Cloud Engineer Lead – Security

Elevance Health

Cloud Engineer Lead developing cloud architectures for Elevance Health. Responsible for secure cloud solutions and leading technical projects in healthcare.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeFlorida, Kansas, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPHPPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build secure, scalable, and resilient cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code (Hashi, PHP, Python, MCPs) with embedded security controls.
Build automated compliance solutions aligned to HIPAA, HITRUST, NIST, and ISO frameworks.
Build and enforce secure patterns for IAM (PIM/PAM), encryption, secrets management, and network security w/zero trust.
Develop and integrate DevSecOps pipelines, including SAST, DAST, and policy-as-code enforcement.
Conduct hands-on vulnerability remediation and security hardening supporting cloud workloads.
Build and enhance cloud-native platforms (containers, Kubernetes, service mesh) with integrated security controls.
Write and maintain automation and platform code to improve scalability, reliability, and security posture.
Lead debugging and resolution of complex cloud and security issues in production environments.
Serve as a technical leader and mentor, providing code reviews, design guidance, and hands-on support for security related needs.
Maintains active relationships with customers to determine business requirements, leads requirements gathering meetings and reviews designs with the business.
Anticipates broad technical change and ensures that company technology stays ahead of the curve.
Prioritize projects and make trade-offs with respect to the enterprise systems changes based on broader business needs.
Understands the entire architecture for a major part of our business and is able to articulate the scaling and reliability limits.
Develops and defines application scope and objectives and supervises the preparation of technical and/or functional specifications from with programs will be written.
Performs technical design reviews and code reviews.
Ensures unit test is completed and meets the test plan requirements, system testing is completed and system is implemented according to plan.
May participates in developing the multi-year technology strategy for critical areas of the business that may encompass multiple systems.
Partners with technical and non technical stakeholder to identify the long term technical trajectory of the technology infrastructure.
Creates architecture and anticipates future technology needs.
Leads the conversations internally about the direction of major areas of the technology, drives wide-team consensus to the adoption of this direction, and uses this direction when engaging engineers.
Reviews and monitors initiatives for end to end impact and coordination.
Participates in review and decision making for enterprise solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study
a minimum of 9 years experience
multi dimensional platform experience
expert level experience with business and technical applications
or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid Time Off
incentive bonus programs
medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits
401(k) +match
stock purchase plan
life insurance
wellness programs
financial education resources

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

AWSAzureGCPinfrastructure-as-codeHashiPHPPythonDevSecOpsSASTDAST

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentoringcommunicationrequirements gatheringproject prioritizationstakeholder engagementproblem-solvingcollaborationdesign guidanceanticipation of technical change