DevOps Engineer – Cloud, Kubernetes & CI/CD

Kemper Corporation; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental plans

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Volunteer programs

Paid time off

Employee discounts

Job summary

Kemper Corporation in Birmingham, AL is hiring a DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and improve enterprise DevOps and platform engineering across on-prem and AWS cloud environments. You will support CI/CD, automation, and secure infrastructure for fast, reliable product releases.

The role collaborates with application, cloud, infrastructure, security, and operations teams in a dynamic Agile setting and requires strong scripting and IaC capabilities along with Kubernetes experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems/Technology, or equivalent and/or DevOps related work experience (development or infrastructure automation)
• Understanding of the DevOps principles and patterns in an enterprise organization
• Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud infrastructure
• Strong understanding of infrastructure as code (IaC), configuration management, and automation practices
• Demonstrated understanding of source-code management processes using Git and enterprise Git platforms
• Programming or scripting experience in one or more of the following: Python, Bash/PowerShell, .NET, or Java
• Experience creating and maintaining code-defined infrastructure using technologies such as CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK, or similar tools
• Experience developing solutions with AWS services and enterprise DevOps tools
• Solid understanding of public cloud, networking, IAM/security, and highly available infrastructure; AWS experience strongly preferred
• Experience with remote administration and automated configuration of Linux and Windows systems
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes/EKS, including deployments, configuration, troubleshooting, and operational support preferred
• Build automation experience, including multi-stage pipelines, shared automation, credentials, and deployment dependencies preferred
• Experience with git based source-code platforms and with artifact, code-quality, and related tooling such as Artifactory, Xray, and SonarQube preferred
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, documentation, collaboration, and customer-service skills

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality, reliability, security, and efficiency of DevOps platforms and SDLC tooling
• Maintain and improve CI/CD processes that support automated software builds, testing, releases, and deployments
• Design and automate cloud and hybrid infrastructure, including build and test environments, AWS services, container platforms, and deployment workflows
• Provide automation, CI/CD, source control, artifact management, and cloud platform expertise to Application Development teams
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and report on the health, availability, capacity, and performance of build, deployment, and shared DevOps infrastructure
• Support and administer enterprise engineering platforms such as Jenkins, GitLab, JFrog Artifactory/Xray, SonarQube, and AWS-based services
• Support Kubernetes/EKS workloads and platform services, including deployment, configuration, access, observability, and troubleshooting
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code and automation for AWS infrastructure, Linux and Windows systems, and repeatable platform operations
• Partner with security and infrastructure teams to implement vulnerability management, secure configuration, access controls, compliance requirements, and hardened operating-system images
• Maintain appropriate technical documentation, operational procedures, and project documentation for platform changes, builds, releases, and automation

Education

Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Artifactory

Xray

SonarQube

Git platforms

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

Kubernetes

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Kemper Corporation in Birmingham, AL is hiring a DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and improve enterprise DevOps and platform engineering across on-prem and AWS cloud environments. You will support CI/CD, automation, and secure infrastructure for fast, reliable product releases.

The role collaborates with application, cloud, infrastructure, security, and operations teams in a dynamic Agile setting and requires strong scripting and IaC capabilities along with Kubernetes experience.