Why AAA Life

AAA Life is a respected and trusted American brand that has been focusing on Life Insurance and Annuity Products since 1969.  At AAA Life we have over 1.8 million policies where we take pride in earning the trust of our policyholders who understand our promise to be there for them – and their families – when we’re needed most.  By joining the AAA Life team, you are joining a company that genuinely cares about helping each other, with a devotion to protect the lives of those around us.   We embrace a diverse, equitable, inclusive culture where all associates can feel a sense of belonging and use their unique talents and perspective to influence, innovate, motivate, and thrive.

How You’ll Work

Work Solution: Hybrid (Tuesday- Thursday)

Relocation Eligibility: Available 

What You’ll Do 

As a Senior Cloud Engineer at AAA Life, you will be a key part of our cloud infrastructure foundation. You'll design, implement, and govern the public cloud infrastructure and cloud platforms (specifically AWS) that support our modernization journey, with particular focus on security, compliance, networking, and cost optimization. This role sits within Enterprise Technology & Cybersecurity and works in close partnership with our Engineering and DevSecOps teams to enable fast, secure, and reliable delivery of business capabilities. You'll be responsible for establishing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) patterns, implementing cloud governance frameworks, and ensuring our cloud environments meet enterprise security and compliance standards while supporting the velocity our transformation demands. 

Position Responsibilities

• Design and implement AWS multi-account architectures with robust governance, security controls, and compliance frameworks.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code templates using AWS CDK (TypeScript) or with declarative template engines like Terraform within automated provisioning pipelines.
• Architect secure network topologies including VPCs, Transit Gateways, and connectivity to on-premises data centers.
• Establish and enforce cloud security baselines using AWS Config, GuardDuty, Security Hub, and KMS standards in cooperation with the Information Security team.
• Implement industry-standard cloud FinOps practices including cost optimization, tagging strategies, budget monitoring, and chargeback reporting.
• Partner with the Engineering (software development/delivery) and DevSecOps teams to enable secure CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure deployment that supports applications and services.
• Provide cloud platform expertise to the Enterprise Architecture team and participate in Architecture Review Board decision-making.
• Mentor junior engineers and establish cloud engineering best practices across the organization 

Core Competencies

• Deep hands-on experience with AWS services across the service catalog, including EC2 and serverless compute, database, storage (S3), networking, audit and governance. 
• Expert proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform.  
• Solid understanding of networking concepts including routing, DNS, load balancing, cloud VPCs, and network security.  
• Experience implementing security controls and compliance frameworks in cloud environments.  
• Knowledge of GitOps and DevSecOps workflows and CI/CD integration for infrastructure provisioning.  
• Strong scripting skills in Python, TypeScript, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with container orchestration platforms (ECS, EKS, Kubernetes).  
• Knowledge of observability tools such as CloudWatch, Datadog, SolarWinds, or similar platforms.  
• Experience with multi-account AWS Organizations and landing zone implementations. 
• Understanding of database technologies including Aurora PostgreSQL, RDS, and data migration patterns. 
• Experience with data warehousing and data lake infrastructure including Redshift, Glue, or with third-party solutions such as Snowflake or Databricks. 
• Exposure to event-driven architectures using Confluent/Kafka, SNS, SQS, or MSK. 

Qualifications

Basic Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.  
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure automation, or platform engineering roles with demonstrable progressive responsibility and ownership. 
• AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect Associate/Professional or Security Specialty. 
• Experience supporting large-scale technology transformations or modernization programs.  
• FinOps Certified Practitioner or similar cost optimization credentials. 
• Experience working in federally or state regulated industries such as insurance, financial services, healthcare, or aviation.                                                         

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced AWS platform experience with security, monitoring, and observability (CloudWatch, logging, tracing). 
• Experience designing resilient, cost-optimized, and scalable cloud architectures.
• On-Premises Infrastructure (3–5 years):
• SolarWinds enterprise monitoring and alerting.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• VMware ESX and vSphere administration.
• Experience maintaining enterprise storage and hyper-converged systems.

Position Success Criteria

• Delivers stable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure supporting business-critical workloads.
• Designs and implements cloud solutions following enterprise architecture, security, and compliance standards.
• Uses Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation as the primary method for building and managing cloud       resources.
• Proactively monitors, troubleshoots, and resolves cloud-related incidents to minimize impact and downtime.
• Implements effective logging, monitoring, and alerting to improve visibility and reduce MTTR.
• Partners effectively with application, DBA, security, and infrastructure teams.
• Ensures cloud environments are cost-effective, properly tagged, and optimized.
• Maintains clear, accurate documentation including diagrams, runbooks, and standards.
• Takes ownership of assigned platforms and initiatives from design through operational support.
• Continuously improves cloud platforms through modernization, optimization, and best practices.
• Communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrates accountability, sound judgment, and a strong operational mindset.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, talk, hear and concentrate.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

This job requires the ability to perform duties contained in the job description for this position, including, but not limited to, the above requirements.  Reasonable accommodation will be made for otherwise qualified applicants as needed to enable them to fulfill these requirements.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

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