Senior Associate - Cloud Engineer

About the role

New York Life is seeking an experienced and skilled Cloud Engineer to join the Cloud Services team. This opportunity offers the chance to get involved in the early stages of a growing cloud platform, utilizing new emerging technologies that support New York Life's cloud journey.

Responsibilities

• Build best-in-industry Developer experiences that are truly omni-channel, agile and scalable leveraging leading-edge technology and reusable components and services.
• Understand FinOps principles and continuously learn.
• Develop ad hoc and on-going cloud financial forecasts and models to assist in decision-making, effectively communicate trends and outcomes.
• Create complex management reports and associated analyses that explain financial results or changes to the forecast or plan, investigating discrepancies and trends to identify business drivers of results.
• Review the analysis and reports developed by other teammates and contribute to a culture of continuous feedback.
• Work closely with frontend engineers to build a self-service web platform that improves developer experience and reduces SDLC turnaround time.
• Bridge the gap between development and operations, ensuring collaboration and efficient tooling for engineering teams and developers.
• Provide expert knowledge on infrastructure automation approaches and platforms, to ensure our organization achieves its goals and roadmap for automation adoption.
• Research and prototype new tools and technologies to enhance automation platform capabilities.
• Proactively identify innovative ways to reduce toil, and teach, coach or mentor others to improve organizational outcomes using automation.
• Work closely with security specialists to design, implement and test security controls, and ensure automation activities align with security configuration guidance.
• Drive automation to replace manual operations and existing processes.
• Provide Production Support for Cloud Platform and Cloud Platform related incidents.
• Collaborate with Cloud Architects and Solution Engineers to deliver solutions and projects.
• Support resilience activities — e.g., disaster recovery (DR) testing, chaos and performance testing, and tabletop planning exercises.

Requirements

• 6+ years of overall IT experience
• 4+ years with Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) services and platforms, AWS
• 3+ years of experience with containerization technologies like Docker, Kubernetes
• 3+ years of automating solutions and implementing highly scalable, highly available services using Terraform
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in data analysis or financial analysis, preferably in a cloud environment or with cloud cost management
• Working knowledge and experience with Harness CCM
• Strong knowledge of Java based frameworks, microservices
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Executive presence with high business & technical acumen
• Strong facilitation skills for large-scale events and workshops
• Solid understanding/experience with Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) process
• Ability to work directly with business stakeholders and technical/product teams
• Must have AWS Solution Architect or Sys Ops certification. FinOps certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field is a plus, but not required

Skills

• Self-directed and willing to learn new tools and services

Benefits

• Salary Range: $111,500-$159,000
• Overtime eligible: Exempt
• Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
• Sales bonus eligible: No
• Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual’s experience, skills, qualifications, and job location.
• Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.
• In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Pay Transparency

Salary Range: $111,500-$159,000

Company Overview

At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact. Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities—inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you’ll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress. As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what’s next, and your growth powers it.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.