Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS
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Job description
P&C IT Services provides professional services to help our business units and corporate functions use technology to create, manage, and optimize information and business processes. IT Services can include a wide range of activities such as: software development, data management, Cloud services, IT security, network security, technical support, establishing and overseeing access rights, procuring and maintaining equipment or software, managing the infrastructure, and defining security procedures, The overall goal of IT Services is to provide technology solutions that increase efficiency, reduce costs, and give our company a competitive advantage over our competitors.
Great American's culture is built on connection, shared learning, and strong relationships. To support this, employees in this role are expected to be on-site a minimum of two days a week, with the potential to work three days remotely. Core in-office days are Tuesday and Thursday but will be determined by business needs.
Cloud Strategy and Architecture
- Design solutions using AWS and related cloud technologies.
- Define and enforce architecture standards for distributed microservices and serverless environments.
- Architect solutions using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, SageMaker, RDS (Aurora MySQL), DynamoDB, S3, Glue, Athena, Kinesis Firehose, EventBridge, CloudFormation, CDK, CodePipeline.
- Promote re-use through shared templates and solution components, leveraging Terraform and AWS CDK.
- Guide teams on AWS shared services, automated deployments, and immutable/disposable infrastructure patterns.
- Identify, communicate, and mitigate risks, assumptions, issues, and decisions throughout the lifecycle of cloud infrastructure solutions.
Analysis and Decision Making
- Translate business, information, and technical requirements into architectural blueprints for AWS-centric solutions.
- Stay current on competitive insights and evolving cloud trends, including serverless, containerization, and managed services.
- Analyze and resolve integration, compatibility, and multi-platform issues.
- Evaluate solution possibilities and architectural options based on feasibility and impact.
Technical Leadership
- Provide technical direction and leadership to engineering teams, including mentoring and reviewing as-built configurations.
- Lead requirements gathering and solutions analysis sessions, especially for custom software and data pipeline projects.
- Guide teams in building and maintaining microservices, serverless APIs, and data science workflows using AWS SageMaker, Glue ETL, and Athena.
- Oversee logging, monitoring, and alerting using AWS CloudWatch, SNS, and CloudTrail.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in AWS: Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, SageMaker, RDS (Aurora MySQL), DynamoDB, S3, Glue, Athena, Kinesis Firehose, EventBridge, CloudFormation, CDK, CodePipeline, CloudWatch, SNS, CloudTrail.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration: Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Docker, ECS, Helm.
- Familiarity with data science workflows: SageMaker, Glue ETL, Athena, QuickSight.
- Knowledge of analytics platforms: Tableau, QuickSight.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code: Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation.
- Understanding of security and compliance for PII and HIPAA data.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting in AWS environments.
Certifications Required
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
- Additional certifications preferred:
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
Preferred Programming Skills
- Python
- Java
- JavaScript (Node.js)
- Infrastructure-as-Code languages: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK
Experience with CI/CD Tools
- AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy
- GitHub Actions
Experience with Container Orchestration
- Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE)
- Docker (including Docker Compose)
- AWS ECS
- Helm
- Managing containerized applications in production environments
- Designing scalable, resilient, and secure container orchestration solutions
Knowledge of Serverless
- AWS Lambda, Azure Functions
- Serverless API hosting (Amazon API Gateway)
- Event-driven design (AWS EventBridge, SNS, SQS)
- Serverless data processing (AWS Glue, Athena)
- Serverless orchestration (AWS Step Functions)
- Security, scaling, and monitoring in serverless environments
- Cost optimization and lifecycle management for serverless workloads
Experience with Event-Driven Systems
- Designed and implemented event-driven architectures using AWS EventBridge, SNS, SQS, and Lambda.
- Integrated event sources and consumers for real-time processing and automation.
- Managed workflows and state machines with AWS Step Functions.
- Built scalable, loosely coupled systems that respond to cloud events and triggers.
- Ensured reliability, security, and monitoring of event-driven solutions using AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail.
Education
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline.
Experience
8+ years in technology roles, with 3+ years in cloud architecture (AWS required, Azure or GCP a plus).
Experience designing and operating distributed microservices, serverless architectures, and automated deployment pipelines.
Benefits & conditions
We offer competitive benefits packages for full-time and part-time employees*. Full-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision coverage, wellness plans, parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. Full-time and eligible part-time employees also enjoy Paid Time Off and paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, and commuter benefits.