Senior Cloud Data Cache Platform Engineer (Remote)

Humana; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 142,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentive program

Remote work flexibility

Occasional travel to Humana offices

Job summary

Humana is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Data Caching Platform Engineer to design, automate, deploy, and support enterprise-scale caching solutions across cloud and on‑premises environments.

The role emphasizes distributed caching, Terraform IaC, Python/PowerShell/Bash automation, and Linux administration to ensure secure, scalable, and highly available services for critical business applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in CS/IT/Eng.
• 5+ years in Platform/Cloud Eng, DevOps, or enterprise data-caching.
• Hands-on with Azure Redis AMR, Memorystore, Redis Enterprise, or similar.
• Strong Terraform, IaC, automation, and Git-based practices.
• Experience Python/PowerShell/Bash for automation.
• Level 3 production support and on-call experience.
• Strong Linux admin, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Knowledge of caching, cloud networking, security, and DR architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and support enterprise data-caching platforms across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Develop IaC and deployment frameworks using Terraform and scripting languages.
• Provide Level 3 production support and participate in on-call rotations.
• Drive platform reliability, performance, scalability, security, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with application, cloud, security, and ops teams to meet standards.

Skills

Distributed caching tech

Automation

Software development

CI/CD pipelines

Git-based development

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Linux administration

On-call experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Eng

Tools

Terraform

Azure Redis AMR

Google Cloud Memorystore

Redis Enterprise

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Humana is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Data Caching Platform Engineer to design, automate, deploy, and support enterprise-scale caching solutions across cloud and on‑premises environments.

The role emphasizes distributed caching, Terraform IaC, Python/PowerShell/Bash automation, and Linux administration to ensure secure, scalable, and highly available services for critical business applications.