Platform Developer - Cloud Operations & Maintenance

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

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The Platform Developer - Cloud Operations and Maintenance is responsible for maintaining and improving internal platforms, with a focus on security, reliability, and operational efficiency. Key responsibilities include managing updates and patches, automating maintenance tasks, supporting CI/CD and containerized environments, and collaborating with development teams on best practices. The position also involves maintaining infrastructure across AWS, including Lambda functions and EC2-based applications, and contributing to disaster recovery and resilience efforts.

What you will do

• Monitor and maintain internal platforms to ensure they are secure, up-to-date, and running efficiently
• Apply patches, upgrade packages, and coordinate platform version updates.
• Automate routine maintenance tasks and improve deployment pipelines
• Troubleshoot issues in CI/CD pipelines, container environments, and application platforms
• Collaborate with development teams to document operational best practices.
• Proactively identify technical debt and work with teams to remediate risks
• Maintain platform monitoring and alerting configurations
• Assist with disaster recovery testing and infrastructure resilience initiatives
• Support and maintain AWS Lambda functions written in Python and Node.js, including package updates, environment tuning, and integration with other AWS services
• Maintain containers and EC2-based environments running Laravel (PHP) and JavaScript applications, including dependency updates, security patches, and configuration management

What you will bring

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or platform engineering
• FINRA Fingerprinting required
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI)
• Familiarity with containerized applications and orchestrators like Kubernetes or ECS
• Solid scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python, PHP) to automate tasks and improve reliability
• Experience with infrastructure monitoring and alerting (e.g., CloudWatch)
• Experience maintaining and deploying AWS Lambda functions (Python, Node.js) and managing applications in containerized Laravel/PHP and JavaScript environments
• Experience using infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Knowledge of dependency management in software applications (e.g., NPM, Composer, PyPI)

What will set you apart

• Passion for operational excellence, security, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with Laravel queues, scheduled tasks, and deployment strategies in AWS
• Certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or equivalent

***Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.***

What we offer you

We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
• Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
• Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
• Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) - internal networks that rally around common interest, experiences and identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, ability, military status and sexual orientation. BRGs play a vital role in educa