Key skills
Amazon RedshiftAWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerDynamoDBEC2JavaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxNoSQLPostgresPythonShell ScriptingSplunkTerraformShellRedshiftGitHub ActionsECSEKSCloudFormationLambdaS3RDSIAMCloudWatchCodePipelineDatadogGitHubGitOpsCI/CDLeadershipMentoringCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Role Overview
- Provides technical leadership in designing, automating, and optimizing cloud infrastructure, CI/CD workflows, and deployment platforms that support Empower’s engineering teams
- Applies deep DevOps expertise to develop scalable, secure, and resilient AWS-native solutions while driving best practices in automation, observability, and operational excellence
- Partners closely with development, architecture, and security teams to enhance developer experience, accelerate delivery pipelines, strengthen production reliability, and promote consistent use of infrastructure as code
- Contributes to long-term platform strategy, leads components of cross-functional initiatives, evaluates emerging technologies, and supports tactical engineering needs with a continuous improvement mindset
- Leads the design, automation, and optimization of AWS-native cloud infrastructure using Terraform, CDK, and CloudFormation
- Architects, builds, and maintains CI/CD pipelines for Java, Python, and other application ecosystems
- Drives automation-first approaches that reduce manual effort, increase deployment consistency, and improve system reliability
- Partners with engineering teams to enhance developer experience, deployment workflows, and observability capabilities
- Implements and enforces AWS security best practices, including IAM policy design, network segmentation, and data protection
- Leads performance monitoring, analysis, and optimization using AWS and third-party tools
- Guides adoption of containerization and orchestration platforms, including Kubernetes, EKS, and GitOps practices
- Troubleshoots complex production issues and provides Tier 3 operational support, including participation in an on-call rotation
- Evaluates emerging cloud, automation, and DevOps technologies and recommends improvements for resiliency, efficiency, and operational maturity
- Mentors engineers on DevOps principles, cloud architecture, automation patterns, and operational excellence
- Contributes to functional roadmaps and collaborates with leadership on long-term infrastructure and platform strategy
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
- Typically, 7–10 years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or software engineering
- Advanced AWS experience across EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, and ECS/EKS
- Strong scripting & automation skills in Python and/or Java for automation and service integration
- Deep experience with integration and deployment using Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation
- Strong Linux administration and shell scripting skills
- Expertise in CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline
- Solid understanding of networking, security models, and distributed systems architecture
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and EKS for containerization and orchestration
- Familiarity with observability tools such as Datadog, Splunk, or CloudWatch
- Understanding of relational and NoSQL databases such as Postgres, DynamoDB, or Redshift
- Experience implementing security and compliance automation in AWS environments
- Strong communication, collaboration, and mentoring abilities, with a focus on continuous learning and improvement
Tech Stack
- Amazon Redshift
- AWS
- Cloud
- Distributed Systems
- Docker
- DynamoDB
- EC2
- Java
- Jenkins
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- NoSQL
- Postgres
- Python
- Shell Scripting
- Splunk
- Terraform
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Celebrates internal mobility
- Recognizes importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance
- Welcoming and inclusive environment
- Opportunities for volunteering for causes that matter