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:
Plans and oversees the configuration of software and infrastructure services on the cloud platform. Manages cloud infrastructure as code. Automates deployment and administration. Ensures security of cloud components. Collaborates with the DevOps team to manage and lead upgrades, enhancements, and software migrations to drive the successful deployment of cloud infrastructure and applications.
- Builds and support the administration of cloud-based environments
- Develops and executes code-based CI/CD deployment plans for new and existing infrastructure based on standards and best-practices provided
- Develops and implements monitoring solutions that give greater visibility into performance and reliability of cloud environments
- Collaborates with Development, Network and Security groups and integrate their requirements in all environment build plans
- Builds and maintains capacity plans to include cloud based deployments
- Develops and implements technical efforts to design, build, and deploy cloud applications at the direction of lead architects, including large-scale data processing and advanced analytics
- Delivers continuous integration and delivery pipeline and standards by enabling common DevSecOps tooling in cloud environment and providing development teams with the ability to execute builds, run tests, and deploy in automated fashion
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Complies with all policies and standards
Education/Experience:
A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science) and Requires 4 – 6 years of related experience.
Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.
Technical Skills:
Architecture & Design:
- Multi-account AWS architecture (Organizations, Control Tower, SCPs)
- Network design (VPCs, Transit Gateway, Private Link, hybrid networking)
- High availability, fault tolerance, DR design
- Well-Architected Framework mastery
Core AWS Services:
- Compute: EC2, ASG, ECS, EKS, Lambda
- Networking: VPC, Route53, ALB/NLB, CloudFront
- Storage: S3, EBS, EFS
- Security: IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, ACM
Platform Engineering / Backstage (IDP Focus)
Backstage Core:
- Backstage architecture (frontend + backend plugins)
- Catalog design (entities, relations, ownership models)
- Scaffolder templates
- TechDocs
- Software Templates (Golden Paths)
- Plugin development (Node.js/React)
- API integration patterns
Platform Concepts:
- Internal Developer Platform (IDP) design
- Self-service infrastructure
- Developer experience (Python, Java, TypeScript, Golang)
- Golden paths
- Service ownership models
- Platform product mindset
CICD Integrations:
- AWS service integrations
- GitHub/GitLab
- CI/CD systems
- Monitoring tools
- Secrets systems
- Identity providers (SSO, OIDC, SAML)
Security & Compliance:
- IAM least privilege design
- Zero-trust architecture
- Secrets lifecycle management
- Policy-as-code
Infrastructure as Code:
- Terraform (advanced)
- CDK
- Modular IaC design
Soft Skills:
- 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
Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.
Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act
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