Senior Platform Engineer - AWS Platform Management

Job Family

IT - General

About Us

At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment - one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.

Who We Are

We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life.

Today, we're part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what's important to them.

We're empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good - for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.

What We Do

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include
1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors,
2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and
3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.

Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It's part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.
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Job Description Summary

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will help to design, build, and maintain software platforms. You will be responsible for configuring and customizing the platform to meet the organization's needs, developing and maintaining applications, workflows, and integrations, and ensuring the platform's stability, security, and performance. Additionally, you will collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, build out solution designs, and ensure the scalability and efficiency of platform architectures.

This role involves automating tasks to improve efficiency and troubleshooting technical issues to ensure successful implementation and utilization of the platform. Your efforts will enable the organization to streamline processes, improve service delivery, and enhance overall productivity.

Job Description

Responsibilities

* Design, develop, implement, and manage software platforms, including applications, workflows, integrations, and cloud infrastructure.

* Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, build solution designs, and ensure scalability, resiliency, and efficiency of platform architectures.

* Ensure the security of the platform and the data it handles, implementing security controls to protect sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access.

* Develop and implement platform strategies to improve efficiency through automation and enhance user and developer experience.

* Monitor system performance and health, troubleshoot technical issues, and provide technical support for cloud-based services.

* Create system guidelines, process documentation, and training materials for the organization.

* Install, upgrade, and maintain underlying infrastructure, enabling systems with automated monitoring and alerting.

* Understand and respond to emerging requirements and ambiguous technology…