Lead Cloud Architect
About The Position
Humana is seeking an experienced cloud data-caching platform engineer to design, develop, automate, deploy, and support enterprise-scale caching platforms in cloud and on-premises environments. The role focuses on Azure Managed Redis (AMR), Google Cloud Memorystore (Valkey/Redis), and Redis Enterprise, combining hands-on engineering with operational support to deliver secure, scalable, highly available, and resilient services for critical business applications. The position provides Level 3 production support and participates in a 24x7 on-call rotation. It is remote, with occasional travel to Humana offices for training or meetings.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or engineering and support of enterprise data-caching technologies.
- Hands-on experience engineering and supporting enterprise caching platforms, such as Azure Managed Redis, Google Cloud Memorystore (Valkey/Redis), Redis Enterprise, or similar distributed caching technologies.
- Strong experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, automation, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based development practices.
- Experience developing automation and operational tools using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
- Experience providing Level 3 production support, participating in on-call rotations, and resolving complex distributed-system issues.
- Strong Linux administration, troubleshooting, and performance-tuning skills.
- Solid understanding of data caching, cloud networking, security, high availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery architectures.
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, upgrading, and troubleshooting Azure Managed Redis, Google Cloud Memorystore (Valkey/Redis), or Redis Enterprise environments.
- Experience designing and operating multi-cloud solutions across Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
- Experience with Kubernetes, container platforms, and cloud-native technologies.
- Experience implementing monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational automation solutions.
- Azure and/or Google Cloud certifications.
- Experience supporting mission-critical platforms with demanding availability, scalability, and performance requirements.
Responsibilities
- Design, engineer, automate, deploy, and support enterprise data-caching platforms, including Azure Managed Redis, Google Cloud Memorystore (Valkey/Redis), and Redis Enterprise in cloud and on-premises environments.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code, automation solutions, and deployment frameworks using Terraform and modern scripting languages.
- Provide Level 3 engineering support for production platforms, participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation, troubleshoot complex incidents, and lead root cause analysis.
- Drive platform reliability, performance, scalability, security, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
- Partner with application, cloud, security, and operations teams to establish platform standards and deliver highly available, resilient solutions.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Paid time off
- Company and personal holidays
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Life insurance
- Bonus incentive plan based on company and/or individual performance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
