Software/Platform Engineer II

Position Summary

The MetLife Corporate Technology (CT) organization is evolving to enable MetLife’s New Frontier strategy. With a strong vision in place, we are a global function focused on driving digital technology strategies for key corporate functions within MetLife including, Finance, Actuarial, Reinsurance, Legal, Human Resources, Employee Experience, Risk, Treasury, Audit and Compliance. In partnership with our business leaders, we develop and deliver seamless technology experiences to our employees across the entire employee lifecycle. Our vision and mission is to create innovative, transformative and contemporary technology solutions to empower our leaders and employees so they can focus on what matters most, our customers. We are technologists with strong business acumen focused on developing our talent to continually transform and innovate.

As part of Tech Talent Transformation (T3) agenda, MetLife is establishing a Technology Center in India. This technology center will perform as an integrated organization between onshore, offshore, and strategic vendor partners in an Agile delivery model.

We are seeking a highly skilled hands-on delivery engineer who is responsible for partnering with Internal Audit Leaders, third party vendors and IT Executives to lead global transformation projects with the goal of attracting, developing and retaining talent across the organization. This position will be a part of a fast-paced IT team leveraging technology expertise that spans across Java, REACT, Python, Azure and AI.

He/she should be a strategic thinker, an effective communicator, and an expert in technological development.

Key Relationships

Internal Stake Holder – India Corporate Technology AVP, Corporate Internal teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure and services.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring of applications and resources.
• Ensure security, compliance, and best practices across cloud environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust and scalable solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure and deployments.
• Document processes, configurations, and architectural decisions.

Candidate Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems or related field

Experience:

• 2+ years of experience in Design, implement, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure and services.

• Monitor and optimize Azure resources for performance, security, and cost.

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Azure services and networking.

• Ensure compliance with security and governance policies.

• Collaborate with development and operations teams to support cloud-based solutions.

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.

• Write reusable, modular Terraform modules for cloud resource provisioning.

• Integrate Terraform with CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in Terraform plans and applies.

• Implement automation for provisioning, scaling, and monitoring platform resources.

• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and security.

• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation tools.

• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to deliver robust platform services.

• Provide technical guidance and support for platform adoption and usage.

• Azure Cloud Certifications AZ-104, AZ-900.

• Ability to manage Azure resources.

• Proven experience collaborating with peers to establish best practices to achieve high service levels.

Skills and Competencies:

• Communication: Ability to influence and help communicate the organization’s direction and ensure results are achieved.

• Collaboration: Proven track record of building collaborative partnerships and ability to operate effectively in a global environment.

• Diverse environment: Can-do attitude and ability to work in a high paced environment.

Tech Stack