Senior Cloud Engineer

Job Classification:

Technology - Engineering & Cloud

Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, you’ll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions. 

Your Team & Role

As a Senior Cloud Engineer in the CTO team within Global Technology & Operations, you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, software engineers and delivery professionals to improve the cloud platform experience.  You will design, plan, administer, develop, or maintain applications in cloud-based environments as we solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services, and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to applied experience, you will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do. 

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day  

• Deliver computing services in cloud-based environments like AWS, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure. Develop and support solutions to automate the creation, management, or destruction of infrastructure, actively code against the roadmap  

• Provide easily consumable services to software development teams to assist in the consumption of infrastructure solutions and partner to implement them

• Accelerate application development by building patterns of infrastructure services that are consumed self-service, resilient, reliant and in accordance with Prudential standards

• Collaborate with product owners in understanding needs and defining feature stories, tech leads in defining technical design and other team members to understand the system end-to-end and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact and support the goals

• Automate unit and integration test cases, solve problems and add new value with automation

• Develop corporate platform standards based on cost, capability and capacity requirements to drive business value; document solutions to support the adoption of developed solutions

• Bring an applied understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, begin to see opportunities to provide input to the team and coach others, and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day  

• Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors

• Apply infrastructure fundamentals to Linux/Unix operating systems, database, network and TCP/IP, and common communication protocols 

• Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, Shell/Power scripting, Groovy, or similar modern languages and Ansible, CloudFormation and Terraform frameworks 

The Skills & Expertise You Bring 

• Programming experience (Python, shell scripting, Groovy, or similar modern languages)

• Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, OSI model, protocols, firewall concepts)

• Familiarity with DevOps tools and practices (automation, CI/CD pipelines)

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code frameworks (Ansible, CloudFormation, or Terraform)

• Basic knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems

• Awareness of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP); hands-on experience is a plus

• Ability to learn new technologies and solve problems independently

• Effective communication and collaboration skills

• Understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and coding standards

• Commitment to quality, including basic testing principles and automation

Bonus/Preferred:

• Cloud or network related certification (a plus, not a must)

• Experience in financial/insurance industry (a plus)

You’ll Love Working Here Because You Can 

Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day, your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use, we’ll help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. You’ll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you. 

What we offer you:Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $104,000.00 to $171,600.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills.

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level. 

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave. 

• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%). 

• Company-funded pension plan. 

• Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs. 

• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.  

• Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.  

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service. 

Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. To find out more about our Total Rewards package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.