Cloud Platform Engineer (AWS/TypeScript/CDK) - Remote

Mutual of Omaha; Palm Bay (FL); Remote; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design and manage secure cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in development, with a focus on Infrastructure as Code and cloud orchestration tools. Responsibilities include enabling teams to achieve cloud objectives and streamlining delivery processes. This role is suited for a collaborative individual with strong problem-solving skills, interested in a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Work-life balance with vacation and personal time

Annual bonus opportunity

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on development experience using an object-oriented language.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and cloud orchestration tools.
• Strong understanding of security and compliance for a cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage stable secure cloud infrastructure using IaC.
• Enable development teams to achieve the organization’s cloud vision.
• Collaborate to uncover pain points and accelerate delivery.

Skills

Hands-on development experience

Infrastructure as Code

Containerization with Docker

Cloud platforms (AWS preferred)

Version control (Git)

Tools

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Elastic Container Service (ECS)

Postgres

AWS MSK

Job description

Mutual of Omaha is seeking an articulate, collaborative Cloud Platform Engineer to help advance our cloud infrastructure. In this role, you’ll design, build, and scale secure, reliable cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code and modern orchestration tools. Working at the intersection of cloud engineering, application development, and DevOps, you'll partner with teams across the organization to streamline delivery and bring our cloud vision to life. This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong engineering background, a developer’s mindset, and a passion for solving complex challenges. If you're excited about enabling teams and simplifying cloud complexity in a fast-moving environment then we’d love to connect. Apply today!

What We Can Offer You

• Estimated Salary: $115,000 - $135,000, plus annual bonus opportunity.
• 401(k) plan with a 2% company contribution and 6% company match.
• Work-life balance with vacation, personal time and paid holidays. See our benefits and perks page for details.
• Applicants for this position must not now, nor at any point in the future, require sponsorship for employment.

What You’ll Do

• Build and manage stable secure cloud infrastructure/networking using cloud orchestration capabilities, scripting languages and APIs to design, code, test, implement and support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for Public Cloud.
• Enable other development teams to achieve the organization’s cloud vision through serving as the cloud subject matter expert and providing excellent troubleshooting and guidance.
• Configuration of common cloud services in the production environment.
• Create and maintain shared libraries and services used throughout the department, I/S Workplace Solutions.
• Collaborate to uncover pain points and formulate ways to accelerate delivery.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of hands-on development experience using an object-oriented language (TypeScript preferred) and two or more of the following competencies:
• Infrastructure as a Code (Preferred: AWS CDK, CloudFormation)
• Containerization with Docker (Preferred: Kubernetes, Elastic Container Service (ECS), Fargate)
• Databases (Preferred: Postgres, RDS Aurora, MongoDB)
• Message/Data Streaming (Preferred: AWS MSK, Kafka)
• GitHub, GitHub Actions, Git for version control

• Experience building/managing cloud services by automating/orchestrating complex processes using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) within a single cloud environment.

• Experience with distributed cloud platform configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management automation tools.

• Understanding of security and compliance for a cloud environment.
• You promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, value different ideas and opinions, and listen courageously, remaining curious in all that you do.
• Able to work remotely with access to a high-speed internet connection and located in the United States or Puerto Rico.

Preferred

• Strong interpersonal communication with both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Prior experience with cloud governance or enablement initiatives.
• Proficiency in Software Engineering and best practices.

We value diverse experience, skills, and passion for innovation. If your experience aligns with the listed requirements, please apply!

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