Hybrid DevOps Engineer – AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD

Kemper Corporation; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k matching

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Career development

Job summary

Kemper Corporation seeks a skilled DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and improve enterprise DevOps and platform engineering across on-premise and AWS cloud. You’ll maintain CI/CD, automation, and secure, scalable infrastructure while collaborating with security, application, and operations teams in a hybrid work setting.

Based in Birmingham or Jacksonville, you will drive automation, improve developer experience, and contribute to safer, faster product releases in a dynamic Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems/Technology, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of 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.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

IaC

Git

Scripting

Automation

Security

CloudFormation

Terraform

Networking

Linux/Windows

GitHub/GitLab

Jenkins

Education

Bachelor degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Software/Information Systems or equivalent

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

JFrog Artifactory

Xray

SonarQube

Kubernetes

AWS CDK

Job description

Kemper Corporation seeks a skilled DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and improve enterprise DevOps and platform engineering across on-premise and AWS cloud. You’ll maintain CI/CD, automation, and secure, scalable infrastructure while collaborating with security, application, and operations teams in a hybrid work setting.

Based in Birmingham or Jacksonville, you will drive automation, improve developer experience, and contribute to safer, faster product releases in a dynamic Agile environment.