Sr Platform Engineer; Contractor

Providing for loved ones, planning rewarding retirements, saving enough for whatever lies ahead – our policyholders count on us to be there when it matters most. It’s a big ask, but it’s one that we have the power to deliver when we work together. We collaborate and innovate – pushing one another to transform not just Pacific Life, but the entire industry for the better.

Why? Because it’s the right thing to do. Pacific Life is more than a job, it’s a career with purpose. It’s a career where you have the support, balance, and resources to make a positive impact on the future – including your own.

We’re actively seeking a talented Sr Platform Engineer to join our Engineering Excellence Team.

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This is a Contract position with the opportunity for full time.

Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS that supports the organization's internal development platform and production workloads.

Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to ensure consistency, repeatability, and version control of infrastructure.

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation to enable efficient and reliable software delivery across multiple environments.

Establish and maintain platform observability through comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure system reliability and performance.

Design and implement container orchestration platforms using Kubernetes or similar technologies to support microservices architecture and workload management.

Implement and enforce security best practices across the platform, including network security, access controls, secrets management, and compliance with industry standards and regulations.

Optimize platform performance, cost, and resource utilization through continuous analysis and improvement of infrastructure components.

Collaborate with development teams to define platform requirements, SLAs, and service level objectives (SLOs) that support application needs.

Build self-service platform capabilities and APIs that enable development teams to provision and manage infrastructure resources independently.

Develop disaster recovery and business continuity strategies, including backup solutions and incident response procedures.

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to platform and operations teams on infrastructure best practices and emerging technologies.

Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform architecture, runbooks, and operational procedures.

5+ years of experience in platform engineering, site reliability engineering, Dev Ops, or infrastructure engineering roles.

Proven experience designing, deploying, and managing production-grade cloud infrastructure on AWS (required).

Strong hands-on experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (required).

Extensive experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Podman) and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, ECS, or similar).

Deep understanding of CI/CD principles and hands-on experience building and maintaining automated deployment pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions, or Azure Dev Ops.

Strong proficiency in Python for automation and tooling development (required).

Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or Salt.

Strong understanding of networking concepts, security principles, and cloud architecture best practices.

Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure issues.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Ability to write clear, concise, and comprehensive technical documentation.

Advanced proficiency in Python for building platform automation, tooling, and infrastructure management solutions.

Experience with Go is a plus.

Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, Consul) and API gateway solutions.

Hands-on experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, ELK Stack,…