Cloud Engineer III

Socket.dev; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

WoodmenLife is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer III to design, build, and evolve our Azure cloud platform. This senior role blends hands-on engineering with platform ownership to advance Landing Zone, governance, and secure, scalable cloud solutions across the enterprise.

You will collaborate with Cloud Architects and Enterprise Architecture to operationalize standards, deliver reusable patterns, mentor engineers, and help shape the future of the cloud environment.

Job description

Cloud Engineer III

Business Technology – Systems Engineering | WoodmenLife

Location: Hybrid work from our Omaha office

Reports To: Manager, Systems Engineering

Why You’ll Love This Role

WoodmenLife is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer III to help design, build, and evolve our Azure cloud platform. This senior technical role is highly impactful—driving platform engineering maturity, advancing our Azure Landing Zone, and enabling secure, scalable cloud solutions across the enterprise. You will partner closely with our Cloud Architect and Enterprise Architecture teams to operationalize cloud standards and deliver reusable engineering patterns. This role combines hands‑on engineering with platform ownership, mentorship, and influence on the future direction of our cloud environment. This is a platform engineering role focused on building and evolving the Azure foundation—not just supporting individual application workloads. At WoodmenLife, you’ll also enjoy a culture that values people as much as technology. With Friday afternoons off year‑round, a collaborative environment, and a focus on outcomes rather than hours, you’ll find a workplace designed to support both professional impact and personal well‑being.

About the Team

This role is a core contributor of WoodmenLife’s Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE) as part of the Systems Engineering organization. The Cloud CoE (led by the Cloud Architect) defines standards, guardrails, and platform direction, while the Systems Engineering team provides the delivery and operational foundation for the Azure platform. As a Cloud Engineer III, you will bridge strategy and execution—owning platform engineering outcomes while helping operationalize the enterprise cloud model.

Role Summary

The Cloud Engineer III is a senior platform engineer responsible for designing, building, and evolving WoodmenLife’s Azure cloud platform. This role owns key platform domains, operationalizes cloud standards and guardrails, and delivers secure, scalable, and automated solutions that support enterprise modernization.

What You’ll Do

Cloud Engineering & Platform Delivery

• Lead design and engineering of complex Microsoft Azure platform solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards


• Own and evolve one or more Azure platform domains such as identity, networking, governance, or DevOps pipelines


• Integrate hybrid cloud environments leveraging Azure networking and identity services


• Lead Infrastructure as Code development using Bicep (primary), PowerShell, and Azure CLI


• Advance Azure Landing Zone components (governance, identity, network, security) to support enterprise‑scale, secure‑by‑default environments


• Collaborate with Cloud Architects, Enterprise Architects, and cross‑functional stakeholders to implement and operationalize approved platform standards, engineering patterns, and cloud guardrails

Monitoring, Cost Optimization & Observability

• Enhance cloud observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and App Insights to improve proactive detection and response


• Implement cost optimization and financial transparency practices aligned to business outcomes, including tagging, budgeting, and usage analytics


• Lead efforts to monitor, analyze, and optimize cloud resource utilization and platform performance

Automation, DevOps & Enablement

• Lead development of CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and modern Git-based workflows


• Build automation frameworks that streamline provisioning, monitoring, and operational tasks, leveraging AI‑assisted engineering tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Azure AI services) to improve development efficiency and code quality


• Develop reusable templates, scripts, and modules to support scalable, self‑service platform capabilities and enable development teams through standardized patterns


• Embed governance controls, policy enforcement, and configuration management into automation workflows

Collaboration, Leadership & Mentoring

• Mentor Systems Engineers and technical peers across the organization, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and high performance


• Support Agile ceremonies and iterative delivery culture for cloud initiatives


• Contribute to the Cloud Center of Excellence through knowledge sharing, documentation, tooling, and best practices

Security, Governance & Compliance

• Implement Azure governance controls (Azure Policy, RBAC,