Senior Platform Engineer - AWS Foundations

Genworth; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Genworth is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer – AWS Foundations to join our Cloud Center of Excellence. This role designs, builds, and operates foundational AWS services, enabling secure, scalable delivery across Genworth’s CareScout platforms.

Based in Richmond or Lynchburg, VA with a hybrid schedule (in-office Tue-Thu). You’ll work with Cloud Architects, Security, and development teams to implement platform-as-a-product capabilities and standard governance across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/CE or equivalent
• 5–8+ years of experience in cloud/infra/platform engineering
• Strong experience with AWS and cloud platform operations
• Experience designing and supporting AWS networking services (VPCs, Transit Gateway, Route 53, Direct Connect, PrivateLink, security groups)
• Experience with IAM, Identity Center (SSO), SCPs, and governance controls
• Hands-on Terraform experience (modules and resources)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and EKS
• Ability to translate architectural requirements into platform implementation
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support foundational AWS platform services across the enterprise
• Build and maintain AWS landing zones, account structures, resource organization standards, and governance guardrails
• Oversee enterprise cloud foundations including networking, identity, policy, security controls, governance guardrails, observability, and shared platform services
• Engineer and support AWS networking services including VPCs, Transit Gateway, Route 53, PrivateLink, security groups, and network segmentation
• Implement and maintain AWS identity and access management solutions leveraging IAM, Identity Center (SSO), RBAC, and security best practices
• Develop and maintain secure and repeatable Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform and platform automation pipelines
• Partner with Cloud Architecture and Security teams to implement enterprise cloud standards and reference architectures
• Support hybrid cloud and on-premises integration requirements including connectivity, authentication, and service access patterns
• Troubleshoot complex AWS platform issues involving networking, identity, security, infrastructure automation, and service integration
• Contribute to platform observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational readiness capabilities
• Partner with Service Operations teams to conduct root cause analysis and improve platform reliability and supportability
• Assist application and development teams in the efficient, secure, and cost-effective consumption of AWS services
• Create and maintain technical documentation, implementation standards, architecture patterns, and operational runbooks
• Support platform modernization initiatives and evaluate new AWS capabilities, introducing them to our ecosystem rapidly and with baked in governance

Skills

Customer-first attitude

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Team collaboration

Production support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Git

Kubernetes

EKS

CI/CD

Job description

At Genworth, we empower families to navigate the aging journey with confidence. We are compassionate, experienced allies for those navigating care with guidance, products, and services that meet families where they are. Further, we are the spouses, children, siblings, friends, and neighbors of those that need care—and we bring those experiences with us to work in serving our millions of policyholders each day.

We apply that same compassion and empathy as we work with each other and our local communities. Genworth values all perspectives, characteristics, and experiences so that employees can bring their full, authentic selves to work to help each other and our company succeed. We celebrate our diversity and understand that being intentional about inclusion is the only way to create a sense of belonging for all associates. We also invest in the vitality of our local communities through grants from the Genworth Foundation, event sponsorships, and employee volunteerism.

Our four values guide our strategy, our decisions, and our interactions.

• Make it human. We care about the people that make up our customers, colleagues, and communities.
• Make it about others. We do what’s best for our customers and collaborate to drive progress.
• Make it happen. We work with intention toward a common purpose and forge ways forward together.
• Make it better. We create fulfilling purpose-driven careers by learning from the world and each other.

Senior Platform Engineer – AWS Foundations

Richmond, VA or Lynchburg, VA

A Hybrid schedule of both Remote and In-Office days is required. In office days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with working hours targeting our core business hours of 9am-5pm EST.

YOUR ROLE

As a Cloud Platform Engineer - AWS Foundations within the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), you will play a critical role in enabling cloud adoption across the Genworth | CareScout enterprise by designing, implementing, operating, and supporting the foundational AWS services that power secure, scalable, and reliable application delivery within the AWS ecosystem.

This role focuses on engineering and operating AWS platform capabilities including networking, identity integration, governance controls, landing zones, automation, and shared cloud services. You will work closely with Cloud Architects, Security, Platform Engineering, Service Operations, and Application Engineering teams to deliver reusable platform capabilities that accelerate cloud adoption, while maintaining enterprise standards. You will be managing our AWS portfolio with a platform-as-a-product mindset and will be expected to stay up to date on industry wide best practices and CSP specific capabilities that allow us to maximize the business value of the cloud.

This is a team-based, individual contributor role, focused on platform engineering and responsible for building and continuously improving the AWS foundation that enables application teams to deploy, operate, and manage cloud workloads efficiently, securely, consistently, and with self-service as the foundation for delivery.

What you will be doing

• Design, implement, and support foundational AWS platform services across the enterprise
• Build and maintain AWS landing zones, account structures, resource organization standards, and governance guardrails
• Oversee the implementation and operation of enterprise cloud foundations including networking, identity, policy, security controls, governance guardrails, observability, and shared platform services
• Engineer and support AWS networking services including VPCs, Transit Gateway, Route 53, PrivateLink, VPC Endpoints, Direct Connect, DNS, routing, and network segmentation in close partnership with the Cloud Network Engineer
• Implement and maintain AWS identity and access management solutions leveraging IAM, Identity Center (SSO), role-based access controls, and security best practices
• Develop and maintain secure and repeatable Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform and platform automation pipelines
• Partner with Cloud Architecture and Security teams to implement enterprise cloud standards and reference architectures
• Support hybrid cloud and on-premises integration requirements including connectivity, authentication, and service access patterns
• Troubleshoot complex AWS platform issues involving networking, identity, security, infrastructure automation, and service integration
• Contribute to platform observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational readiness capabilities
• Partner with Service Operations teams to conduct root cause analysis and improve platform reliability and supportability
• Assist application and development teams in the efficient, secure, and cost-effective consumption of AWS services
• Create and maintain technical documentation, implementation standards, architecture patterns, and operational runbooks
• Support platform modernization initiatives and evaluate new AWS capabilities, introducing them to our ecosystem rapidly and with baked in governance

What you bring

• A positive, customer-first attitude and a passion for enabling others through technology
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 5–8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or related technology roles
• Strong experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and cloud platform operations
• Experience designing and supporting AWS networking services including VPCs, Transit Gateway, Route 53, Direct Connect, PrivateLink, security groups, and network segmentation
• Experience with AWS identity and security services, including IAM, Identity Center (SSO), SCPs, and governance controls
• Hands-on experience with developing, supporting, and managing services via Terraform, both module driven and resource specific configuration
• Demonstrated effectiveness troubleshooting cloud and on-prem environments, including infrastructure, networking, and platform services
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and Git-based workflows
• Familiarity with container platforms and cloud-native technologies including Kubernetes, EKS, and related ecosystem tooling
• Willingness to support production cloud environments and participate in operational support activities to ensure sustained business value
• Ability to translate architectural requirements into operationally sound platform implementation
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Additional Information

National Range: $ 96,700 -145,000

Lynchburg Range: $91,900 - 138,000

Disclaimer: This role is aligned to a national market-based pay range. Actual compensation will vary based on geographic location, experience, skills, and other job-related factors. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible to participate in a bonus incentive plan. Incentive compensation is based on individual and company performance and is not guaranteed.

Employee Benefits & Well-Being

• Competitive Compensation & Total Rewards Incentives
• Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage
• Multiple 401(k) Savings Plan Options
• Auto Enrollment in Employer-Directed Retirement Account Feature (100% employer-funded!)
• Generous Paid Time Off – Including 12 Paid Holidays, Volunteer Time Off and Paid Family Leave
• Disability, Life, and Long Term Care Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment and Training & Certification Support
• Wellness support including gym membership reimbursement and Employee Assistance Program resources (work/life support, financial & legal management)
• Caregiver and Mental Health Support Services

This role is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.