Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - AWS, SRE & Automation

Devopsroles; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 159,000; Full time

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Job summary

New York Life’s Technology, Data, AI and Ventures (TDAV) team seeks a Senior Associate, Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable AWS cloud platforms. You will work with Cloud Engineering, Security, and Application Development to deliver reliable infrastructure.

The role emphasizes IaC, Kubernetes, monitoring, SRE practices, and self-service patterns to boost developer productivity. Candidates should have 5+ years of experience and strong collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and supporting AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Strong expertise in Terraform and IaC.
• Proficiency in Python or Go for automation.
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud security.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and automate AWS cloud platforms with IaC.
• Develop reusable platform capabilities and self-service patterns.
• Apply SRE practices to improve availability and observability.
• Operate Kubernetes and EKS with security governance.
• Collaborate across teams to troubleshoot and improve cloud services.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

IaC

CI/CD

DevOps

Python

Go

Java

APIs

Automation

Kubernetes

Container orchestration

Networking

Cloud security

Reliability

SRE

Monitoring

Observability

Incident management

Root cause analysis

Disaster recovery

Operational excellence

Analytical skills

Communication

Collaboration

Cross-functional teamwork

Cybersecurity awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years AWS infra experience

Tools

Terraform Cloud

Git-based CI/CD

Datadog

Jenkins

Harness

Job description

New York Life’s Technology, Data, AI and Ventures (TDAV) team seeks a Senior Associate, Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable AWS cloud platforms. You will work with Cloud Engineering, Security, and Application Development to deliver reliable infrastructure.

The role emphasizes IaC, Kubernetes, monitoring, SRE practices, and self-service patterns to boost developer productivity. Candidates should have 5+ years of experience and strong collaboration skills.