Alternate Locations: Work from Home

Work Arrangement:

Remote : Work at home employee residing outside of a commutable distance to an office location.

Relocation assistance: is not available for this opportunity.

Requisition #: 73648

The Role at a Glance

We are seeking an experienced senior level engineer with advanced AWS expertise to join our dynamic team, focusing on platform management, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), observability, and infrastructure architecture. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience across these domains, with a deep understanding of AWS services and best practices. This role is crucial in shaping our technical strategy and driving operational excellence in our AWS environment.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable, reliable, and efficient infrastructure solutions on AWS.

• Develop and execute strategies for improving system observability, monitoring, and alerting for on-prem and AWS cloud solutions.

• Drive SRE best practices across the organization, leveraging AWS services for incident management, post-mortems, and continuous improvement.

• Architect and oversee the implementation of cloud-native solutions on AWS, including EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, and other serverless technologies.

• Play a pivotal role in our ongoing cloud migration to AWS.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between AWS infrastructure, development, and business objectives.

• Mentor and guide junior team members on AWS best practices, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and technical excellence.

• Contribute to capacity planning, performance optimization, and cost management of AWS resources.

• Implement and maintain automation for AWS infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment pipelines.

• Stay current with AWS service updates, new feature releases, and emerging cloud technologies, evaluating their potential impact on our infrastructure and operations.

• Help provide expertise, guidance, and take the lead on the continuous development of our on-prem and AWS cloud HA (High Availability) and DR (Disaster Recovery) strategies.

• Support and enable development teams with Infrastructure as Code using AWS CloudFormation templates and the AWS CDK.

• Build automation pipelines to support automated testing and chaos engineering.

• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, evaluating their potential impact on our infrastructure and operations.

• Creating and maintaining technical documentation for insurance-specific systems and processes

• Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, and actuaries to translate insurance requirements into technical specifications.

• Develop strategies for gradual migration of legacy insurance systems to modern AWS cloud architectures

• Staying updated with the latest trends and technologies in cloud computing, HA, DR, and SRE.

• Creating auto scalability configurations, and rightsizing AWS resources to ensure the environment is optimized for cost and performance. Including knowledge of performance testing tools and methodologies.

What we’re looking for

Must-Haves

• 4 Year/Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology or Computer Engineering or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's)

• 5-7+ years of Insurance or Financial services industry experience

• 5-7 years experience in the following technologies:

• Creating CI/CD templates, pipelines, schedules and extensive knowledge in DevOps & DevSecOps practice. Including experience with using AWS services (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy)

• Utilizing a combination of the following languages: Chef, Java, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, SQL, TypeScript, Springboot, MVC, Maven, Gradle, Ant, React, Angular, NodeJS

• GitLab, AWS, XL-Release, XL-Deploy, Docker, JIRA, Jenkins, Hudson, Repliweb, MoveIT, GIT, SVN, Bitbucket, Autosys, Bitbucket, Digitools, Bamboo, Confluence, SonarQube, New Relic, Splunk, ServiceNow, JFrog, AppD, Fortify, OracleWCS, Wiz, Twistlock, Oracle DB, MySQL DB, Sybase DB, JMeter, Quantum.

• AWS high availability services (e.g., Elastic Load Balancing, Multi-AZ deployments)

• AWS disaster recovery (DR) solutions and strategies (e.g., pilot light, warm standby, multi-site active/active) for on-prem and AWS cloud environments. Including conducting DR drills , improving recovery processes, and data backup and recovery technologies

• Data center operations and infrastructure components (troubleshooting network, load balancing, content delivery networks)

• Developing comprehensive unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests using TypeScript testing frameworks

• Experience designing and implementing HA architectures in both on-premises and cloud environments.

• Proficient in Source Code Management, Artifact Management, Branching strategies, quality gate checks and guardrail implementations.

• Expertise in containerization technologies and orchestration.

• Experience with on premise services and deployments to JWS and WAS servers

• Experience implementing data migration scripts and tools for transitioning from legacy databases to modern solutions

• Experience implementing and managing identity and access management (IAM) solutions

• Strong background in SRE principles and practices

Nice-to-haves

• Chaos engineering practices

• Compliance strategies(ex: ISO 27001, SOC 2)

• ITIL, incident management, security, and post-mortem best practices

Application Deadline

What’s it like to work here?

At Lincoln Financial Group, we love what we do. We make meaningful contributions each and every day to empower our customers to take charge of their lives. Working alongside dedicated and talented colleagues, we build fulfilling careers and stronger communities through a company that values our unique perspectives, insights and contributions and invests in programs that empower each of us to take charge of our own future.

What’s in it for you:

• Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each Lincoln leadership Attribute.

• Leadership development and virtual training opportunities

• PTO/parental leave

• Competitive 401K and employee benefits (https://hrdirectdocs.lfg.com/misc/HR/Recruiting/BenefitsResourcesGuide.pdf)

• Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program

• Tuition assistance program

• A leadership team that prioritizes your health and well-being; offering a remote work environment and flexible work hybrid situations

• Effective productivity/technology tools and training

The pay range for this position is $105,301 - $190,000 with anticipated pay for new hires between the minimum and midpoint of the range and could vary above and below the listed range as permitted by applicable law. Pay is based on non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, education, location, licensure requirements, proficiency and qualifications required for the role. The base pay is just one component of Lincoln’s total rewards package for employees. In addition, the role may be eligible for the Annual Incentive Program, which is discretionary and based on the performance of the company, business unit and individual. Other rewards may include long-term incentives, sales incentives and Lincoln’s standard benefits package.

About The Company

Lincoln Financial Group helps people to plan, protect and retire with confidence. As of Dec. 31, 2023, approximately 17 million customers trust our guidance and solutions across four core businesses – annuities, life insurance, group protection and retirement plan services. As of December 31, 2023, the company had $295 billion in end-of-period account balances, net of reinsurance. Headquartered in Radnor, Pa., Lincoln Financial Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) and its affiliates. Learn more at LincolnFinancial.com.

Lincoln is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive (https://www.lfg.com/public/aboutus/companyoverview/diversityinclusion?audience_page_id=1422918942386) environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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Additional Information

This position may be subject to Lincoln’s Political Contribution Policy. An offer of employment may be contingent upon disclosing to Lincoln the details of certain political contributions. Lincoln may decline to extend an offer or terminate employment for this role if it determines political contributions made could have an adverse impact on Lincoln’s current or future business interests, misrepresentations were made, or for failure to fully disclose applicable political contributions and or fundraising activities.

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted through our web site or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Lincoln Financial Group are considered property of Lincoln Financial Group and are not subject to payment of agency fees.

Lincoln Financial Group (“LFG”) is an Equal Opportunity employer and, as such, is committed in policy and practice to recruit, hire, compensate, train and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, Veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants are evaluated on the basis of job qualifications. If you are a person with a disability that impedes your ability to express your interest for a position through our online application process, or require TTY/TDD assistance, contact us by calling 260-455-2558.

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Lincoln Financial Group ("LFG") is an Equal Opportunity employer and, as such, is committed in policy and practice to recruit, hire, compensate, train and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, veterans status, or genetic information. Opportunities throughout LFG are available to employees and applicants and are evaluated on the basis of job qualifications. We have a drug free work environment and we perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.