Staff Devops Engineer Jobs in Iowa
Staff Devops Engineer jobs in Iowa are in steady demand, concentrated in financial services, insurance, agriculture technology, and healthcare IT, with openings at both senior individual contributor and technical lead levels. Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Iowa City are the primary hiring hubs, where established employers like Principal Financial Group, Collins Aerospace, and the University of Iowa Health Care maintain active engineering teams. Cloud infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipeline management, and Kubernetes platform engineering are the most in-demand specialties across Iowa employers. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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We believe in the power of collaborative teamwork and providing holistic, patient-centered care. Every member of our team plays a critical role in ensuring our patients receive not only expert clinical treatment but also compassionate, personalized support to maximize their quality of life. If you are dedicated to clinical excellence and passionate about improving lives, this is the perfect opportunity to grow in a supportive, thriving environment.
Duties to include:
- Incorporates scientific, behavioral and humanistic principles for application to clinical practice.
- Utilizes, adheres and supports departmental standards and practice guidelines.
- Applies nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness.
- Assesses patient health care preferences and expectations.
- Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across settings.
- Develops patient care plan based on patient condition, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic conditions that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
- Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities, which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses. Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response.
- Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan.
- Develops, coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care.
- Implements nursing interventions according to department, division, and/or unit policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients, visitors and staff. Follows universal precautions.
- Implements emergency care procedures in potential or actual emergencies according to departmental policies, procedures and protocols.
- Maintains skills/competency related to special equipment, medications, and procedures common to the patient population of the unit/division.
- Evaluates patient's response to multidisciplinary care.
- Uses evaluation data to revise and implement change.
- Assumes accountability for the provision of care for patients.
- Assumes responsibility for care provided by self and other staff members under the nurse's direction.
- Evaluates the quality of nursing care provided by other staff members.
- Participates as a member of the health care team utilizing effective communication skills.
- Participates in the development of unit, division, department and hospital policies, procedures and protocols.
- Contributes to the solutions of staffing issues.
- Contributes to cost containment strategies in unit.
- Participates in projects/committees for enhanced functioning of the unit and supports unit level decision-making.
- Responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of an interdisciplinary plan of care.
- Participates in ongoing strategic planning process.
- Participates in the development and implementation of computer applications.
- Performs other projects or tasks as assigned.
- Develops and implements patient/family teaching plan based on identified health education needs and the condition and age of the patient.
- Evaluates and documents effectiveness of patient/family teaching. Revises plan of care.
- Participates in the orientation of new nursing staff and the ongoing education of nursing personnel, as directed by the Nurse Manager or designee.
- Participates in formal and informal teaching with health care students.
- Serves as clinical teaching assistant for senior level nursing students as directed by the Nurse Manager or designee.
- Participates in research utilization activities.
- Integrates research findings into practice.
- Applies quality improvement principals to improve patient outcomes.
- Participates in quality improvement activities.
- Responsible for identification of improvement opportunities.
- Functions as a patient advocate.
- Incorporates the principles of Service Leadership to ensure positive patient/customer relations.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Practices within legal boundaries of the Nurse Practice Act.
- Complies with personnel policies.
- Evaluates and validates performance with Nurse Manager or designee and sets goals for work performance.
- Commits to ongoing learning to maintain and expand own knowledge.
- Participates in professional development activities.
- Demonstrates effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Remains calm and constructive in conflict situations.
- Provides recognition and support for colleagues.
- Incorporates the principles of Service Leadership to ensure positive patient/customer relations
- Adheres to UI Health Care policies regarding personal conduct, including follows established leadership, remaining responsive to instruction and coaching from supervisors and meeting the standards of personal appearance, attendance and punctuality.
Percent of Time: 100%
Schedule: Sunday-Thursday 2300-0730 with extension of shift and occasional on-call shift rotation
Salary: $61,782 minimum at 100% effort to commensurate *This does not include differentials. Salary will vary based on years of experience and percent of effort.
Pay Differentials: Shift differentials for evening, night, and weekend shifts. Inpatient differentials up to $10,000 per year
OR Premium Pay: Up to $10,000 at (100% effort).
Location: University Campus
Benefits Highlights: Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life, and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans.
University of Iowa Health Care—recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States—is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®
Education
- An Associate’s Degree in Nursing, a Diploma in Nursing, a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing, Professional Masters of Nursing and Healthcare Practice (MNHP), MSN/Clinical Nurse Leader or a Master’s Degree in Nursing (MSN, MA) is required
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with patients/families, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary team members as demonstrated through written and verbal interactions.
- General computer skills are required.
- Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by date of hire
- Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or Masters Degree in Nursing is highly desired.
- If Baccalaureate degree in Nursing is not yet obtained, active enrollment in a BSN program is desirable.
- Knowledge of university policies and procedures is desired
- Intra-operative experience and/or recent (in last 12 months) internship in an Intra-Operative area is highly desired.
- Recent trauma surgery experience is highly desired.
- CNOR Certification is desired.
Application Process: In order to be considered, applicants must upload a resume (under submission relevant materials) that clearly address how they meet the listed required and desired qualifications of this position.
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 7 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. For questions, contact Faby Orozco at Fabiola-Orozco@uiowa.edu.
This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.
- Classification Title: Staff Nurse
- Appointment Type: SEIU
- Schedule: Full-time
- Work Modality Options: On Campus
- Pay Level: 52
- Organization: Healthcare
- Contact Name: Faby Orozco
- Contact Email: fabiola-orozco@uiowa.edu
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Staff Devops Engineer Job Market in Iowa
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Who's Hiring
- The University of Iowa165

- Walmart13

- University of Iowa10

- CVS Health9

- Broadlawns Medical Center8

Top Industries Hiring
- Education80
- Retail5
- Consumer Goods3
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces3
- Insurance1
What Iowa Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in staff devops engineer jobs across Iowa.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related engineering field
- Five or more years of devops or site reliability engineering experience in production environments
- Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools including Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions
- Strong understanding of container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker in enterprise settings
Staff Devops Engineer Jobs in Iowa: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a staff devops engineer in Iowa?
Staff devops engineer is not a licensed or state-credentialed role in Iowa, so the path runs through education and demonstrated engineering experience. Most Iowa employers expect a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or information systems, though candidates with associate degrees and strong cloud or automation portfolios do get hired. Iowa's large financial services and insurance employers such as those headquartered in Des Moines typically look for candidates who have progressed through junior and mid-level devops or systems roles before moving into staff-level positions.
How much do staff devops engineers make in Iowa?
Staff devops engineers in Iowa earn a median of about $114,890 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $74,390 for the lowest 10% to over $165,880 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire staff devops engineers in Iowa?
Iowa staff devops engineer roles are posted by The University of Iowa, Walmart, and University of Iowa and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Iowa's concentration of insurance, financial services, and agribusiness technology firms means staff-level devops openings often come from large regional headquarters rather than startup environments.
Which Iowa cities have the most staff devops engineer jobs?
Iowa City, Des Moines, and Cedar Rapids have the most staff devops engineer openings in Iowa. Des Moines drives the largest share because of its dense concentration of financial services and insurance company headquarters, while Cedar Rapids draws openings from aerospace and manufacturing technology firms, and Iowa City's activity is anchored by the university health system and affiliated research institutions.
Are there remote staff devops engineer jobs in Iowa?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 28% of staff devops engineer openings tied to Iowa are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the infrastructure-as-code and cloud-native nature of the work. Roles centered on pipeline development, cloud platform engineering, and monitoring tool management are the most likely to be fully remote, while positions requiring data center access or on-site network work tend to be hybrid or fully on-site.
How can I get hired as a staff devops engineer in Iowa with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into devops from an adjacent role such as systems administrator, software developer, or network engineer within an Iowa employer that already uses cloud infrastructure. Principal Financial Group, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, and larger Iowa hospital systems run IT rotational or junior cloud engineering programs that accept candidates transitioning from related technical roles. Building a portfolio of Terraform or Kubernetes projects on a personal GitHub and earning an associate-level cloud certification from AWS or Azure gives Iowa hiring managers a concrete signal when formal devops experience is limited.
Where can I find and apply to staff devops engineer jobs in Iowa?
You can find and apply to staff devops engineer jobs in Iowa on Migrate Mate, which lists current Iowa openings. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience level and preferred location, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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