AVP, Public Cloud Engineer

Job Description:

Role Summary/Purpose: 

The AVP, Public Cloud Engineer will be a member of a Cloud Team responsible for engineering and supporting public cloud infrastructure.  The Engineer will ensure that the foundation, landing zones, and workloads hosted in the public cloud are highly available, fault tolerant, scalable, and secure.  Such workloads must align with Synchrony Policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices. The Engineer will achieve these outcomes using automation and continuous integration/continuous delivery. 

 Our Way of Working

We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. At Synchrony, our way of working allows you to have the option to work from home, near one of our Hubs or come into one of our offices. Occasionally you may be required to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, training, and culture events.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Build and Enable Core Platforms: Develop and deploy AWS-based platforms

• Cloud Infrastructure Development: Utilize Terraform for automation, ensuring scalable and reliable infrastructure. 

• Cloud Networking and Security: Design and implement automation for secure cloud networking, including subnets, routing, load balancing, firewalls, and security measures. 

• Automation Engineering: Build automation scripts using Terraform, Ansible, or Python to optimize platform deployment and management. 

• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless platform integration and functionality. 

• Security Controls: Ensure compliance with financial industry standards and best practices; including internal, industry (e.g. PCI), and government regulations (e.g. FedRAMP). 

• Architecture: Promote best practices for cloud architecture, governance, and operations across the organization.  

• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred but not required and a minimum of 5+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture; OR in lieu of a degree, 10+ years of experience IT infrastructure or cloud architecture 

• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and deploying solutions on AWS 

• Experience in banking OR other highly regulated industries with a focus on compliance frameworks such as PCI DSS, GDPR or SOC 2 

• Proven expertise designing, implementing, and securing full scale AWS IaaS environments and virtual datacenters (including infrastructure, networking, storage services) 

• Advanced proficiency with IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDK 

• Deep understanding of cloud networking, identify management, security, and governance  

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong interpersonal skills to foster collaboration across DevOps, Engineering and other cross-functional teams 

• Proficiency in analyzing complex challenges and making data-driven decisions 

• Ability to adapt to evolving technologies and priorities and staying up to date to drive innovation and continuous improvement 

Highly Recommended AWS Certifications: 

• AWS Certified Security – Specialty  

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer  

• AWS Certified Advanced Networking

Grade/Level: 11

The salary range for this position is 115,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD Annual and is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.

Actual compensation offered within the posted salary range will be based upon work experience, skill level or knowledge.

Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA, NY Metro and Seattle.

Eligibility Requirements:

• You must be 18 years or older

• You must have a high school diploma or equivalent

• You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process

• You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

• New hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles.  Once this new hire time in position requirement is met, the associate will have a minimum 6 months’ time in position before they can post for future non-exempt roles.  Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 18 months’ time in position before they can post.  All internal employees must consistently meet performance expectations and have approval from your manager to post (or the approval of your manager and HR if you don’t meet the time in position or performance expectations).

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. 

Our Commitment:

When you join us, you’ll be part of an inclusive culture where your individual skills, experience, and voice are not only heard – but valued. Together, we’re building a future where we can all belong, connect, and turn ideals into action. More than 50% of our workforce is engaged in our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), where community and passion intersect to offer a safe space to learn and grow.

This starts when you choose to apply for a role at Synchrony. We ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. We’re proud to have an award-winning culture for all. 

Reasonable Accommodation Notice:

• Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

• If you need special accommodations, please call our Career Support Line so that we can discuss your specific situation. We can be reached at 1-866-301-5627.   Representatives are available from 8am – 5pm Monday to Friday, Central Standard Time

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