Senior AWS Platform Engineer: Cloud Automation & Security

The Walt Disney Company; Santa Monica, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Santa Monica, CA is seeking a Senior Software Developer to lead cloud-focused engineering in AWS and Platform teams. You will build automation, implement IAM security, and collaborate with DevOps, back-end teams, and product partners to deliver scalable cloud-native solutions.

This on-site role requires 5+ years of experience, strong Python skills, and hands-on experience with Terraform, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker, Jenkins, Docker, and Unix/Linux.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong Python development skills, you write production-quality code, not just scripts.
• Experience with deployment and CI/CD tools - Terraform, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker, and Jenkins.
• Experience with platform engineering, primarily backend development using Python
• Experience developing APIs and designing database schemas
• Hands-on AWS Security/IAM administration and policy-creation experience for many users and workloads
• Familiarity with Docker and containerization concepts
• Experience with Unix/Linux systems
• Exhibit clear, succinct written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with operational troubleshooting tools and techniques

Responsibilities

• Write automation tools for your team and other internal teams to self-service, deploy, detect, alert, and mitigate in our AWS environments
• Build on AWS, including hands-on work with IAM, security policies, and cloud-native services
• Champion and execute best practices and security standards for operating in the cloud
• Troubleshoot and implement appropriate IAM permissions for user access and workloads running in AWS
• Provide guidance and recommendations to development teams on service design and deployments
• Own initiatives and contribute to future solution designs and planning
• Be a go-to technical resource on the team, spanning across levels and cross functional teams
• Monitor and work on inbound issues

Skills

Python

AWS

CI/CD

IAM Security

Docker

Unix/Linux

APIs

Communication

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Spinnaker

Jenkins

Job description

The Walt Disney Company in Santa Monica, CA is seeking a Senior Software Developer to lead cloud-focused engineering in AWS and Platform teams. You will build automation, implement IAM security, and collaborate with DevOps, back-end teams, and product partners to deliver scalable cloud-native solutions.

This on-site role requires 5+ years of experience, strong Python skills, and hands-on experience with Terraform, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker, Jenkins, Docker, and Unix/Linux.