Senior Cloud Engineer; Hybrid - In Office

We are adding a Senior Cloud Engineer to our team!

Since 1909, National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) has been one of America’s most successful and highly rated independent life insurance companies. We specialize in a suite of innovative products for life’s journey, giving people financial stability, careful guidance and peace of mind to lead a life filled with confidence, dignity and grace.

NGL's Core Values – integrity, dependability, collaboration, compassion and growth – are a foundation of our company and help to build on the interactions we have with our policyholders, partners, funeral homes and each other. We believe in creating an inclusive, welcoming environment for all where diversity is celebrated, and everyone is encouraged to live their best, most authentic self. We offer Employee Resource Groups for employees to get involved, learn, network, and offer professional and personal development opportunities.

NGL offers a flexible work environment where employees can work fully remote, hybrid or onsite at our Madison, Wis. office. We support virtual working arrangements in certain states outside of WI.

The Senior Cloud Engineer plays a pivotal role in designing and implementing cloud infrastructure, managing cloud security, and optimizing resource utilization. This position requires expertise in cloud-native technologies with a primary focus on the AWS platform and is responsible for troubleshooting and resolving complex cloud-based issues. The Senior Cloud Engineer works in a collaborative environment and provides coaching and mentoring to other team members.

Work is performed under minimal supervision in this role.

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure and solutions.
• Analyze and define business requirements to determine specifications and standards.
• Deploy and oversee implementation and integration of web-based applications, ensuring that appropriate information security standards are met.
• Manage cloud security and maintain reports, logs, or other records of security audits.
• Monitor system uptime and performance, troubleshooting and resolving errors.
• Stay informed of emerging cloud technologies and evaluate value to the organization’s operations.
• Serve as a partner to development teams, providing guidance on secure coding, architecture and sharing previous technical experience to provide oversight.
• Lead disaster recovery and regularly test recovery procedures to ensure business continuity across all cloud‑based systems.
• Work with governance teams to implement automated processes and standard methodologies for Cloud policies, roles, and identity.
• Provide coaching and mentoring across the team.
• Participate in the selection of cloud hosting patterns and implement consumable platforms with security and resiliency best practices built in through IaC and Dev Ops strategies.

• Ability to handle complex issues and problems.
• Comprehensive knowledge of cloud computing.
• Provides leadership, coaching, and/or mentoring.
• Experience with one or more cloud computing platforms.
• Experience in system administration.
• Good understanding of security management solutions.
• Strong collaborator, resourceful, adaptable with ability to follow-through.
• High proficiency with cloud‑compatible monitoring tools and logging solutions.
• Cloud technologies: AWS, Azure, VMware (VMC, VCDR), Forge Rock, Cloud Formation, Terraform.

Preferred:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information. Certifications in higher‑level cloud technologies (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect) required.

• Minimum of five years of Cloud experience required.
• Minimum of three years of AWS cloud platform experience required.
• Minimum of two years of experience working with infrastructure as code (IaC) preferred.
• Experience working in an Agile environment preferred.

At NGL, we provide a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes competitive base pay and benefits designed to offer solutions to help meet your unique life needs.

• 20 days of Paid Time Off growing to 25 days after 5 years.
• 11 Paid…