Consultant, Software Engineer - India (DevOps)

If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide’s Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Description: This position is for a tech lead role. Leadership and Ownership will be the primary soft skills needed for this position. Technical skills outlined below.

Must Have Technical Skills
• GitHub & GitHub Actions: In depth, hands on experience with repository management, branching strategies, CI workflows, and pipeline troubleshooting.
• Harness (CI/CD): Strong experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines, managing deployment strategies, and supporting release orchestration.
• JFrog Platform (Artifactory, Xray): Proven expertise in artifact management, repository configuration, security scanning, and CI/CD integrations.
• Kubernetes & Linux: Practical experience supporting containerized applications and Linux-based environments, including:
o System administration and troubleshooting
o Performance, permissions, and networking
o Operational stability and reliability
o Basic Knowledge in AWS Cloud services like IAM, S3, Workspaces, Cloud Watch etc.
o Linux concepts and command knowledge
o Build and manage containers
o Understanding of containerized workloads
o Kubernetes triaging and deployment
• Programming & Scripting Languages: Working knowledge of:
o Python
o TypeScript
o Java
• Technical Leadership & Guidance: Ability to guide development teams, review solutions at a high level, and ensure adherence to engineering best practices, even when not writing code on a daily basis.
Nice to have Technical Skills
• Jenkins: Hands-on experience configuring pipelines, maintaining jobs, and integrating Jenkins with modern CI/CD ecosystems.
• Multi Platform CI/CD Environments: Familiarity with organizations operating or transitioning across multiple CI/CD and deployment platforms.
• Monitoring, Logging & Observability
o New relic, Grafana and Splunk usage and understanding
o Monitor system health and performance
• Security & Compliance: Managing secrets/passwords/Certificates/Access Controls for tools
• Release & Deployment Management: Understanding of Release & Deployment Management and strategies
• System Reliability & Troubleshooting
o Handle production incidents
o Perform root cause analysis (RCA)
o Improve system resilience and uptime
o Participating in on call rotations
Soft skills
• Continuous Learning: Demonstrates curiosity and adaptability as tools, platforms, and best practices evolve.
• Communication: Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable guidance for engineers and stakeholders. Communicates clearly, respectfully, and thoughtfully across time zones and cultures.
• Technical Aptitude & Critical Thinking: Shows strong curiosity and a willingness to continuously learn new technologies, tools, and processes.
• Ownership: Demonstrates strong sense of ownership and the pride of supporting our internal customers.
• Collaboration & Attitude
o Willing and eager to collaborate closely with core (onshore and offshore) team members to achieve shared goals.
o Comfortable navigating ambiguity, asking clarifying questions, and articulating risks and solutions constructively.
o Actively shares knowledge with developers and supports their growth through mentoring and guidance.
o Displays strong positive and go getter attitude to solve complex issues even when the solution is not obvious.

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Job Description Summary

If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!

As a Software Engineer, you will focus on mentoring and leading others to deliver high quality, cost-effective technology solutions to business partners by crafting new software applications or modifying and/or supporting existing packaged or custom-built applications.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.

• Mentors and trains other team members on design techniques, tools and coding standards.

• Provides strategic advice on using technology to achieve goals.

• Drives cross-collaboration and execution of projects across multiple teams.

• Analyzes, solutions, develops, tests, debugs, documents and deploys software according to standards and optimal practices.

• Champions the use of DevSecOps practices, tooling and techniques.

• Ensures continuous learning and improvement through ongoing training, practice and innovation.

• Manages individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables.

• Additional responsibilities may include collaboration across teams and adherence to company standards.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications & Experience:

Education:
Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, mathematics or related field is strongly preferred.

Experience:
Six years of experience in programming and systems analysis. Three years of experience in project management is preferred.

Technical Skills:

• CI/CD

• Cloud Computing

• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Software Security

• Software Testing

• Systems Integration

• Technology Roadmap

• Vendor Management

Soft Skills & Attributes:

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Analytical and problem-solving mindset

• Ability to work in agile and global environments

• Time management and prioritization

Hands-on technical leadership experience leading project teams and setting technical direction. Proficiency in one programming language such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript. Knowledge of software development lifecycle. Proven ability to tackle sophisticated business and development problems. Ability to thrive in a team environment. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Additional Information:

Reporting Structure:
Reports to Technology Manager/Director - India

Working Hours:
Aligned to India business hours with flexibility for global collaboration.

Location Flexibility:
[Hybrid/Remote/In-office] with periodic in-office collaboration.

Equal Opportunity Statement:
Nationwide is committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, gender, disability, religion, or other protected categories.

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