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Securian Financial · 2 days ago

Platform Engineering & Enablement Senior Consultant (Hybrid)

St Paul, MN

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$105K/yr - $196K/yr

7+ years exp

Securian Financial is seeking a Platform Engineering & Enablement Senior Consultant to operate as a domain-specific strategist within the Reliability Engineering & Operations organization. This role is responsible for evolving the REO’s operating model, driving platform and infrastructure capabilities, and ensuring stakeholder alignment and measurable business impact.

Financial ServicesInsuranceLife Insurance

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the platform engineering roadmap aligned with REO strategic priorities and enterprise architecture

Define epics, features, and user stories that improve developer experience, CI/CD maturity, and platform scalability

Build business cases that quantify engineering enablement value, automation ROI, and operational resilience

Partner with infrastructure, SRE, and architecture teams to ensure roadmap alignment and delivery discipline

Execute against CMMI milestones for platform modernization, observability tooling, and automation maturity

Provide engineering-focused maturity scorecards, adoption metrics, and performance dashboards to REO governance forums

Contribute platform engineering insights to REO’s CMMI framework and maturity model evolution

Qualification

Platform engineeringDevOps product managementTechnical program managementBusiness case developmentBacklog managementDefining epicsUser storiesCommunicationPresentation skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience

7+ years in platform engineering, DevOps product management, or technical program management

Demonstrated success in building business cases and managing backlogs for complex platform capabilities

Strong experience defining epics, user stories, and roadmaps for engineering enablement

Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business impact

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Leave programs: Securian’s flexible leave programs allow time off from work for parental leave, caregiver leave for family members, bereavement and military leave.

Holidays: Securian provides nine company paid holidays.

Company-funded pension plan and a 401(k) retirement plan: Share in the success of our company. Securian’s 401(k) company contribution is tied to our performance up to 10 percent of eligible earnings, with a target of 5 percent. The amount is based on company results compared to goals related to earnings, sales and service.

Health insurance: From the first day of employment, associates and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners and children – are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage.

Volunteer time: We know the importance of community. Through company-sponsored events, volunteer paid time off, a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program and more, we encourage you to support organizations important to you.

Associate Resource Groups: Build connections, be yourself and develop meaningful relationships at work through associate-led ARGs. Dedicated groups focus on a variety of interests and affinities, including: Mental Wellness and Disability, Pride at Securian Financial, Securian Young Professionals Network, Securian Multicultural Network, Securian Women and Allies Network, Servicemember Associate Resource Group.