Description
About the Job
As a Principal DevOps Engineer, you work together with stakeholders from architecture, application development teams, testing teams, leadership, and OE representatives to understand challenges, expectations, and customer requirements. You develop a roadmap for infrastructure solutions that allow for high-availability and low latency across the globe and follow-up with your team and stakeholders for timely delivery. You mentor a team of DevOps Engineer, ensure the team is productive, follow-up on blockers and make sure team-internal and team-external exchanges happen frequently
What you do
- Design, implement, and manage scalable, reliable, and secure DevOps solutions, including the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines.
- Lead IT transformation initiatives to standardize DevOps practices across global teams.
- Drive global DevSecOps Maturity Assessments from a technical perspective.
- Provide expert advice on DevOps strategies and implementations, including conducting workshops and training sessions for team upskilling.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams for seamless integration and delivery, while mentoring junior team members in adopting DevOps practices.
- Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure and services performance, resolving any performance bottlenecks for optimal efficiency.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure, services, and applications.
- Keep up to date with the latest cloud technologies, security practices, and industry trends in the insurance domain,
- Making recommendations for improvements, cost reductions, and innovation
What you bring
- Bachelor's or Masters degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- At least 5 - 7 years of experience in a DevOps role, including 2 years in Lead role
- Proficiency in DevOps tools and technologies such as Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Terraform, Git.
- Proficiency with common CI/CD Tools like GitHub and IaC best-practices.
- Proficiency with technologies like Kafka, MongoDB or Postgres would be advantageous.
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
- Strong knowledge of AWS and respective services (RDS, EKS, Elasticache).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Grafana, ELK, and DataDog.
- Proven track record in leading transformation and global standardization projects, and providing strategic advice on DevOps best practices.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a global team environment.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, including experience in incident management and resolution.
- Proficiency with security best practices and implementing robust security controls to protect sensitive insurance data.
- Proficiency with Agile and Lean methodologies.
- Experience with one or all of the following tools: Apigee, Akamai, Service NOW.
- Proven Leadership and mentoring skills.
- Certifications
from applicable vendors such as AWS, Azure, CNCF advantageous