American Fidelity ยท 1 week ago
Platform Engineer
American Fidelity is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, implement, and maintain platform systems. The role involves troubleshooting platform systems, collaborating with IT professionals, and ensuring stability and performance of platform systems.
Financial ServicesHealth InsuranceInsuranceLife Insurance
Responsibilities
The Platform Engineer demonstrates skill in designing, implementing, and maintaining platform systems, with expertise in platform-specific programming languages, database management, and system administration while ensuring compliance with technical standards
The Platform Engineer is responsible for providing support and troubleshooting for our platform systems
They work closely with all relevant subject matter experts, stakeholders, and other IT professionals to identify and resolve technical issues
The Platform Engineer independently resolves complex issues and is proactive in identifying areas for improvement, developing solutions to address technical debt, and ensures that our platform systems are stable and performant within the software team
Implement AWS security controls and monitoring (CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub), enforce Service/Resource Control Policies (SCPs/RCPs), and drive guardrails across accounts
Build and manage AWS Control Tower, Landing Zones, and AWS Organizations; automate account provisioning and guardrails with CloudFormation
Design least-privilege IAM (roles, permissions), integrate SSO / IAM Identity Center, and use IAM Access Analyzer to reduce risk
Configure and operate S3/Glacier, API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, Amazon Connect, VPC, KMS, and other AWS services to deliver secure, reliable workloads
Use Infrastructure-as-Code (CloudFormation) and scripting to automate deployments, controls, and configuration drift detection
Qualification
Required
The Platform Engineer demonstrates skill in designing, implementing, and maintaining platform systems, with expertise in platform-specific programming languages, database management, and system administration while ensuring compliance with technical standards
The Platform Engineer is responsible for providing support and troubleshooting for our platform systems
They work closely with all relevant subject matter experts, stakeholders, and other IT professionals to identify and resolve technical issues
The Platform Engineer independently resolves complex issues and is proactive in identifying areas for improvement, developing solutions to address technical debt, and ensures that our platform systems are stable and performant within the software team
Hands-on AWS experience across security, organizations/multi-account, IAM, and core service configurations (as listed above)
Proficiency with CloudFormation and scripting (e.g., Python/PowerShell) for automation and compliance
Solid understanding of VPC networking, encryption/KMS, logging/monitoring, and least-privilege design
Strong collaboration and documentation skills; ability to turn requirements into secure, automated solutions
Preferred
Security & governance: Implement AWS security controls and monitoring (CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub), enforce Service/Resource Control Policies (SCPs/RCPs), and drive guardrails across accounts
Organizations & multi-account architecture: Build and manage AWS Control Tower, Landing Zones, and AWS Organizations; automate account provisioning and guardrails with CloudFormation
Identity & access: Design least-privilege IAM (roles, permissions), integrate SSO / IAM Identity Center, and use IAM Access Analyzer to reduce risk
Service engineering: Configure and operate S3/Glacier, API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, Amazon Connect, VPC, KMS, and other AWS services to deliver secure, reliable workloads
Automation & ops: Use Infrastructure-as-Code (CloudFormation) and scripting to automate deployments, controls, and configuration drift detection
Company
American Fidelity
American Fidelity is a life and health insurance company.
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