Temporary Online Course Developer - Advanced Cloud Engineering & Intelligent Infrastructure - Brandeis University

Temporary Online Course Developer – RITM 140 Advanced Cloud Engineering & Intelligent Infrastructure Automation

Location: Remote (U.S.-based only) Division: Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Brandeis University Compensation: $3,000 (Approx. 65 hours over 12 weeks)

Brandeis University ’s Rabb School of Continuing Studies is seeking a skilled online course developer to design and build a new three credit asynchronous online course titled: RITM 140 Advanced Cloud Engineering & Intelligent Infrastructure Automation.

This role is for an experienced academic and curriculum strategist to serve as an Online Course Developer within Brandeis Online’s graduate program. The developer will design and build asynchronous, instructor-facilitated online courses aligned with institutional learning outcomes, accreditation standards, and workforce relevance. This course will take a deeper dive using cloud engineering practices, infrastructure automation, distributed systems, and scaling patterns. This course emphasizes platform-agnostic concepts such as resource optimization, workload distribution, and automated environment provisioning.

Responsibilities:

The development of an online asynchronous course entails the creation and/or selection of elements as outlined in the Brandeis Online Course Standards. Required components include a Brandeis-compliant syllabus, instructor-created materials informed by current industry knowledge, learning objects, and applied assignments and assessments aligned to course and program outcomes.

The Developer is responsible for the substantive content and pedagogical strategies of the course and agrees to uphold Brandeis’s academic standards and online course development guidelines.

Throughout the design process, the Developer will collaborate with Brandeis Online staff, adhere to technical requirements for LMS integration, and meet project milestones. Course drafts will be submitted at designated intervals for feedback, and final approval will be contingent upon a comprehensive design review by a Learning Designer, and Brandeis Online.

Qualifications:

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cloud Computing, Information Systems, Systems Engineering, or a closely related field.

Minimum 3+ years of professional experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure automation, distributed systems, or platform engineering.

Demonstrated expertise with cloud architecture and infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines).

Experience designing scalable, resilient cloud environments and automated provisioning workflows across enterprise platforms.

At least 1 year of teaching or training experience (preferably online/asynchronous).

Minimum 1 year experience developing asynchronous online courses for adult learners in higher education.

Proficiency with LMS platforms and digital au