Senior AI Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. seeks a Senior AI Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer to guide cloud migrations, AI platform adoption, and operational optimization.

This remote role reports to leadership while coordinating with teams on enterprise architectures balancing innovation, security, governance, and reliability. The role requires deep Azure and/or Google Cloud experience, strong CI/CD, and automation skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent years of experience.
• 5+ years in Cloud Infrastructure and Software Engineering.
• Experience with enterprise network design including segmentation, encryption, logging and monitoring.
• Experience with firewalls, network authentication controls, and Linux/Windows operating systems.
• Experience with logging and monitoring tools like Splunk, New Relic, Logstash, CloudTrail.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for installation and support of Cloud software and services to ensure production readiness.
• Automate infrastructure and services using Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Design cloud services and tools meeting business needs considering environment, performance, security, and cost.
• Define technical solutions through Agile processes.
• Manage day-to-day cloud infrastructure tasks including monitoring, alerts, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with architecture and development teams to guide new system designs for cloud or on-prem workloads.
• Assist with migration from on-prem to cloud and build highly redundant environments for uptime and business continuity.
• Maintain documentation and educate teams on new cloud initiatives and best practices.

Skills

Azure/GCP experience

CI/CD tooling

Infrastructure as Code

Docker/Kubernetes

Security governance

Automation

AI platform experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform/Ansible

GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket

Azure DevOps/Jenkins

Job description

The Cloud Enablement & Engineering Team at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is hiring a Senior AI Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer. In this fully-remote role, you’ll guide teams through cloud migration, AI platform adoption, and operational optimization. You will serve as a trusted technical advisor, translating business requirements into enterprise architectures that balance innovation, security, governance, and operational excellence

To excel in this role, you’ll need:

• Experience with enterprise AI platforms such as Azure AI Foundry and/or Google Gemini Enterprise
• Multi-cloud architecture experience (Azure & GCP)

Experience in a regulated industry (healthcare, government, finance, etc.) is a plus.

Notes:

• While this is a remote role, travel to our Chattanooga, TN headquarters will be required for final interviews.
• We are unable to hire candidates who live in NY, NJ, NJ, CA or MA.
• Sponsorship is not available for this role.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and responsibility for the installation and support of Cloud software and services to assure a sound deployment basis for production implementations.
• Proactively automate infrastructure and services to enable the cloud team to deliver value to the enterprise. Use of automation such as Infrastructure as Code to create infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines to apply changes.
• Recommends/designs cloud services and tools for systems which meet business needs and considers target environment, performance, security requirements and costs.
• Help define technical solutions to meet business needs through Agile process.
• Responsible for day-to-day cloud infrastructure operational tasks such as monitoring metrics and logs, responding to alerts, and system troubleshooting.
• Work with architecture and development teams to provide guidance for new system designs and determine if on premise or cloud environments are best suited to run the workload.
• Assist with the evaluation and migration of on-premises systems to determine which systems are best suited to run in cloud environments. Build highly redundant environments to ensure application performance, uptime, scalability, and business continuity to prevent loss of business services.
• Maintain documentation of infrastructure design, related technical procedures, operations manuals, and other best practice guidance and strategies. Educate current teams on new cloud initiatives and the support of those environments.

Job Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent years of experience is required.

Experience

• 5 years - Cloud Infrastructure and Software Engineering experience.
• Experience with enterprise network design including segmentation models, encryption, logging and monitoring.
• Experience with firewalls, network authentication controls, and Linux/Windows operating systems.
• Experience with logging and monitoring tools such as Splunk, New Relic, Logstash, CloudTrail.

Skills / Certifications

• Deep understanding of Azure and/or GCP experience is required.
• Strong knowledge of various aspects of CI/CD practices: Infrastructure
• Automation, Application Build and Deployment Automation using various leading tools.
• Understanding of Docker/Kubernetes for managing container-based images and their deployment via Kubernetes based services
• Knowledge and experience of Terraform/Ansible, GIT based products (GitHub, Bitbucket), Azure DevOps/Jenkins, etc., for building pipeline.
• Understanding of cloud security architectures for cloud/hybrid systems.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Number of Openings Available

1

Worker Type

Employee

Company

BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.

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BCBST's EEO Policies/Notices (https://www.bcbst.com/docs/equal-employment-opportunity.pdf)

As Tennessee's largest health benefit plan company, we've been helping Tennesseans find their own unique paths to good health since 1945. More than that, we're your neighbors and friends – fellow Tennesseans with deep roots of caring tradition, a focused approach to physical, financial and community good health for today, and a bright outlook for an even healthier tomorrow.

At BCBST, we empower our employees to thrive both independently and collaboratively, creating a collective impact on the lives of our members. We seek talented individuals who excel in a team environment, share responsibility, and embrace accountability.

We're also seeking candidates who are proficient in the Microsoft Office suite, including Microsoft Teams, organized, and capable of managing multiple assignments or projects simultaneously. Additional, strong interpersonal abilities along with strong oral and written communication skills are important across all roles at BCBST.

We foster a culture where innovation is encouraged. That includes using AI enabled tools responsibly to support everyday work - guided by proven workflows, templates, and policies. As roles become more advanced, we expect employees to leverage AI more broadly to transform how we serve members.

BCBST is a remote-first organization with many employees working primarily from their homes. Each position within the company is classified as either fully remote, partially remote, or office based.

BCBST hires employees for remote positions from across the U.S. with the exception of the following states: California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York. Applicants living in these states may move to an approved state prior to starting a position with BCBST at their own expense.If the position requires the individual to reside in Chattanooga, TN, they may be eligible for relocation assistance.