Centene Corporation · 21 hours ago
Lead Cloud Platform Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$103K/yr - $190K/yr
5+ years expCentene Corporation is a diversified national organization that seeks to improve health outcomes for its 28 million members through technology. The Lead Cloud Platform Engineer will lead a team to design, build, and automate AWS infrastructure and platform services, ensuring compliance and operational excellence across cloud environments.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of Cloud Platform Engineers, establishing standards and best practices for AWS platform automation and infrastructure-as-code
Architect and automate AWS Landing Zone infrastructure using AWS Control Tower, Organizations, and Service Control Policies across large-scale multi-account environments
Design and implement platform automation solutions using TypeScript, Terraform, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code modules and reusable components using Terraform and CloudFormation StackSets
Build serverless automation frameworks leveraging Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, and API Gateway
Establish centralized logging, monitoring, and observability platforms using CloudWatch and related AWS services
Create self-service platform capabilities and standardized infrastructure patterns for application teams
Collaborate with Security, Network, and Application teams to ensure platform security, compliance, and operational resilience
Establish disaster recovery strategies, backup automation, and business continuity planning for platform services
Evaluate and implement emerging AWS services and cloud-native technologies to enhance platform capabilities
Provide technical leadership for cloud migration projects and infrastructure modernization efforts
Ensure compliance with internal governance standards, regulatory requirements, and AWS best practices
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science) and requires 5 – 7 years of related experience
Deep expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure, services, and architecture patterns
Strong programming skills in TypeScript for infrastructure automation and platform tooling
Expert-level proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code and state management
Knowledge of CloudFormation and StackSets for cross-account deployments
Hands-on experience with AWS Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, and serverless architectures
Proven expertise with API Gateway, Route53, VPC, CloudWatch, and S3
Strong experience with GitLab CI/CD for infrastructure automation pipelines
Proven leadership and team management capabilities with ability to mentor and develop engineers
Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, networking, and compliance requirements
Preferred
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional certification
Experience with additional programming languages (Python, Go) for automation
Knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS and container orchestration platforms
Experience with AWS Systems Manager, Config, Security Hub, and GuardDuty
Experience with AWS Control Tower, AWS Organizations, and multi-account Landing Zone architectures
Experience operating platform infrastructure supporting large numbers (100+) of AWS child accounts
Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace)
Understanding of FinOps principles and cloud cost optimization strategies
Knowledge of Service Catalog, Service Control Policies, and AWS governance services
Experience with multi-region architectures and global infrastructure deployment patterns
Background in network architecture, VPC design, Transit Gateway, and Direct Connect
Exposure to GitOps methodologies and tools (ArgoCD, Flux)
Understanding of compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS)
Benefits
Health insurance
401K
Stock purchase plans
Tuition reimbursement
Paid time off plus holidays
Flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules
Company
Centene Corporation
Centene Corporation is a leading healthcare enterprise committed to helping people live healthier lives.
10001+ employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Beth Johnson
President and CEO, Coordinated Care
Clyde White
President & CEO (New Hampshire Healthy Families)
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