Solutions Engineer

MetLif; Cary (NC); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid in-office 3 days/week

Comprehensive health plan

401(k) with employer matching

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

MetLife’s Global Technology team seeks a Solutions Engineer to help design, deliver, and secure scalable infrastructure across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. You’ll partner with AD, Product-Aligned teams, GTO, and Global Infrastructure to simplify engagements and promote modern platforms.

This role requires 3–6+ years in IT infrastructure or related fields, strong cloud experience (Azure/AWS/GCP), IaC, security and resiliency awareness, and the ability to work with global teams.

Qualifications

• 3–6+ years in Information Technology, Infrastructure Engineering, or related tech disciplines.
• Knowledge of cloud, virtualization, compute, storage, networking, OS, middleware, and modern hosting patterns.
• Understanding of cloud platforms and hybrid infrastructure architectures.
• Security, resiliency, availability, DR, lifecycle management, and operational readiness concepts.
• Experience coordinating with multiple teams across regions and domains.
• Exposure to AI and automation.

Responsibilities

• Partner with development, product-aligned, GTO, and infrastructure teams to understand objectives, requirements, dependencies, and delivery constraints.
• Support design, planning, and delivery of enterprise infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
• Translate business needs into infrastructure solution recommendations, including platform selection and resiliency.
• Promote adoption of XaaS offerings, reusable platform capabilities, and standardized patterns.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, SRE, operations, and regional teams to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant designs.

Skills

IT Infrastructure Experience

Cloud & Hybrid Infra

Infrastructure Security

AI & Automation Exposure

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

IaC

Platform Engineering

Job description

When you join MetLife’s Global Technology team, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You’ll develop, maintain and support technology applications and delivery, leveraging AI, automation, and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes, improve tech resiliency, and ensure high-performing, seamless solutions that power life’s most important moments. In this dynamic environment, you’ll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions, expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.

The Opportunity

The Solutions Engineer is responsible for building strong trusted-partner relationships between Global Application Development (AD) / Product-Aligned teams, GTO partners, and Global Infrastructure organizations to simplify engineering engagements through collaboration, design optimization, and continuous process improvement. The successful candidate will help deliver scalable, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure solutions that support business and technology objectives while promoting enterprise standards, modernization initiatives, and cross-functional alignment ] across the US, LATAM, APAC, EMEA, and Japan . This is an exciting opportunity to act as a strategic bridge between application development, product-aligned technology teams, GTO partners, and Global Infrastructure organizations to drive alignment and drive adoption of emerging technologies .

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with application development, product-aligned, GTO, and infrastructure teams to understand business objectives, technical requirements, dependencies, and delivery constraints.
• Support the design, planning, and delivery of enterprise infrastructure solutions across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, ensuring solutions are fit-for-purpose and aligned to approved standards.
• Translate application and business needs into clear infrastructure solution recommendations, including platform selection, service patterns, integration considerations, resiliency needs, and operational support requirements.
• Promote adoption of Everything-as-a-Service ( XaaS ) offerings, reusable platform capabilities, standardized patterns, and shared services to accelerate delivery and improve operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, security, SRE, operations, and regional technology teams to ensure solution designs align with security, resiliency, scalability, availability, compliance, and lifecycle expectations.

Required Qualifications

• 3 - 6+ years of experience in Information Technology, Infrastructure Engineering, Systems Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, or a related technical discipline.
• Working knowledge of enterprise infrastructure technologies including cloud, virtualization, compute, storage, networking, operating systems, middleware integration, and modern application hosting patterns.
• Understanding of cloud platforms and hybrid infrastructure architectures, including how applications consume shared infrastructure services across enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of infrastructure security, resiliency, availability, disaster recovery, scalability, lifecycle management, and operational readiness concepts.
• Experience supporting technology projects and collaborating with multiple technical teams across application , infrastructure, security, operations, architecture, and regional organizations.
• Experience and exposure working with AI and automation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with public cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Platform, including common infrastructure and hosting service patterns.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation, Infrastructure-as-Code ( IaC ), service orchestration, and platform engineering practices.
• Exposure to enterprise architecture frameworks, technology governance processes, design review forums, and standards-based solution delivery.
• Experience working in large, global, regulated enterprise environments with distributed teams and diverse technology stakeholders.

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Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.

The expected salary range for this position is $80,000 - $105,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.

Benefits We Offer Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more! For more information regarding MetLife’s U.S. benefits, please.

About MetLife

Recognizedon Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies",Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companiesto Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of theworld’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities,employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutionalcustomers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positionsin the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We’re looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.

Our purposeis simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world atlarge create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our corevalues - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, andThink Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financialservices. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!

MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”). If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [e-mail]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process. MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.

This posting is for a current vacancy and is anticipated to remain open for at least 90 days from the listed posting date.