IT Engineer Cloud Platforms

OVERVIEW

Live the experience
. From professional empowerment to continual learning opportunities. From ongoing investment in new and emerging technologies to a career of self-determination. At Ulta Beauty, our tech team is critical to our scalability—and is recognized that way. We’ve been defined as a “mature start‑up.” A place where interdepartmental exposure, open doors, and genuine collaboration is ubiquitous. Where challenges come fast and furious, requiring agility, mental dexterity, and creativity.

Where our passion for better solutions drives us and is core to who we are.

We’re engineering for the future of retail, and it’s no-holds-barred. But for those motivated by continual change and ambiguity, by superior leadership, by whip‑smart colleagues who will press you daily for your very best, you’ll find that virtually nothing’s impossible at Ulta Beauty.

The IT Engineer – Cloud Platform will be responsible for our ULTA’s cloud platforms across both GCP and Azure. Their focus will establish and reinforce processes supporting cloud organization, on‑boarding and management of the systems as well the operationalization of these services. This role will be a key part of cloud adoption and growth in our very fast paced retail organization.

• Development Methodology
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  Ensuring that appropriate methods and tools for the planning, delivery, automation, management and observability of systems are adopted and used effectively throughout the organization. Aligns direction and leads in the introduction and use of techniques, methodologies and tools, to ensuring consistency across all user groups.
• Systems Design
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  Assesses appropriate design standards, methods and tools in order to design complex systems, and ensures they are applied effectively. Reviews others' systems designs to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources, and integration of multiple systems and technology. They will evaluate impact analysis on major design options then assess and manage associated risks. Ensures that the system design balances functional, service quality and security.

• Deliver, monitor and support cloud workloads on GCP and Azure.
• Partner with cross‑functional Product teams to ensure delivery of services to support application modernization and adoption.
• Work with architecture and engineering teams to implement scalable systems, services and micros‑services.
• Design and deliver infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Identify, troubleshoot and resolve technical issues to ensure systems meet the specifications of the Product teams.
• Standardize and automate cloud onboarding and cloud management activities across.
• Assist in identifying and guiding public cloud migration opportunities across the organization.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field, or applicable work experience.
• 3+ years cloud management with focus on GCP and Azure.
• 3+ years delivering on cloud platform automation solutions.
• Experience with operation automation tools, e.g. Argo/Airflow/other.
• Extensive knowledge with CI/CD and Git Ops tooling (Harness preferred).
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, or Power Shell) for automation and operational tasks.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with internal/external customers, vendors, management in both formal and informal situations.
• Strong documentation skills for collaboration across teams.
• GCP and Azure certification preferred.
• Windows server and Linux server.
• Working knowledge of IaC with Terraform.
• Able to prioritize and execute tasks, while demonstrating poise in a high‑pressure environment.
• Extremely self‑motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
• Experience working within an Agile delivery model is preferred.
• Ability to participate in a rotating on‑call schedule and support incident response across Azure and GCP.
• Minimal travel required (training/conferences).

The pay range for this position is $88,200.00 - $ / Year with the opportunity for eligible associates to earn additional compensation pursuant to the Company’s bonus plan. Exact…