Cloud Engineer III

Opportunity: Cloud Engineer III Salary Range: $135,000 - $165,000 Company: Aflac Columbus Division: Digital Services Recruiter: Alisha Hargove Job Posting End Date: 8/18/2026     Worker Designation – This role is a remote role. This means you will be expected to work from your home, within the continental US. If the role is remote, there may be occasions that you are requested to come to the office based on business need. Any requests to come to the office would be communicated with you in advance.     What does it take to be successful at Aflac?

Acting with Integrity Communicating Effectively Pursuing Self-Development Serving Customers Supporting Change Supporting Organizational Goals Working with Diverse Populations

What does it take to be successful in this role?   • Infrastructure-as-Code expertise (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)   • Cloud Architecture experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)   • Programming/scripting experience (Python, PowerShell, Ruby, Java, JavaScript)   • Configuration Management software experience (Chef, Ansible, Puppet, SaltStack)   • Familiarity with running and scaling distributed software systems (load balancing, high availability, systems monitoring, etc.)   • Familiarity with structured text (JSON, YAML, XML)   • Proven application production support experience   • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills   • Passion for automating routine tasks   • Solid understanding of networking and network-related structures   • Willingness to be a part of a culture of continuous improvement   • Ability to lead and work in projects   • Extensive experience with Linux, Unix, and Windows operating systems internals and a dministration   • Ability to multitask and adapt to quickly changing priorities   • Ability and willingness to work off-hours on occasion   Education & Experience Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field 4+ years of experience in cloud architecture, engineering or support Extensive experience with multiple programming/scripting languages, Windows and Linux Operating systems, networking, systems and data design and agile methodologies

Or an equivalent combination of education and experience   Education & Experience Preferred

Certification Two or more AWS or Azure

Principal Duties & Responsibilities   • Ensures that documentation is created and maintained as it relates to all aspects of the Cloud platform implementation   • Ensures that Cloud environments remain in compliance with the current standards and works with consuming teams to update when required   • Develops automation for the standardization of the Cloud environments and architectural design patterns for consumption by project teams   • Provides design and coding reviews for automation and Infrastructure-as-Code   • Ensures that runbooks/playbooks for operational support of the Cloud environments are created and maintained   • Participates in advanced troubleshooting sessions including working with business teams, analyzing logs and data, opening service requests with CSPs, working with Vendors, Partners, and CSP Support, and driving problem resolution   • Reviews architectural designs for applications to ensure reliable and performant design patterns are implemented   • Defines the operational characteristics for that the Cloud-native services   • Ensures that defined and tracked operational metrics for Production performance, reliability, scalability and availability dimensions are within given thresholds and addresses any deviations   • Contributes to the team's continuous improvement through advanced topic research, creation and approval of knowledge articles, presentations, and facilitating discussion groups   • Continuously works to improve the