Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mutual of Omaha is seeking an AWS CDK/TypeScript Platform Engineer to join its Common Technology Platform Agile Release Train within the Department of Cloud. The role focuses on designing and automating secure AWS infrastructure, improving developer experience through self-service tools, automating cloud platform lifecycles, and building resilient cloud networks.
Responsibilities
- Create innovative cloud solutions by designing and automating infrastructure using AWS CDK, scripting languages, and APIs—bringing ideas to life with Infrastructure as Code
- Partner with teams across the organization to uncover challenges, accelerate delivery, and make the developer experience seamless through modern self-service tools
- Apply engineering excellence to solve complex infrastructure problems—driving automation, self-healing capabilities, and reusable components that scale
- Lead lifecycle automation for distributed cloud platforms, ensuring smooth configuration, deployment, and monitoring for a stable, secure environment
- Build and optimize secure cloud networks, including load balancers, firewalls, and VPN connectivity, to keep our systems resilient and reliable
Skills
- * 8+ years of experience in development including **TypeScript** and/or Python
- * 2+ years of experience in AWS including experience writing and debugging scripts/code for building and managing AWS services, **delivered through CDK's**
- * IaC (Infrastructure as Code) experience including independently building/managing cloud services by automating/orchestrating moderately complex processes using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) within a single cloud environment
- * Strong skills in engineering: design, research, requirements gathering, testing, operational support, developing and using quantitative measurements; building and following disciplined processes; building reusable components
- * Experience with distributed cloud platform configuration, deployment, and lifecycle management automation tools
- * You promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, value different ideas and opinions, and listen courageously, remaining curious in all that you do
- * Able to work remotely with access to a high-speed internet connection and located in the United States or Puerto Rico
- * Applicants for this position must not now, nor at any point in the future, require sponsorship for employment
- * Ability to challenge the authenticity and effectiveness of team processes where opportunities for improvement exist
- * Learn quickly when facing new problems and are a relentless and versatile learner, open to change
- * Enjoy the challenge of unfamiliar tasks and ambiguity
Benefits
- Annual bonus opportunity
- 401(k) plan with a 2% company contribution and 6% company match
- Vacation, personal time and paid holidays
- Remote work arrangement; periodic in-person attendance is required for activities such as quarterly or project planning, training, or other business-critical meetings
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