Engineering · Full-time · Piedmont, Italy
About BriteCore
BriteCore is a leading cloud-native core insurance software platform for Property & Casualty Insurers. Our software unlocks business growth, delivers greater productivity, and provides an intuitive customer experience to a large and rapidly modernizing industry. With the BriteCore Software Platform, insurers easily administer policies, manage billing and claims, rapidly configure new products, and access detailed reporting and analytics in an all-in-one core system, including agent and policyholder portals.
Trusted by approximately 100 insurers across North America, BriteCore’s award-winning policy administration solution enables midsize Carriers and MGAs to efficiently manage their insurance operations and effectively compete with the largest insurers. We love great technology and insurance and it shows in every aspect of our solution.
This is a fully remote based role, however candidates must be located in the US.
Summary
BriteCore is seeking an experienced, hands-on Director of Cloud Engineering to lead the transformation and advancement of our enterprise AWS platform. You will spearhead critical projects to deliver a top-tier SaaS offering, focusing on developing and optimizing our cloud infrastructure. Day-to-day, you will be actively involved in technical tasks while managing a growing team of Cloud Engineers. This position is ideal for someone with a proven track record in leading teams, managing complex brownfield cloud platforms, and driving strategic growth.
Join our elite team of engineers and be a driving force in our technological journey. Work on exciting projects to revolutionize our AWS infrastructure and help shape the future of our platform. If you’re passionate about creating robust, scalable, and secure cloud solutions, and are ready to make an impact in a fast-paced environment, we’d like to chat with you.
What you’ll do
Lead the design, deployment, and management of scalable and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS, while actively participating in hands-on technical work
Provide AWS Cloud Services expertise through high-level consultation and documentation to support compliance and development
Architect, develop, test, document, and support BriteCore’s DevOps tooling, including deployment applications, patch management, configuration management, observability, access systems, and operations automation
Implement and oversee CI/CD pipelines to automate the deployment and scaling of applications
Continuously monitor, analyze, and optimize cloud infrastructure performance to ensure high availability, reliability, and scalability
Develop and enforce robust security policies and procedures to protect cloud resources and data
Proactively troubleshoot and resolve complex cloud infrastructure issues, providing expert support to development and operations teams
Create and maintain reusable/scalable GitHub actions modules to facilitate CI/CD best practices and streamline development workflows
Design and maintain Terraform modules for both specific internal customer-driven solutions and reusable cloud team-driven modules
Manage and mentor a team of Cloud Engineers, fostering professional growth and collaboration
What you’ll bring
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
15+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with a strong focus on AWS
8+ years of proven expertise in designing, deploying, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure
7+ years of experience with UNIX and Python
5+ years of experience working at a hypergrowth startup
5+ years of experience in scripting languages such as Bash or PowerShell
3+ years of experience managing a cloud engineering team
3+ years of experience with automation platforms such as SaltProject, Ansible, or Chef, to design and support automated workflows and processes
2+ years of experience working with Datadog
Deep understanding of AWS network architecture, security, and compliance
Expertise in creating technology roadmaps and selecting tools to drive company growth
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Scrappy, determined, and energetic attitude, comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment and learning as you go
Bonus points
Experience in configuring and deploying orchestration tools like Kubernetes
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like AWS CloudFormation or Terraform
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline
Life at BriteCore
We take pride in our dynamic, diverse team, unified by shared values of community, integrity, grit and impact. We love what we do and the people we do it with, which is why we welcome every individual, provide them with equal opportunity irrespective of their race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran, disability or any other legally protected rights that one has.
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