Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Kentucky.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with development teams to create and implement cloud-native application solutions on Humana’s Cloud 3.0 Azure platform.

• Convert business and application requirements into scalable application designs utilizing approved Cloud 3.0 design patterns.

• Provide guidance to teams on decisions regarding shared versus dedicated deployment models.

• Assist in the modernization and acceleration of applications transitioning to Cloud 3.0.

• Support teams in identifying application dependencies, integration patterns, and deployment requirements.

• Develop application code using Humana-approved technology stacks and AI tools.

• Direct development teams through the prerequisites and deliverables for Cloud 3.0 onboarding.

• Aid in setting up the application portfolio in ServiceNow and defining artifacts in iServer/LeanIX.

• Contribute to documentation regarding logical architecture, data flow, accessibility, disaster recovery, database failover, and deployment sizing.

• Enable development teams to establish Argo onboarding for application components.

• Validate CI/CD tools and pipelines for the build, test, deploy, and release processes.

• Advocate for automated testing, code quality, code coverage, release governance, and consistent deployments.

• Create reusable development patterns and standardized delivery approaches.

• Prepare teams for production release readiness, including GLAPI certification when necessary.

• Ensure compliance with approved security, architecture, and technology standards.

• Review development and deployment strategies for enterprise conformance.

• Identify risks, gaps, and non-standard implementation needs while coordinating mitigation efforts.

• Provide technical guidance throughout onboarding, development, deployment, and post-deployment troubleshooting.

• Diagnose issues related to application deployment, platform integration, and release pipelines.

• Collaborate with platform and shared services teams for cross-team issue resolution.

• Enhance engineering support documentation and reusable guidance.

• Work alongside software engineering, enterprise architecture, security and compliance, cloud platform enablement, DevOps/release engineering, and product/delivery stakeholders.

• Serve as a technical advisor on approved cloud capabilities and supported patterns.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Over 5 years of experience in cloud engineering, cloud platform operations, solution engineering, or infrastructure/application modernization.

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in designing, building, and supporting solutions on Microsoft Azure.

• Proficient in cloud-native architecture patterns, including scalable, resilient, and secure application design.

• Experience in deploying and supporting containerized workloads using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) or similar Kubernetes platforms.

• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and release automation for cloud-hosted applications.

• Familiarity with infrastructure as code, automation, and environment provisioning.

• Working knowledge of cloud security, identity/access management, and enterprise governance controls.

• Experience in supporting application onboarding, deployment, troubleshooting, and operational readiness in an enterprise cloud environment.

• Ability to interpret and apply architecture standards, approved technology patterns, and platform guardrails.

• Experience with application dependencies such as networking, access controls, database connectivity, high availability, and disaster recovery considerations.

• Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and production support skills across cloud infrastructure and application layers.

• Experience collaborating with architecture, security, platform engineering, and application teams to deliver compliant cloud solutions.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document logical architectures, data flows, and deployment requirements.

• Preferred: experience in a large, regulated enterprise environment, preferably in healthcare or another highly governed industry.

• Preferred: familiarity with Humana Cloud 3.0 onboarding standards, cloud design patterns, or enterprise cloud modernization practices.

• Preferred: experience with enterprise intake, architecture review, and governance processes.

• Preferred: experience with Argo onboarding and GitOps-based deployment models.

• Preferred: knowledge of code quality practices such as code coverage, quality gates, and release readiness standards.

• Preferred: understanding of database high availability, failover planning, and disaster recovery tiering.

• Preferred: experience supporting internal and external application accessibility requirements in Azure.

• Preferred: cloud certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or DevOps Engineer Expert.

• Preferred: experience in cloud cost optimization, resource sizing, and capacity planning.

• Preferred: experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership.

• Home internet must provide a minimum of 25 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload speed.

• Must work from a designated space without ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI/HIPAA information.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus incentive plan based on company and/or individual performance.

• Medical benefits.

• Dental benefits.

• Vision benefits.

• 401(k) retirement savings plan.

• Paid time off.

• Company holidays.

• Personal holidays.

• Paid parental leave.

• Paid caregiver leave.

• Short-term disability.

• Long-term disability.

• Life insurance.

• Self-provided internet service for home/hybrid employees, with required minimum speeds of 25 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload.

• Remote work arrangement.

• Occasional travel to Humana offices for training or meetings.