Support Dataverse environments, APIs, security models, and integration services that power business applications, CRM capabilities, and Power Platform solutions.
• Build reusable connectors, integration patterns, and shared services that accelerate solution delivery and reduce duplication.
• Enable low-code and pro-code solutions through standardized backend services, governance practices, and platform capabilities.
• Support Advancement's CRM modernization strategy through secure platform, integration, identity, and data management capabilities.
• Design scalable Dataverse, API, and integration services that connect CRM, fundraising, engagement, and data platforms.
• Develop reusable platform services, integration patterns, Dataverse standards, lifecycle management practices, and governance controls that accelerate CRM implementation and long-term sustainability.
• Ensure platform decisions support a connected digital ecosystem rather than isolated applications.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Bicep, ARM templates, Terraform, or similar technologies.
• Create and manage CI/CD pipelines supporting Azure services, Dataverse solutions, APIs, Power Platform applications, and integration services.
• Establish and govern application lifecycle management (ALM) practices including source control, deployment automation, environment promotion, release management, and version control.
• Define environment promotion governance, deployment standards, connection references, environment strategies, and platform dependencies that support reliable delivery across development, test, training, and production environments.
• Automate provisioning, monitoring, and operational processes through scripting and reusable deployment practices.
• Implement and maintain security controls across Azure, Dataverse, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and related platform services using Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Purview, and related technologies.
• Define and enforce platform governance standards, including identity management, role-based access controls, environment management, data loss prevention policies, and compliance requirements.
• Establish secure, repeatable platform patterns that enable innovation while minimizing operational, security, and compliance risk.
• Partner with the Data Trust and Cybersecurity Manager, Central IT, and Information Security teams to support security reviews, audits, vulnerability remediation, and governance initiatives.
• Ensure platform services align with Advancement data protection, cybersecurity, responsible intelligence, and regulatory requirements.
• Support Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Azure AI Foundry, Dataverse, Power Platform, Copilot capabilities, and related Microsoft platform services.
• Establish platform standards and shared services that enable automated, augmented, and anticipatory intelligence across Advancement.
• Ensure secure access to data, APIs, AI services, intelligent applications, and approved SaaS intelligence capabilities while maintaining governance and security standards.
• Partner with Data Intelligence & Trust to support AI readiness, platform reliability, and responsible adoption of intelligent technologies.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational dashboards across cloud, data, and AI platforms.
• Optimize platform performance, reliability, availability, and cloud spending across Azure services.
• Develop operational documentation and support continuous improvement, incident response, and root cause analysis.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS or other field involving software and analytical training, or a Bachelor's degree with no specific required field and one year of IT related work experience, OR a combination of 5 years of IT related work experience and validated training.
• Preparation for a relevant IT certification, validated through certification requirements and documentation of completion, is considered to be related training.
• Degree Equivalency Clause: Four years of direct experience for a bachelor’s degree.
• Senate Bill 1310- The Florida Senate is conditional upon meeting all employment eligibility requirements in the U.S.
• SB 1310: Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements.
• A public employer may include a postsecondary degree as a baseline requirement only as an alternative to the number of years of direct experience required, not to exceed: (a) Two years of direct experience for an associate degree; (b) Four years of direct experience for a bachelor’s degree; (c) Six years of direct experience for a master’s degree; (d) Seven years of direct experience for a professional degree; or (e) Nine years of direct experience for a doctoral degree.
• Related work experience may not substitute for any required licensure, certification, or registration required for the position of employment as established by the public employer and indicated in the advertised description of the position of employment.
• Minimum Qualifications that require a high school diploma are exempt from SB 1310.
Preferred:
• Experience administering and engineering Microsoft Azure environments, including infrastructure, platform services, automation, and cloud governance.
• Experience supporting cloud migrations, infrastructure modernization, and platform transformation initiatives.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Bicep, ARM templates, Terraform, or similar platforms.
• Experience with scripting and automation using modern tools.
• Experience implementing security, governance, identity, and compliance controls in cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure platform services, identity management, automation, monitoring, governance, and platform operations.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Dataverse, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI Foundry, Power Platform, Copilot capabilities, and related Microsoft cloud platform services.
• Experience with Power Platform and Dataverse application lifecycle management (ALM), CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, custom connectors, and release governance.
• Experience supporting Dynamics 365, CRM platforms, fundraising technologies, or enterprise SaaS solutions.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Purview, and related governance technologies.
• Experience supporting higher education, nonprofit, fundraising, or constituent engagement environments.
• Strong problem-solving, documentation, and technical communication skills.
Company:
The University of South Florida, a high-impact research university dedicated to student success and committed to community engagement, generates an annual economic impact of more than $6 billion. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in Tampa, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.