Cloud Engineer III

About the Role

As a Cloud Engineer III on Cloud Foundations, you’ll help build and run the secure, reliable, and scalable cloud platform capabilities that power Northwestern Mutual’s technology ecosystem. This team is moving toward a services- and automation-first model, where core cloud capabilities are delivered through standardized patterns, APIs, pipelines, and self-service workflows rather than one-off manual provisioning. You’ll work across AWS and Azure to improve platform consistency, strengthen governance and observability, and reduce friction for application teams adopting cloud services.

This role is a strong fit for an engineer who enjoys solving real platform problems, improving how things operate at scale, and partnering across engineering, security, and network teams to turn solid architecture into usable, supportable services. We value technical curiosity, practical automation, clean engineering habits, and a mindset that balances speed with stability, security, and long-term maintainability.

• Demonstrate technical leadership within the team.
• Apply Dev Ops and Agile principles.
• Apply engineering standard methodologies to analyze and develop software solutions.
• Leverage established coding standards, best practices, and automation capabilities to develop solutions to support our users.
• Identify technical problems and develop software solutions and automation capabilities.
• Review the software code developed in the project.
• Strive for continuous improvement on all aspects within the team and build continuous integration and continuous development pipeline (CI/CD).

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• AWS, Docker, or Kubernetes Certification (Preferred).
• 2-4 years of working experience.
• 3+ years of professional IT experience.
• Experience with AWS Cloud Services (AWS Certified Preferred). Experience with containerized applications and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes – CKA Preferred).
• 3+ years' experience with monitoring and performance management/tuning of systems.
• 3+ years' experience with networking and Linux-based platforms.
• 3+ years' experience with modern programming and scripting languages (Python, JavaScript, etc.).
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks (Terraform, Cloud Formation).
• Experience working with Dev Ops, CI/CD, Git Ops, Agile methodologies.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation with services such as Gitlab CI, Jenkins, Code Pipeline, or Circle CI.
• Understanding of certificates, firewalls, vulnerability management, authentication, and authorization.
• Understanding of unit testing.
• Experience with Linux and Windows.
• Comfortable with CLI.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem solver who enjoys learning on the job and thinking outside the box.

Pay Range: $98,320 – $147,480. Geographic Specific Pay Structure (USD): 110: $108,160 – $162,240; 115: $113,040 – $169,560.

Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.