DevOps Engineer

Loggerhead Risk Management LLC; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent insurance company based in Tampa, FL is seeking an Azure DevOps Engineer. This role involves maintaining cloud environments, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring data security. Qualified candidates will have significant experience in Azure and DevOps practices. This position offers a hybrid work environment allowing flexibility in work location.

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in a DevOps role, with three years in Azure cloud computing.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Azure services including Application Gateway and Blob Storage.
• Experience with container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable Azure solutions based on business requirements.
• Manage and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure security.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for application deployment.

Skills

Technical troubleshooting

Team-oriented interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Azure DevOps related certifications (AZ-400 or AZ-500)

Tools

Microsoft Azure Cloud services

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

Git

Terraform

Job description

Loggerhead is a property and casualty insurer that specializes in providing coverage that meets the unique needs of Florida homeowners. We’re a team of insurance professionals with customer service as our core value and we know the importance of attentively serving our policyholders. Loggerhead is powered by modern technology, guided by people who share a commitment to trust, empathy, always doing what’s right, flexibility, and teamwork.

As part of Loggerhead’s Information Technology (IT) team, the Azure DevOps Engineer will maintain the cloud environment, perform infrastructure deployments, and ensure cloud environments operate secure and efficient. The position will work closely with the development team and other key stakeholders in the business to support their needs in a manner that is secure, scalable, resilient, monitored, and auditable.

A Day in the Life could include:

• Design and implement scalable and secure Azure solutions which align with business requirements, leveraging knowledge of Azure services, architectures, and best practices.
• Manage and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure ensuring proper configuration and security measures are in place.
• Implement continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for deploying applications and infrastructure within Azure DevOps.
• Design and implement backup and disaster recovery strategies using Azure services to ensure data integrity, availability, and quick recovery in case of failures.
• Monitor cloud environment health and drive improvements to enhance reliability, availability, and performance.
• Provide technical support and troubleshoot issues related to Azure infrastructure, services, and deployments.
• Ensure all code/technical configurations and other work products are thoroughly unit-tested prior to delivery.
• Adhere to all SDLC and technology architecture requirements. Contribute to architecture design principles and standards as appropriate.
• Proactively identify and communicate potential problems and issues to project team members/leaders. Proactively identify alternatives and recommend/implement solutions as appropriate.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, guidelines, and knowledge base articles to facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration within the team.
• Stay updated with Azure, new services, changes, and more, to ensure our environment is leveraging the latest benefits from cloud providers.

What You'll Need to be a Top Candidate:

Skills

• Robust technical troubleshooting and debugging capabilities.
• Strong team-oriented interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with a broad range of internal/external stakeholders.
• Ability to contribute and collaborate as a team member while working proactively and independently.
• Excellent presentation, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, time management, and analytical skills.
• Ability to translate requirements from a business perspective to development specifications.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.

Required Qualifications

• Five (5) years of experience in a DevOps role with at least three (3) years of experience in Azure cloud computing services and cloud computing delivery models (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS).
• Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud services (Application Gateway, API Management, Kubernetes, CosmosDB, Key Vault, Blob Storage, and App Insights).
• Experience with container orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes, for managing scalable and resilient application deployments.
• Knowledge and experience with Azure DevOps, Git, Helm and branching methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience in IaC (e.g., ARM Templates/ Bicep/ Terraform).
• Strong scripting or programming skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash).

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of microservices architecture and API design principles.
• Experience with Azure Data Factory, Data Bricks or SQL Managed Instances.
• Application monitoring (APM) experience with DataDog or Azure App Insights.
• Experience with federated IdP (Azure Active Directory and SAML)

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or in a related discipline.
• Azure DevOps related certifications (AZ-400 or AZ-500)

Working Conditions

• Hybrid work environment with option to flexibly split time working remotely and at corporate headquarters located in Tampa, FL.
• Required to work flexible hours and/or weekends as needed.