AWS Engineer

Kaiser Permanente; Everett (WA); Remote; USD 99,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Parental leave

Tool stipend

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Everett, WA is seeking an AWS Engineer to own infrastructure and elevate how we build and deploy for our local user base.

You will decide when to buy Terraform Associate versus build it, translate Vault metrics for leadership, and ensure robust observability across three AWS services while collaborating with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• An Everett grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly.
• Hands-on command of Project Management, with Microservices as a close second.
• Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders at every level.
• Proven Packer results, ideally seasoned in Everett, WA.

Responsibilities

• Decide when to buy Terraform Associate versus build it for Kaiser Permanente's Everett, WA stack
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Kaiser Permanente's growing user base
• Translate Vault metrics into the one chart Kaiser Permanente leadership checks each morning
• Carry the Project Management platform work that makes Kaiser Permanente's next WA expansion boring
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable Project Management acceptance criteria
• Stand up observability so Kaiser Permanente sees failures before customers in WA do
• Trace a design-led technology bug across three AWS Solutions Architect services to the one bad line

Skills

Terraform

AWS

Microservices

Observability

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Kaiser Permanente keeps a small, opinionated engineering team in Everett, and the next opinion we need belongs to an AWS Engineer. Read it as a $99,000 - $148,000 invitation to own technology work in Everett, backed by a mid-level title and 5 years of trust.

Key Responsibilities

• Decide when to buy Terraform Associate versus build it for Kaiser Permanente's Everett, WA stack
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Kaiser Permanente's growing user base
• Translate Vault metrics into the one chart Kaiser Permanente leadership checks each morning
• Carry the Project Management platform work that makes Kaiser Permanente's next WA expansion boring
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable Project Management acceptance criteria
• Stand up observability so Kaiser Permanente sees failures before customers in WA do
• Trace a design-led technology bug across three AWS Solutions Architect services to the one bad line

What You'll Bring

• An Everett grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly
• Hands-on command of Project Management, with Microservices as a close second
• Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders at every level
• Proven Packer results, ideally seasoned in Everett, WA

Inside Kaiser Permanente's Everett headquarters, an empowering team treats every Terraform bug like a personal insult worth fixing tonight. Growth budgets at Kaiser Permanente are generous because a sharper Redis you means a stronger team.

Count on $99,000 - $148,000, remote-first flexibility, parental leave, and a stipend for the tools and courses you need.

The Everett, WA office is bringing people on this season, and this is one of those roles.

Your Terraform Associate deserves a stage bigger than your current one, and Kaiser Permanente has it.