Cloud Engineer III
Business Technology – Systems Engineering | WoodmenLifeLocation: RemoteReports To: Manager, Systems Engineering
PLEASE NOTE: WoodmenLife will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
To be considered for this position, applicants must submit a resume that includes their full name, current residential address, email address, and phone number. Resumes that do not contain all required contact information will not be considered.
Why You’ll Love This Role
WoodmenLife is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer III to help design, build, and evolve our Azure cloud platform. This senior technical role is highly impactful—driving platform engineering maturity, advancing our Azure Landing Zone, and enabling secure, scalable cloud solutions across the enterprise.
You will partner closely with our Cloud Architect and Enterprise Architecture teams to operationalize cloud standards and deliver reusable engineering patterns. This role combines hands-on engineering with platform ownership, mentorship, and influence on the future direction of our cloud environment.
This is a platform engineering role focused on building and evolving the Azure foundation—not just supporting individual application workloads.
At WoodmenLife, you’ll also enjoy a culture that values people as much as technology. With Friday afternoons off year-round, a collaborative environment, and a focus on outcomes rather than hours, you’ll find a workplace designed to support both professional impact and personal well-being.
About the Team
This role is a core contributor of WoodmenLife’s Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE) as part of the Systems Engineering organization.
The Cloud CoE (led by the Cloud Architect) defines standards, guardrails, and platform direction, while the Systems Engineering team provides the delivery and operational foundation for the Azure platform.
As a Cloud Engineer III, you will bridge strategy and execution—owning platform engineering outcomes while helping operationalize the enterprise cloud model.
Role Summary
The Cloud Engineer III is a senior platform engineer responsible for designing, building, and evolving WoodmenLife’s Azure cloud platform. This role owns key platform domains, operationalizes cloud standards and guardrails, and delivers secure, scalable, and automated solutions that support enterprise modernization.
What You’ll Do
Cloud Engineering & Platform Delivery
Lead design and engineering of complex Microsoft Azure platform solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards
Own and evolve one or more Azure platform domains such as identity, networking, governance, or DevOps pipelines
Integrate hybrid cloud environments leveraging Azure networking and identity services
Lead Infrastructure as Code development using Bicep (primary), PowerShell, and Azure CLI
Advance Azure Landing Zone components (governance, identity, network, security) to support enterprise-scale, secure-by-default environments
Collaborate with Cloud Architects, Enterprise Architects, and cross-functional stakeholders to implement and operationalize approved platform standards, engineering patterns, and cloud guardrails
Monitoring, Cost Optimization & Observability
Enhance cloud observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and App Insights to improve proactive detection and response
Implement cost optimization and financial transparency practices aligned to business outcomes, including tagging, budgeting, and usage analytics
Lead efforts to monitor, analyze, and optimize cloud resource utilization and platform performance
Automation, DevOps & Enablement
Lead development of CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and modern Git-based workflows
Build automation frameworks that streamline provisioning, monitoring, and operational tasks, leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Azure AI services) to improve development…