Pacific Life · 1 day ago
Senior Cloud Engineer II
Charlotte - NC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$122K/yr - $149K/yr
8+ years expPacific Life is a leading insurance company dedicated to supporting its policyholders in planning for their future. They are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join their Cloud Shared Services team, focusing on building and enhancing cloud capabilities to support the company's digital transformation journey.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInsurance
Responsibilities
Deliver software programs, scripts, configuration files, and other programming artifacts as needed to implement solutions using the following tools (not exclusively): AWS, Azure, Terraform, Ansible, Azure DevOps Pipelines
Ensure security of all assets in the cloud by integrating security best practices for shared secrets, key rotation, and other security requirements. Work with our corporate security team to enforce policies and deploy cloud security tools to protect and monitor access
Work within an Agile team to prioritize and organize work efforts
Monitoring system performance and recommend, execute, and automate corrective action
Mentor others in the principles and best practices of cloud-native architecture and design, implementation strategies, and software development methodologies
Ensure the end-to-end availability and performance of mission critical services, and build automation to prevent problem recurrence; automate response to all non-exceptional service conditions
Participate in the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of tools and software; implementing policies and procedures
Communicate complex details in a way that people can understand. Collaborate with people at all levels in the organization and ensuring all stakeholders are in the loop. Closely work with business stakeholders, support team and engineering teams in providing solutions
Collaborate with other infrastructure, information security, application and support teams reviewing design and test plans. Work with architects and other engineers to determine potential gaps and alternative solutions
Recognized as an expert within the organization both within and beyond own function. Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends process, product, or service improvements. Contributes to the development of functional strategy
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in an applicable cloud, infrastructure, or software engineering role
2-4 years of hands-on experience in building cloud infrastructure or cloud-native applications via automation. AWS and Azure experience are both required
BS in Computer Science and/or Engineering, or equivalent experience and certifications
Experience working as part of a Scrum or Agile team
Strong background in at least two of the following areas: compute & storage, network, security, software development, data analytics
Adept in at least one programming language such as Python, Java, or Node.JS. Experience with bash and PowerShell as well as the command-line interface to at least one major cloud service, preferably AWS CLI
Experience using a configuration management platform such as Chef, Ansible, or Puppet, preferably Chef
Effective communicator with the ability to interact with a wide variety of stakeholders and with experience presenting to non-technical business audiences
Preferred
Strongly Preferred: Experience writing Terraform modules
Preferred: MS in Computer Science and/or Engineering
Preferred: AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification
Benefits
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
Company
Pacific Life
Pacific Life Insurance is an insurance company that provides life insurance products, annuities, and mutual funds.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (9)
2023 (16)
2022 (19)
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2020 (17)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.44B2025-09-03Debt Financing· $750M
2025-06-18Debt Financing· $688.57M
Leadership Team
Howard Hirakawa
Senior Vice President and Fund Advisor Operations
Joe Krum
Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Global Institutional Investment Group
Recent News
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