Senior Cloud Engineer

Prudential Financial•Newark, NJ

12h•$104,000 - $171,600

About The Position

Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, you’ll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions. Your Team & Role As a Senior Cloud Engineer in the CTO team within Global Technology & Operations , you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, software engineers and delivery professionals to improve the cloud platform experience. You will design, plan, administer, develop, or maintain applications in cloud-based environments as we solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services, and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to applied experience, you will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do.

Requirements

Programming experience (Python, shell scripting, Groovy, or similar modern languages)
Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, OSI model, protocols, firewall concepts)
Familiarity with DevOps tools and practices (automation, CI/CD pipelines)
Experience with infrastructure-as-code frameworks (Ansible, CloudFormation, or Terraform)
Basic knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems
Awareness of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP); hands-on experience is a plus
Ability to learn new technologies and solve problems independently
Effective communication and collaboration skills
Understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and coding standards
Commitment to quality, including basic testing principles and automation

Nice To Haves

Cloud or network related certification (a plus, not a must)
Experience in financial/insurance industry (a plus)

Responsibilities

Deliver computing services in cloud-based environments like AWS, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure.
Develop and support solutions to automate the creation, management, or destruction of infrastructure, actively code against the roadmap
Provide easily consumable services to software development teams to assist in the consumption of infrastructure solutions and partner to implement them
Accelerate application development by building patterns of infrastructure services that are consumed self-service, resilient, reliant and in accordance with Prudential standards
Collaborate with product owners in understanding needs and defining feature stories, tech leads in defining technical design and other team members to understand the system end-to-end and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact and support the goals
Automate unit and integration test cases, solve problems and add new value with automation
Develop corporate platform standards based on cost, capability and capacity requirements to drive business value; document solutions to support the adoption of developed solutions
Bring an applied understanding of relevant and emerging technologies , begin to see opportunities to provide input to the team and coach others , and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day
Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors
Apply infrastructure fundamentals to Linux/Unix operating systems, database, network and TCP/IP, and common communication protocols
Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, Shell/Power scripting, Groovy, or similar modern languages and Ansible, CloudFormation and Terraform frameworks

Benefits

Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level
Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave
401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
Company-funded pension plan.
Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.
Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service.

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