Principal Engineer, Cloud Engineering

Come join one of America’s fastest-growing insurance companies. Since 1848, National Life Group has aimed to keep our promises, providing families with stability in good times and in bad. Throughout that history, we have provided peace of mind to those families as they plan their futures.

Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard.

We foster a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and encourage our associates to live our values:
Do good. Be good. Make good.

Please note that we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position.

The Principal Engineer position partners with business and technical stakeholders to lead infrastructure design and integrations. This individual in this position has a proven track record of driving continuous improvement in all facets of infrastructure ecosystems. This position will lead infrastructure teams in the delivery of the infrastructure technologies and services. Effective ability to communicate, a positive attitude, and a proven track record of serving in a technical leadership role are key qualifications.

This role is a senior technical leadership position and member of the National Life Group IT Shared Services team. You will represent the infrastructure team in project initiatives, architecture design, and be a champion of operational excellence while collaborating across a vibrant technical community. We’re looking for an inquisitive individual with a passion for continuous learning, attention to detail, and a drive to follow-through.

This role can be located in Dallas (Addison), TX;
Montpelier, VT

This position currently offers an onsite work schedule, with the expectation that you are in the office four (4) days per week during onsite core days. Our current onsite core days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The work schedule type and core days are subject to change with advance notification and manager discretion.

• You will lead development and enhancement of automation of cloud enablement tools
• You will drive implementation of the technology direction, vision, and strategy to enable Cloud technology adoption
• You will lead delivery of project support as a subject matter expert in infrastructure technologies
• You will help lead incident resolution and resolution of business issues
• You possess the ability to communicate effectively with an appropriate level of detail to all levels within the company
• You will lead identifying and managing capacity, performance, and risk
• You will adhere to and promote firm Change Management, Problem Management policies and are familiar with ITIL or other formalized IT operations foundations

• You will drive innovation and encourage others to remain current on emerging technologies and development trends
• You will lead the delivery of collaborative cloud solution architectures and roadmaps including architecture standards, guidelines, and industry best practices
• You will lead development, design, and implementation of platform architectures that will support key software development and deployment processes
• You will lead and review cloud-native and hybrid solution architectures

• Bachelor’s degree, preferred in Computer Science; or relevant work experience.
• 10+ years of hands‑on infrastructure experience with at least 4 years in a technical team leadership role.
• 4+ years of hands‑on experience and knowledge working in public cloud technologies and solutions (Azure Preferred)
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, including deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications in production environments
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience and knowledge of platform architectures and technologies
• Open‑minded with proven ability to work collaboratively with others
• Show up consistently with a positive…