Azure Cloud Engineer

National Indemnity Company; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and Vision coverage

Educational reimbursement

Employer-matched retirement plan (5%)

Onsite fitness center

Job summary

NICO National Indemnity Company is seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to manage day-to-day Azure infrastructure, deployment automation, and security aligned with digital transformation goals. You will partner with IT Security, Software Development, and other IT teams to deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions.

Responsibilities include provisioning networks, compute, storage, and automation, plus collaborating on enterprise architecture and monitoring cloud health to meet business objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years Azure infrastructure experience.
• IaC using Bicep, ARM Templates (JSON) / CLI, PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day cloud engineering tasks for Azure hub/spoke networks, compute and storage.
• Participate in technical architecture discussions for modern cloud solutions.
• Monitor health and performance of cloud and on‑prem platforms.
• Maintain security levels per company policies.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to enable digital transformation.

Skills

Azure infrastructure

IaC (Bicep, ARM, CLI)

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Bicep

ARM Templates

PowerShell

Job description

Company:

NICO National Indemnity Company

Want to work for a company with unparalleled financial strength and stability that offers “large company” benefits with an exciting, friendly, and “small company” atmosphere? Our companies, as members of the Berkshire Hathaway group of Insurance Companies, provides opportunities for professionals interested in just that.

The Azure Cloud Engineer will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance, planning, and support for the Company's Azure cloud compute, networking and storage infrastructure. They will partner with business, IT Security, Software Development, and other IT Infrastructure teams on projects to ensure secure delivery and upkeep of business initiatives. The Azure Cloud Engineer provides technical leadership and guidance to project team members and technical staff.

What will you do?

• Perform day-to-day cloud engineering tasks such as provisioning of azure hub and spoke networks, compute, storage using IaC; administrate identity and access, support third party tool integrations to Azure, build automation, and other cloud engineering tasks at the base infrastructure level.
• Participate in technical architecture discussions with enterprise and domain architects and other IT team members as appropriate to help design and build modern cloud solutions.
• Responsible for monitoring the health and performance of the Company’s cloud and on-prem platforms, applications, and services
• Implement and maintain proper security levels for Company systems and cloud-based applications according to company security policies
• Work with Product Owners and other business team members to help empower their digital transformation goals and provide resource deployment orchestration, automation, and configuration expertise.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years related work experience in Azure infrastructure
• IaC (Infrastructure as Code) – preferably Bicep, ARM Templates (JSON) / CLI, Powershell
• DevOps pipelines experience (CI/CD)

Who would excel in this role?

• Someone who is self-motivated and works independently and as part of a team
• Someone who communicates with explanation, discussion, problem solving and considerable tact
• Someone who is a continuous learner with a passion for creative problem solving

We want you to be involved!

We offer Employee Resource Groups for volunteering, connecting with others, social gatherings, and professional development. We also regularly seek employees input through companywide surveys.

We care about your health and wellbeing!

Our Wellness program is integrated into the Company culture with an online wellness portal that offers a year-round, one-stop-shop to manage and track all areas of health, our Omaha office boasts a complimentary state-of-the-art onsite fitness center, and a robust wellness program.

Benefits, Perks and more!

We offer retirement and savings plan with immediate enrollment with 100% employer match up to 5%, Medical, Dental and Vision for regular, full-time employees and eligible dependents, a dedicated Learning & Development program for employees to grow personally and professionally, 100% upfront Educational Reimbursement program, subsidized downtown parking, competitive time off policies including parental leave, an Employee Assistance program and much more!