Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer

About

We are seeking a Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer to oversee public cloud engineering and operations for the CenterWell Home Health subsidiary of Humana. This individual will make a lasting impact in the lives millions who need in-home clinical care, have leadership who cares about them, their career, and their ability to bring creative & magical solutions to a variety of engineering problems. This role will oversee an enormous breadth of technologies, transform public cloud solutions at a Fortune 40 company.

The Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer scope of responsibility includes implementation of the technical foundation for a variety of IaaS and PaaS services in public cloud service providers. This includes engaging with our security partners and delivering against the Shared Responsibility Model of each CSP. Develops the organization's infrastructure and platform Obsolescence plans, aligns implementation plans, and ensures effective integration of all IT services. Administers the company's enterprise public cloud hosted IaaS and PaaS environments, performing upgrades when necessary, monitoring system performance, planning for capacity and managing costs. Ensures solutions meet standard Service Level Agreements. The Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer works on problems of diverse scope and complexity ranging from moderate to substantial.

This role engineers, orchestrates, automates, and oversees public cloud compute, storage, network, DNS, Public Key Infrastructure, database, security, and policy.

The Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer Implements organization's cloud strategy from a technical perspective, including design, planning, integration, maintenance and support of cloud architecture. May work with stakeholders across organization to evaluate cloud systems and identify appropriate solutions. Collaborates with product managers and engineers to develop specifications for new cloud-based products/services, applications and solutions. Drives the roll-out of cloud management platforms, evaluates its performance and implements enhancements. Advises executives to develop functional strategies (often segment specific) on matters of significance. Exercises independent judgment and decision making on complex issues regarding job duties and related tasks, and works under minimal supervision, Uses independent judgment requiring analysis of variable factors and determining the best course of action.

This role will also act as a backup to the Lead Infrastructure Engineer; pairing to balance technology ownership, responsibilities, workload, and work/life experience. Ownership of some on-premises technologies may transfer to this role and will depend on the experience depth of the selected candidate.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or 8 years of relevant experience in AWS Cloud Solutions
• 8 or more years of progressive IT experience as a senior engineer in design, analysis, configuration, and maintenance of complex infrastructure systems & solutions, based on a thorough knowledge of systems engineering, architecture concepts, and techniques
• 2 or more years providing technical leadership to engineering teams
• Highly experienced in the 30 most popular Amazon Web Services offerings
• Demonstrated experience with engineering and operating Kubernetes, particularly for a large and regulated institution
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving customer experiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications in AWS and Kubernetes platforms.

An ideal candidate will have experience overseeing and administering a very broad range of IaaS and PaaS systems & solutions. While they will be the owner of AWS and Kubernetes, they will have the support of our Lead Infrastructure Engineer as backup. Additionally, this candidate will take ownership of some on-premises technologies and backup the Lead Infrastructure Engineer.

Preference will be given to those who have experience in some additional domains and technologies detailed below:

Block, File, and Backup Storage:

• Storage Area Network zoning
• Block Storage Arrays
• File Storage Arrays
• Backup Storage Arrays/Appliances

Distributed/Midrange Compute:

• Blade and Rack Mount Server Hardware
• VMware Hypervisor
• Windows Server
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• IBM iSeries AS/400 systems

Infrastructure Applications:

• Business Continuity, Data Replication, and DR Solutions
• Microsoft Active Directory
• Public Key Infrastructure
• DNS & DHCP
• Server Monitoring and Orchestration Tools
• Infrastructure orchestration tools like Hashicorp Terraform or VMware Aria/vRealize

Work-At-Home Requirements

• WAH requirements: Must have the ability to provide a high speed DSL or cable modem for a home office. Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense.
• A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required.
• Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role.
• A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Travel

While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$129,300 - $177,800 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, "Humana") offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.