Senior DevOps Engineer

Swiss Re - Schweizerische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Performance-based variable compensation

Global and location-specific benefits

Descripción de la vacante

Swiss Re - Schweizerische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer in Madrid, Spain. This role focuses on designing and building productive infrastructure, requiring strong proficiency in IaaC, PowerShell, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Responsibilities include leading DevOps efforts to ensure robust, compliant, and efficient cloud infrastructure with the latest technologies.

The position offers a competitive salary range between EUR 60,000 and EUR 100,000, contingent on experience and qualifications, alongside attractive performance-based compensation and various global benefits.

Formación

• Strong experience in writing IaaC and automating deployments.
• Excellent technical proficiency in Azure services.
• Experience managing DevOps teams.

Responsabilidades

• Automatically deploy cloud infrastructure including networking and security.
• Collaborate with developers to enhance secure, high-performance cloud solutions.
• Lead a team of DevOps engineers offering technical guidance.

Conocimientos

PowerShell/Bash scripting

Kubernetes and containerization

Terraform for infrastructure provisioning

Azure DevOps for CI/CD

Managing teams of DevOps engineers

Programming in OOP languages (Java, Go)

Security scans and authorization protocols

Cloudflare for web performance

Data fundamentals

Descripción del empleo

Our team, a software house within Swiss Re, develops cloud-native (Azure-based) SaaS/PaaS solutions for external Life & Health insurance clients. Our portfolio includes globally established products and those in growth or incubation stages. We utilize the latest technology and prioritize innovation to stay competitive.

Our technical team comprises professionals with multidisciplinary skills, located in various countries, delivering highly available, multi-regional solutions used worldwide.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team. Unlike other teams, we design and build productive infrastructure, leaving operations to others. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in writing IaaC and automating deployments, with skills in PowerShell, Kubernetes, Terraform, Azure DevOps, Helm, and modern DevOps best practices. As a Senior, you will guide other DevOps engineers and collaborate with the Engineering Manager and Product Owner to ensure the infrastructure meets evolving requirements.

Your responsibilities will be:

• Solutionalize how to automatically deploy cloud infrastructure including networking, storage, compute, policies, monitoring, security, identity, functions, etc.
• Collaborate with product developers to identify DevOps solutions for embedding software in a secure, high-performance cloud infrastructure that meets enterprise standards.
• Create and implement DevOps solutions for automatic deployment of SW infrastructure, including disaster recovery strategies, operational manuals, and instructions for handing over maintenance to a separate team.
• Continuously assess and identify how to increase infrastructure performance while keeping cloud costs under control.
• Assess security policies, infrastructure requirements and changing guidelines to ensure keeping the SW infrastructure always compliant, resilient and secure.
• Lead a team of DevOps engineers, offering technical guidance. Collaborate with architects, managers, tech leads, and product owners to deliver solutions within the roadmap and SDLC processes.

About You

Everyone is unique. We value curiosity about software development and IT Cloud. If you possess traits and experience that match most of the below, we’d love to hear from you.

• Must have excellent technical proficiency
• Usage and administrator of Azure services.
• Strong experience with PowerShell/Bash scripting.
• In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes and containerization.
• Strong skills with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
• Knowledge of Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines and release management.
• Experience managing teams of DevOps engineers.
• Preferably knowledge also about programming background in any OOP language (preferred Java and/or Go).
• Knowledge of security scans, authorization protocols, CloudFlare.
• Understanding of data fundamentals.
• Familiarity with Okta for identity and access management.
• Knowledge of Cloudflare for web performance and security.
• General knowledge of Gitlab and/or Github DevOps practices.

Salary

For Spain, the base salary range for this position is between EUR 60,000 and EUR 100,000 (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers the requirements, scope, complexity, and responsibilities of the role, and the applicant’s own profile including education, qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.

Benefits

In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognize your achievements. You will also enjoy a variety of global and location-specific benefits, subject to eligibility under Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.