IT Manager - AWS

Athene; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Athene is seeking an IT Manager – AWS to lead strategy, delivery, and evolution of the AWS platform across the enterprise. You will partner with architecture, infrastructure, security, product, and business teams to deliver automated, scalable workflows that improve efficiency.

You will foster a high-performing, inclusive team culture, coach engineers, and drive Agile delivery, DevOps practices, and platform standards, while focusing on risk reduction and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading enterprise application platforms and teams.
• Experience with AWS and Agile delivery.
• Proficiency with Python.
• Proficiency with RESTful APIs and SQL.
• Experience with DevOps/CI/CD.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, governance, architecture, and operational health of the AWS platform.
• Develop a high-performing AWS engineering team with inclusive culture.
• Drive Agile delivery with Product Owners to prioritize work and releases.
• Establish development, integration, security, and platform standards.
• Partner across teams to identify automation opportunities and scalable capabilities.

Skills

AWS

Agile delivery

Leadership

Python

RESTful APIs

SQL

CI/CD

DevOps

Platform operations

Automation opportunities

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Engineering

Tools

Source code management tools

Job description

We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.

Purpose:

Athene is investing in modern enterprise platforms that accelerate digital transformation, improve operational efficiency, and streamline complex business processes. As our IT Manager – AWS, you will lead the strategy, delivery, and ongoing evolution of the AWS platform, ensuring it enables scalable, secure, and high-performing business solutions across the enterprise.

This role combines platform ownership with Agile delivery leadership, partnering across architecture, infrastructure, security, product, and business teams to deliver innovative workflow automation that drives measurable business outcomes. Success in this role requires technical leadership, a people-centered leadership approach, strong collaboration, critical thinking, adaptability, and a passion for continuous improvement.

At Athene, you’ll help shape enterprise technology while working alongside Apollo, one of the world’s leading alternative asset managers, in a culture that values innovation, ownership, speed, and collaboration through our BEAM values.

Accountabilities:

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Lead the strategy, governance, architecture, and operational health of the AWS platform, ensuring security, scalability, reliability, and performance across all environments.

• Lead and develop a high-performing AWS engineering team, fostering an inclusive, people-centered culture focused on coaching, innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.

• Drive Agile delivery by partnering with Product Owners to prioritize work, manage capacity, deliver releases, and continuously improve team performance and delivery metrics.

• Establish development, integration, security, and platform standards while overseeing enterprise integrations, platform upgrades, monitoring, incident management, and technical debt reduction.

• Partner across Technology and business teams to identify automation opportunities, promote reusable solutions, and deliver scalable digital capabilities that improve operational efficiency.

Qualifications and Experience:

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

• 5+ years of experience leading enterprise application platforms, software engineering, Agile delivery, or enterprise technology solutions, or relevant experience; including 2+ years of direct or indirect people leadership experience.

• Experience with AWS along with strong knowledge of Agile delivery, enterprise integrations, APIs, cloud technologies, DevOps/CI/CD, and platform operations.

• Proficiency with Python or similar interpreted languages.

• Proficiency with RESTful APIs.

• Proficiency with SQL and relational databases.

• Proficiency with source code management tools and processes.

• Experience developing, deploying and managing Amazon Web Services-based (or a similar cloud service) solutions preferred.

• Experience with application performance monitoring technologies preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams through coaching, inclusive leadership, talent development, sound decision-making, and a strong focus on risk awareness and operational excellence.

• Strong critical thinking, communication, stakeholder management, adaptability, innovation mindset, and AI fluency, with the ability to identify opportunities where AI and automation improve delivery and business outcomes.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Athene is committed to inclusion and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.