AWS Data Infrastructure Engineer — DevOps & Cloud Automation (Hybrid)

hq; Saint Paul (MN); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Securian Financial is seeking an AWS DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in AWS to build and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting our data and analytics platforms. This role requires ownership of infrastructure components and collaboration across Data Engineering and Data Science teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

The position is hybrid, with in-office days and a strong emphasis on CI/CD, security, and automation.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS cloud platforms and data analytics tooling.
• Familiarity with IaC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Champion the selection of Data and Analytics platforms and tools to be used across the enterprise.
• Engage with users and vendors to execute technology proof of concepts that validate use cases and the value of new solutions.
• Onboard new platforms and tools to ensure solutions are adopted effectively across the organization.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering and Data Science teams to identify tooling gaps and inefficiencies and partner to implement solutions for their needs.
• Build and maintain AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation .
• Configure and manage core AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda, Glue, Redshift and VPC Networking.
• Support data engineering and analytics teams by provisioning and optimizing cloud resources for data pipelines and analytics workloads.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using tools like CloudWatch .
• Participate in CI/CD pipeline development and deployment automation.
• Ensure infrastructure security through proper IAM policies, encryption, and network configurations.
• Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, and solution architects to improve infrastructure design and performance.
• Document infrastructure processes and configurations for operational transparency and team knowledge sharing.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and organize requirements to identify options.
• Ability to build productive relationships and collaborate with partners and stakeholders.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Python scripting

Linux administration

CI/CD

Data pipelines

Communication skills

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Job description

Securian Financial is seeking an AWS DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in AWS to build and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting our data and analytics platforms. This role requires ownership of infrastructure components and collaboration across Data Engineering and Data Science teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

The position is hybrid, with in-office days and a strong emphasis on CI/CD, security, and automation.