Sr. Platform Engineer

Pacific Life; Newport Beach (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Wellbeing Reimbursement Account

Paid Time Off, Holidays, and Financial

Planning Time Off

Paid Parental Leave and Adoption

401k with company match

Job summary

Pacific Life in Newport Beach, CA is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise platform capabilities focused on workload orchestration and managed file transfer services that enable core business processes.

You will collaborate with application teams, architects, infrastructure engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable platform solutions while helping establish engineering standards and drive platform modernization and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise technology platforms.
• Experience with workload orchestration, job scheduling, automation platforms, or managed file transfer technologies.
• Strong understanding of enterprise systems integration, operational support, and platform engineering principles.
• Experience implementing solutions in highly regulated environments with a focus on security, governance, and risk management.
• Ability to analyze complex technical challenges and develop scalable, reliable solutions.
• Experience working in Agile environments and managing work through prioritized backlogs.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise platform capabilities supporting workload orchestration and managed file transfer services.
• Partner with business and technology teams to understand requirements and deliver secure, scalable solutions that meet enterprise needs.
• Develop and promote reusable platform patterns, engineering standards, and best practices that enhance consistency and operational efficiency.
• Integrate applications and workloads into enterprise orchestration platforms while ensuring reliability, performance, and resiliency.
• Contribute to the team's shared backlog by delivering new capabilities, system enhancements, lifecycle upgrades, and operational improvements.
• Ensure enterprise platforms meet availability, security, governance, risk management, and compliance requirements.
• Monitor platform health and proactively identify opportunities to improve system performance, stability, and operational readiness.
• Create and maintain technical architecture documentation, support procedures, standards, and knowledge articles.
• Drive operational excellence by implementing monitoring, alerting, recovery strategies, and support models for delivered solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot complex technical issues and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Workload orchestration

Job scheduling

Automation platforms

Managed file transfer

Platform engineering

Agile

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering

Job description

Job Description

Pacific Life is investing in innovative technology solutions to help our business move confidently into the future. We are seeking a talented Senior Platform Engineer to join our Enterprise Technology team. This role will be responsible for designing, engineering, and supporting enterprise platform capabilities focused on workload orchestration and managed file transfer services that enable critical business processes across Pacific Life. This role will be based in our Newport Beach, CA office.

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will collaborate with application teams, architects, infrastructure engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable platform solutions. You will help establish engineering standards, drive platform modernization efforts, and ensure operational excellence across enterprise services.

What You'll Help Move Us Forward

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise platform capabilities supporting workload orchestration and managed file transfer services.
• Partner with business and technology teams to understand requirements and deliver secure, scalable solutions that meet enterprise needs.
• Develop and promote reusable platform patterns, engineering standards, and best practices that enhance consistency and operational efficiency.
• Integrate applications and workloads into enterprise orchestration platforms while ensuring reliability, performance, and resiliency.
• Contribute to the team's shared backlog by delivering new capabilities, system enhancements, lifecycle upgrades, and operational improvements.
• Ensure enterprise platforms meet availability, security, governance, risk management, and compliance requirements.
• Monitor platform health and proactively identify opportunities to improve system performance, stability, and operational readiness.
• Create and maintain technical architecture documentation, support procedures, standards, and knowledge articles.
• Drive operational excellence by implementing monitoring, alerting, recovery strategies, and support models for delivered solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot complex technical issues and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

The Experience You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise technology platforms.
• Experience with workload orchestration, job scheduling, automation platforms, or managed file transfer technologies.
• Strong understanding of enterprise systems integration, operational support, and platform engineering principles.
• Experience implementing solutions in highly regulated environments with a focus on security, governance, and risk management.
• Ability to analyze complex technical challenges and develop scalable, reliable solutions.
• Experience working in Agile environments and managing work through prioritized backlogs.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.

Base Pay Range

The base pay range noted represents the company's good faith minimum and maximum range for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered to a candidate will be dependent upon several factors, including but not limited to experience, qualifications and geographic location. Also, most employees are eligible for additional incentive pay.

$137,610.00 - $168,190.00

Your Benefits Start Day 1

Your wellbeing is important to Pacific Life, and we’re committed to providing you with flexible benefits that you can tailor to meet your needs. Whether you are focusing on your physical, financial, emotional, or social wellbeing, we’ve got you covered.

• Prioritization of your health and well-being including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Wellbeing Reimbursement Account that can be used on yourself or your eligible dependents
• Generous paid time off options including: Paid Time Off, Holiday Schedules, and Financial Planning Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave as well as an Adoption Assistance Program
• Competitive 401k savings plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation

You Can Be Who You Are

We are committed to a culture of diversity and inclusion that embraces the authenticity of all employees, partners and communities. We support all employees to thrive and achieve their fullest potential.

What’s life like at Pacific Life? Visit Instagram.com/lifeatpacificlife

EEO Statement

Pacific Life Insurance Company is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact a Human Resources Representative at Pacific Life Insurance Company.