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Senior Associate - AWS Cloud Data Platform Engineer

AT New York Life
New York Life

Senior Associate - AWS Cloud Data Platform Engineer

Lebanon, NJ

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week

As part of Technology, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking initiatives that shape New York Life's digital landscape. Leverage cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI to increase productivity, streamline processes, and create seamless experiences for clients, agents, and employees. Your expertise fuels innovation, agility, and growth - driving the company's success.

Role Overview: The Enterprise Data Management (EDM) team is seeking a Cloud Data Platform Engineer to help build, automate, and support robust cloud platform solutions for data management. You will work on creating scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions to support our core data, reporting, and analytics platform.

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What You'll do:

  • Design and Develop Cloud Solutions:
    • Build, automate, and support Cloud Data Platform solutions for Data Lake, Data Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, and Data Mesh architectures.
    • Utilize AWS services (e.g., S3, IAM, KMS, EC2, Glue, Redshift, RDS, Lake Formation, Lambda) to create robust and scalable solutions.
    • Implement industry best practices for data security using AWS IAM in multi-account environments.
  • Platform Management and Optimization:
    • Leverage automation tools (Terraform, Jenkins, dbt, GitHub) to manage and enhance EDM platforms.
    • Utilize containerization technologies (Docker, Helm, Kubernetes) where appropriate.
    • Establish and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and cost-control procedures to ensure optimal platform performance.
  • Collaboration and Continuous Improvement:
    • Work closely with Data Architects, Engineers, DBAs, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and build flexible, scalable solutions.
    • Participate in quarterly on-site planning and strategy sessions.
    • Stay current with industry trends in Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Data Governance.
  • Support and Maintenance:
    • Participate in Level 3 on-call support rotation.
    • Ensure systems are highly available, resilient, and designed to scale efficiently.

What You'll Bring:

  • 5+ years of experience as an Enterprise Data Platform Engineer in Data Lake, Data Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, or Data Mesh environments.
  • 3+ years as a Cloud Data Platform Engineer or similar roles (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Cloud Site Reliability Engineer).
  • 3+ years of experience with AWS services (S3, EC2, Glue, Redshift, RDS) in shared or hybrid environments.
  • Proficiency in AWS tools and serverless technologies, security best practices, and automation tools.
  • Experience with containerization, monitoring, and cost management.
  • Familiarity with SAFe Agile principles.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, MIS, or a related field preferred but not required.

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Pay Transparency

Salary Range: $95,000-$162,500

Overtime eligible: Exempt

Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes

Sales bonus eligible: No

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Our Benefits

We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.

Our Diversity Promise

We believe in a diverse workforce because it is our mission to advocate for the financial security and success of people in every community. This is why diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are guiding principles that are embedded in our brand and our culture. Click here to learn more about how we have been recognized for our leadership.

Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.

Job Requisition ID: 90804

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About NY Life Insurance Company

Diversity & Humanity-two values that are deeply rooted in the New York Life culture and have laid the foundation for over 175 years of commitment to our employees, agents, policy owners, and the communities where we live and work. At New York Life you become a valued part of a welcoming, inclusive, and caring culture that has a long-standing legacy in stability and growth. The strength of New York Life revolves around our diversified, multi-dimensional business portfolio that goes beyond life insurance, and we want you to be a part of our legacy.

As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide an environment where you can explore your career ambitions, offering opportunities to tackle meaningful challenges and stretch your skills while balancing work and life priorities. You will be part of a diverse team guided by our belief to always be there for each other-providing the support and flexibility to grow and reach new heights while making an impact in the lives of others.

You are our future, and we commit to investing in you accordingly.

Visit our Linkedin to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.

Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees' needs.

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Client-provided location(s): Lebanon, NJ 08833, USA
Job ID: New_York_Life-1213457300
Employment Type: Other