Cloud Platform Engineer II — AI & Automation

Pacific Life; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 113,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with company match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Pacific Life is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer II to build and evolve cloud platform capabilities across AWS, Azure, and private cloud. You will work with senior engineers to deliver secure, scalable platform services and automation frameworks while aligning with governance and operations standards.

The role emphasizes IaC, automation, and AI-enabled engineering, offering collaboration across platform engineering, infrastructure as code, and cloud governance initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud/platform engineering or related fields.
• Foundational knowledge of AWS cloud services.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Scripting/automation skills in Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar.
• Understanding of Git and source control concepts.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Able to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development and enhancement of enterprise cloud platform capabilities across cloud environments.
• Design and implement cloud foundations, landing zones, shared services, and standards.
• Create reusable engineering patterns for safe, efficient cloud service consumption.
• Participate in platform modernization initiatives under the Unified Cloud strategy.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and related tooling.
• Automate processes and build self-service capabilities to reduce manual work.
• Explore AI-enabled engineering opportunities and emerging technologies.
• Support governance, security, compliance, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects, security teams, and business partners.

Skills

AWS

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Git

Automation

Tools

Terraform

Git

Job description

Pacific Life is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer II to build and evolve cloud platform capabilities across AWS, Azure, and private cloud. You will work with senior engineers to deliver secure, scalable platform services and automation frameworks while aligning with governance and operations standards.

The role emphasizes IaC, automation, and AI-enabled engineering, offering collaboration across platform engineering, infrastructure as code, and cloud governance initiatives.