Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

Centene Corporation

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world. As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility. Position Purpose: Leads the Cloud Platform Engineering team to design, build, and automate foundational AWS infrastructure and platform services across a multi-account AWS Landing Zone environment. Guides the team in developing scalable, secure automation solutions using TypeScript, Terraform, and GitLab CI/CD. Champions infrastructure-as-code best practices, platform standardization, and operational excellence across hybrid cloud environments. Drives platform innovation while ensuring governance, compliance, and reliability across hundreds of AWS child accounts.

Requirements

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. Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.
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.
Intermediate - Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
Intermediate - Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Intermediate - Ability to work independently
Intermediate - Demonstrated analytical skills
Intermediate - Demonstrated project management skills
Intermediate - Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
Intermediate - Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills
Intermediate - Ability to communicate and make recommendations to upper management
Intermediate - Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion
Intermediate - Possesses technical aptitude

Nice To Haves

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).

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.