Sr Enterprise Cloud Architect

For more than 150 years, Pacific Life has offered innovative products and services including life insurance, annuities, and mutual funds, along with a variety of investment products, all of which provide The Power to Help You Succeed. We firmly believe each employee plays a part in our continued growth and success, and we pride ourselves in providing a work environment that is challenging, inclusive, collaborative, and results-oriented. With a powerful past and a strong future, Pacific Life offers an environment where you’re empowered to achieve your personal best. In return, we look to your passion and insight to help us grow. For additional company information, including current financial strength ratings, visit www.PacificLife.com.

Summary

Pacific Life is maturing and enhancing its cloud core infrastructure to support its digital transformation journey. We are looking for a Principal Cloud Architect that will help us design the capabilities for the organization to leverage cloud services safely, securely, and efficiently at scale. This individual will be part of a team of world-class cloud engineers who will help to build a renowned cloud platform in AWS. They will be integral to the design and implementation of core cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines for build and deploy, cloud governance platforms and controls, and the necessary automation and best-in-class tooling to support it. The individual will provide expert consultation and guidance to these key areas and help us design and architect a world-class suite of cloud-enabled capabilities.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities* Design elegant cloud infrastructure and effectively communicate the approach and implementation requirements to senior level leadership and engineers alike.

* Deliver high-level and low-level design artifacts, aligned to engineering best practices.

* Drive cloud implementation projects to completion, communicate on status to leadership team and program committee.

* Mentor Cloud Engineers on new technologies and approaches to cloud-native deployments.

* Deliver software programs, scripts, configuration files, and other programming artifacts as needed to implement solutions using the following tools (not exclusively): AWS, Chef, Terraform, Hashicorp Vault, Lambda, 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 a Scrum team to prioritize and organize work efforts.

* 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.

* Solves unique or complex problems that have a broad impact on the business. Takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience* 10+ years of experience in an applicable cloud, infrastructure, or software engineering role.

* 4-6 years of hands-on experience in building cloud infrastructure or cloud-native applications via automation, preferably in AWS.

* 2-3 years of cloud architecture design experience

* 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: AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification

* Preferred: MS in Computer Science and/or Engineering

* Preferred: Experience writing Terraform

* Preferred: Security certifications

Join the Pacific Life team and watch your career grow! We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes: • Competitive salary and bonus program • Medical, dental, and vision as part our commitment in investing in the health and wellbeing of our employees • Two retirement savings plans: 401k savings plan with company match and Company Retirement Contribution (company-paid) • Generous vacation time and holiday pay • And much more!

Pacific Life Insurance Company is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact a Human Resources Representative at Pacific Life Insurance Company.

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