Senior Platform Engineer - AWS Cloud & Security Platform

About the role

The Senior Platform Engineer - AWS Cloud & Security Platform Lead II - Cloud Infrastructure Services is responsible for designing, building, securing, and operating enterprise-scale cloud platforms on AWS for healthcare applications. Key responsibilities include designing and managing AWS IAM policies, roles, permissions boundaries, and access governance, ensuring protection of healthcare and patient-related data (PHI/PII), developing CI/CD pipelines supporting secure software delivery, and configuring monitoring solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and resilient AWS cloud environments.
• Design and manage AWS IAM policies, roles, permissions boundaries, and access governance.
• Ensure protection of healthcare and patient-related data (PHI/PII).
• Develop CI/CD pipelines supporting secure software delivery.
• Configure monitoring solutions using: AWS CloudWatch, AWS Security Hub, AWS GuardDuty, AWS Config, AWS Detective, SIEM platforms (Splunk, Datadog, Elastic, Sentinel, QRadar, etc.).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, or Cloud Security.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS experience in enterprise and SAAS environments.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation.
• Strong understanding of cloud security architectures and security best practices.
• Experience designing security observability and monitoring solutions.
• Knowledge of healthcare compliance requirements and data protection standards.

Qualifications

• Good to have qualifications: Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and container security, Experience with SIEM and observability platforms, Experience supporting HIPAA/HITRUST audited environments, Knowledge of Zero Trust Security principles, Technical Skills: AWS IAM, CloudTrail, Security Hub, GuardDuty, AWS Config, CloudWatch, KMS, Control Tower, VPC Security, S3 Security Controls, Security & Observability SIEM Implementation, Security Monitoring, Threat Detection, Audit Logging, Incident Response, Compliance Reporting, Vulnerability Management, DevOps & Automation, Terraform, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, Python, Bash, CI/CD, Security Healthcare Domain Knowledge: HIPAA, HITRUST, PHI/PII Data Protection, Healthcare Security Compliance, Risk Assessment & Audits.

Skills

• Experience in payer, provider, or healthcare clinical platforms.
• Exposure to FHIR, HL7, or healthcare interoperability platforms.
• Experience securing healthcare SaaS or cloud-native applications.
• Knowledge of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tools.

Benefits

• Paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, and bereavement leave.
• Participation in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

Pay

$75,000 - $113,000 annually.

Schedule

Hybrid schedule available in Illinois.