We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create an inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various locations.
Purpose:
Athene is investing in modern enterprise platforms that accelerate digital transformation, improve operational efficiency, and streamline complex business processes. As our IT Manager – AWS, you will lead the strategy, delivery, and ongoing evolution of the AWS platform, ensuring it enables scalable, secure, and high-performing business solutions across the enterprise.This role combines platform ownership with Agile delivery leadership, partnering across architecture, infrastructure, security, product, and business teams to deliver innovative workflow automation that drives measurable business outcomes. Success in this role requires technical leadership, a people-centered leadership approach, strong collaboration, critical thinking, adaptability, and a passion for continuous improvement.
At Athene, you’ll help shape enterprise technology while working alongside Apollo, one of the world’s leading alternative asset managers, in a culture that values innovation, ownership, speed, and collaboration through our BEAM values.
Accountabilities:
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Lead the strategy, governance, architecture, and operational health of the AWS platform, ensuring security, scalability, reliability, and performance across all environments.
Lead and develop a high-performing AWS engineering team, fostering an inclusive, people-centered culture focused on coaching, innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.
Drive Agile delivery by partnering with Product Owners to prioritize work, manage capacity, deliver releases, and continuously improve team performance and delivery metrics.
Establish development, integration, security, and platform standards while overseeing enterprise integrations, platform upgrades, monitoring, incident management, and technical debt reduction.
Partner across Technology and business teams to identify automation opportunities, promote reusable solutions, and deliver scalable digital capabilities that improve operational efficiency.
Qualifications and Experience:
WHAT YOU WILL BRING
5+ years of experience leading enterprise application platforms, software engineering, Agile delivery, or enterprise technology solutions, or relevant experience; including 2+ years of direct or indirect people leadership experience.
Experience with AWS along with strong knowledge of Agile delivery, enterprise integrations, APIs, cloud technologies, DevOps/CI/CD, and platform operations.
Proficiency with Python or similar interpreted languages.
Proficiency with RESTful APIs.
Proficiency with SQL and relational databases.
Proficiency with source code management tools and processes.
Experience developing, deploying and managing Amazon Web Services-based (or a similar cloud service) solutions preferred.
Experience with application performance monitoring technologies preferred.
Demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams through coaching, inclusive leadership, talent development, sound decision-making, and a strong focus on risk awareness and operational excellence.
Strong critical thinking, communication, stakeholder management, adaptability, innovation mindset, and AI fluency, with the ability to identify opportunities where AI and automation improve delivery and business outcomes.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years leading enterprise application platforms, software engineering, Agile delivery, enterprise technology solutions, or relevant experience
- 2+ years of direct or indirect people leadership experience
- Experience with AWS
- Knowledge of Agile delivery, enterprise integrations, APIs, cloud technologies, DevOps, CI/CD, and platform operations
- Proficiency with Python or similar interpreted languages
- Proficiency with RESTful APIs
- Proficiency with SQL and relational databases
- Proficiency with source code management tools and processes
- Experience developing, deploying, and managing AWS-based or similar cloud solutions
- Experience with application performance monitoring technologies
- Ability to build high-performing teams through coaching, inclusive leadership, talent development, sound decision-making, risk awareness, and operational excellence
- Strong critical thinking, communication, stakeholder management, adaptability, innovation mindset, and AI fluency
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, related field, or equivalent experience
Athene Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Athene and has not been reviewed or approved by Athene.
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Retirement Support — Retirement savings support is highlighted through a strong employer match and structured retirement programs. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful long-term value to total compensation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off policies span flexible or paid time off, a robust holiday schedule, volunteer time, and paid parental, family care, and military leave. Feedback suggests this breadth is a standout element across many roles.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing resources include comprehensive health coverage, mental-health support, onsite fitness centers, and one‑on‑one coaching. HQ amenities and wellness perks are positioned as differentiators for on-site employees.
Athene Insights
What We Do
Athene, through its subsidiaries, is a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. The products offered by Athene include: • Retail fixed, fixed indexed and registered index-linked annuity products; • Reinsurance arrangements with third-party annuity providers; and • Institutional products, such as funding agreements and group annuity contracts related to pension risk transfers. Athene's subsidiaries include Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company, a Delaware-domiciled insurance company, Athene Annuity and Life Company, an Iowa-domiciled insurance company, Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York, a New York-domiciled insurance company, Athene Securities, LLC, an Iowa-domiciled registered broker-dealer (member FINRA), and Athene Life Re Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled reinsurer. -- The financial industry is ripe for change and Athene is leading the way. We’re determined to make retirement easier for you and other Americans by harnessing our passion, smarts and relentless spirit. Learn how to become an Athene financial professional at www.athene.com/contact. If you love a challenge and are driven to succeed, then Athene is your kind of company.
