Job title:
Cloud Platform Operations Engineer – AWS
Your role:
- Provision, deploy, and operate AWS cloud infrastructure and platform services in production environments
- Execute deployments using CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
- Manage cloud services across compute, networking, storage, identity, and monitoring layers
- Monitor environments, respond to alerts, incidents, and service degradation, ensuring high uptime
- Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement fixes
- Collaborate with product engineering and CloudOps teams to ensure smooth application deployments
- Develop automation and scripts to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort
- Maintain runbooks, operational documentation, and deployment procedures
- Support incident response rotations and continuous improvement of platform reliability
- Cloud Operations Experience: 8+ years in cloud/platform operations or production support, with strong hands-on AWS experience
- AWS Expertise: Deep knowledge of AWS services (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, Load Balancing, Monitoring tools) and managing production environments
- Automation & DevOps Practices: Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments
- Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Strong skills in monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog), incident handling, and root cause analysis
- Scripting & Containers: Proficiency in Python/Bash scripting, with experience in Docker and Kubernetes
- Operational Excellence & Collaboration: Ability to manage critical incidents, improve system reliability, and collaborate with engineering and CloudOps teams
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
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About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
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• Discover our rich and exciting history.
• Learn more about our purpose.
If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.
Skills Required
- 8+ years in cloud/platform operations or production support
- Deep knowledge of AWS services (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, Load Balancing, monitoring)
- Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform or CloudFormation)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)
- Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience managing critical incidents, root cause analysis, and operational documentation/runbooks
Philips Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Philips and has not been reviewed or approved by Philips.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout, including a strong 401(k) match (often described at 7%) alongside pensions in some contexts.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible benefits are emphasized through choice in health insurance options and a broad “Total Rewards” approach that combines compensation, health and wellness, and work-life support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous paid time off and policies covering parental leave, caregiving responsibilities, volunteering, and family medical leave.
Philips Insights
What We Do
Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. As a leading health technology company, it is our purpose to improve people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation. Our goal is to improve 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030. We also strive to be the best place to work for people who share our passion, by promoting personal development, inclusion and diversity while acting responsibly towards our planet and society.
