Sr Cloud DevOps Engineer

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Description

United's Digital Technology team is comprised of many talented individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Job Overview and Responsibilities

The Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer will be responsible for designing, automating, and managing secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure. This role focuses on embedding security into every layer of platform engineering, ensuring workloads are compliant, hardened, and aligned with enterprise security guardrails. The engineer will work closely with development, DevOps, and security teams to deliver security-by-design cloud environments through automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and proactive monitoring.

• Implement and manage cloud security guardrails using Service Control Policies (SCPs), AWS Config rules, Control Tower, and Systems Manager.

• Create and maintain enterprise-grade Infrastructure as Code frameworks for secure, standardized architectures (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK).

• Design and develop automation utilities (Python, Boto3, Bash, JavaScript/Node.js) to enforce compliance and integrate with CI/CD pipelines.

• Build and manage integrations across security and platform tools (e.g., AWS, Kong, Dynatrace, Artifactory, Harness).

• Partner with Security, DevOps, and Application teams to troubleshoot guardrail-related issues, review solutions, and align roadmaps. Utilize AI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity) to enhance daily work efficiency