Remote Cloud Platform Engineering Lead

Centene Corporation; Yorktown (VA); Remote; USD 103,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Centene Corporation seeks a Manager, Cloud Platform Engineering to lead a team responsible for cloud platform engineering, architecture enhancements, and operational excellence. You will shape cloud standards, drive automation, and partner with engineering, risk, and architecture teams to deliver resilient cloud services.

This remote US-based role requires strong leadership, cloud expertise, and a focus on security and reliability to support Centene’s healthcare initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; 5+ years related cloud experience.
• Experience setting up cloud infrastructure with public cloud providers (Azure, AWS, Google).
• Knowledge of automation, networking, security concepts, observability, and container ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Leads cloud platform engineering team and manages platform services.
• Enforces cloud standards, best practices, and roadmap capabilities across teams.
• Partners with risk and information security for controls and security rigor.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Team leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Strategic planning

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

ELK

CI/CD

Serverless (Lambda/Functions)

Job description

Centene Corporation seeks a Manager, Cloud Platform Engineering to lead a team responsible for cloud platform engineering, architecture enhancements, and operational excellence. You will shape cloud standards, drive automation, and partner with engineering, risk, and architecture teams to deliver resilient cloud services.

This remote US-based role requires strong leadership, cloud expertise, and a focus on security and reliability to support Centene’s healthcare initiatives.