Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Account Management

Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 141,900 - 190,300; Full time

Job summary

Dormont Manufacturing Co seeks a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Cloud Account Management. You will design and develop automation tools for AWS environments, ensuring security and compliance.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in software engineering, particularly with AWS and backend development in Python. This position offers competitive compensation ranging from $141,900 to $190,300 per year, along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience building on public cloud, preferably AWS.
• Hands-on AWS Security/IAM administration experience.

Responsibilities

• Write automation tools for deployment and detection in AWS.
• Champion best practices and security standards.
• Provide guidance on service design and deployments.

Skills

Public cloud experience

Backend development (Python)

AWS Security/IAM administration

CI/CD tools (Terraform, GitHub Actions)

Docker and containerization

Unix/Linux systems

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Spinnaker

Jenkins

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Account Management

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.

The Production Platform Foundations team is a horizontal service team providing both tools and guidance across the organization for operations in AWS. We strive to act as a productivity multiplier, providing consulting and operational support to Application teams to help them drive their adoption of AWS services in conjunction with their existing infrastructure. We work closely with those groups to offer a ‘cloud-native’ perspective on application architecture, infrastructure, and deployment strategies.

Job Summary

A Senior Software Engineer on the Cloud Account Management (CAM) team is a security-focused cloud engineer responsible for designing, building, and supporting automation and tooling initiatives that enable secure, compliant, self-service ways of working for both the team and the developer base. The role also provides operational and technical guidance to Application Development (DevOps) teams that are utilizing the AWS environment at Disney Streaming. This position reports to the Engineering Manager and interacts with other Software Engineers in the CAM team.

What you’ll be doing

• Write automation tools for your team and other internal teams to self-service, deploy, detect, alert, and mitigate in our AWS environments
• 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

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience building on public cloud, preferably AWS.
• Experience with deployment and CI/CD tools – Terraform, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker, and Jenkins.
• Relevant software engineering experience, primarily backend (Python, database, building APIs).
• 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, taking a practical, collaborative approach when working with engineers.
• Familiarity with operational troubleshooting tools and techniques.

Nice to have

• Experience leveraging AI as a productivity multiplier.
• AWS Certifications.
• Experience supporting DevOps teams in mid-to-large-sized organizations, especially in multitenant environments.
• Familiarity with SSL Certificate management.
• Familiarity with general and AWS-specific networking concepts, including VPC constructs, firewalling, and DNS.

Compensation and Benefits

The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA and Glendale, CA is $141,900 to $190,300 per year and in New York, NY and Seattle, WA is $148,700 to $199,400 per year and in San Francisco, CA is $155,400 to $208,400. The base pay offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographical region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Locations: Santa Monica, CA; Glendale, CA; New York, NY; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA.