Platform Engineer III

Salary Range: $88,000 - $140,000

Job Posting End Date: 12/1/25

We are the duck. We develop and empower our people, cultivate relationships, give back to our community, and celebrate every success along the way. We do it all…The Aflac Way.

Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, is an industry leader in voluntary insurance products that pay cash directly to policyholders and one of America’s best-known brands. Aflac has been recognized as Fortune’s 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity and as one of World’s Most Ethical Companies by

Our business is about being there for people in need. So, ask yourself, are you the duck? If so, there’s a home, and a flourishing career for you at Aflac.

Depending on your location within the continental US, this role may be hybrid or remote.

• If you live within 50 miles of the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, this role will be hybrid
  . This means you will be expected to work in the office for at least 60% of the work week. You will work from your home (within the continental US) for the remaining portion of the work week. Details of this schedule will be discussed with your leadership.
• If you live more than 50 miles from the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, this role will be remote
  . 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.

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

• Advanced experience with Salesforce configuration and best practices.
• Experience with Salesforce administrative functions such as managing user profiles, permissions, permission sets, roles, etc.
• Knowledge of and experience with Salesforce and related licensing.
• Willingness and ability to stay current with Salesforce updates and provide strategic recommendations
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to troubleshoot challenging problems across the platform & its HW/SW components
• Proven experience in Scrum and Dev Ops methodologies
• Ability to guide and mentor junior team members
• Solid communication skills including the ability to effectively communicate with internal clients and stakeholders at all levels of the company.
• Lead small & medium projects

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Information Systems or other related experience
• Four or more years of experience in release practices and environments or other related experience

Or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Salesforce Administrator Certification or other Salesforce certifications

• Provides support on architectural design and maintenance of the platform’s (COTS, SaaS, ERP) environment with distributed components
• Ensures compliance with the organization's requirements through the implementation of, auditing of, and adherence to policies, procedures, and security standards
• Plans software upgrades, patching, & plugin installations in accordance with established policies and procedures
• Monitors performance, resolves problems, & manages component capacity issues
• Design, test, develop, configure, & maintain integrations to platform’s applications
• Adhere to the platform’s security and coding standards for resilience, data, and security
• Review business requirements to deploy the best solution, including configuring, coding, & debugging
• Work closely with cross-functional departments to communicate statuses & technical proposals
• Deploy and configure platform applications tailored to company needs
• Design technical solutions, configure/customize, test, maintain the platform applications to meet company requirements
• Performs other duties as required

Candidates for this role must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for…