Job Summary:
In this position, you will manage and maintain our GW Cloud/AWS infrastructure, contribute to our AWS best practices, and partner with our development and data teams on establishing CI/CD and data pipelines and deployment activities.
Duties/Responsibilities:
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Design, configure, and automate the deployment of AWS development and production systems using Terraform.
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Define and deploy systems for metrics and monitoring on the AWS platform - establish logging standards and metrics to allow for easily identifying, tracking, and debugging issues.
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Automate system outage notifications to development, support, end-users.
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Automate and maintain AWS security standards/protocols and best practices for cloud systems.
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Partner with the development team on establishing AWS CodePipelines.
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Partner with the data team on creating data pipelines
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Build tools and processes to support the infrastructure.
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Lead the implementation of DevOps projects – including mentoring/guiding other DevOps Engineers
Required Skills/Abilities:
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Expertise in AWS Services related to Security, Development Infrastructure, Production
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Ability to organize and facilitate meetings across various stakeholders.
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Knowledgeable in presenting technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
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Proficient in Agile w/Scrum development methodology
Required Education and Experience:
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Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
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At least five years AWS related experience required.
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Active AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate or DevOps Engineer Professional.
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Advanced knowledge of the full software development life-cycle.
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Experience in implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
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Programming experience in Python, Javascript or similar language.
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Previously Led DevOps projects with successful outcomes.
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Experience in containerized, distributed application deployment.
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Experience with Jira, Jira Advanced Roadmaps, Confluence to manage tickets across multiple projects.
Preferred Requirements:
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Property and Casualty Insurance domain knowledge
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GW Cloud experience
Physical Requirements:
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Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Salary:
Starting at $160,000 annually. Candidate's skills, experience and abilities will be taken into consideration for final offer.
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