Lead IT Automation Engineer

rgare; Creve Coeur (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

RGA is seeking a senior architecture lead to drive design, development, and integration of automation and DevOps capabilities. You will guide cloud and container-based solutions, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure secure, scalable architectures across projects.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in hosting architectures using containers and cloud services, with strong Python and automation tooling experience, plus leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 8+ years in application hosting architectures with containers/cloud.
• LOMA certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate architecture, design, development, and integration of automation and DevOps capabilities.
• Develop automation and applications using Python; support deployments across cloud platforms.
• Lead analysis of IT problems and evaluate technology products for cost-effective solutions.
• Document processes, provide status reports, and mentor team members.

Skills

Solution design

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Arts/Sciences or equivalent

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Python

Powershell

Jenkins

Nexus

SonarQube

Vault

Grafana

Prometheus

Nagios

Job description

You desire impactful work.You're RGA readyRGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today's challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World's Most Admired Companies , we're the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.Leads team and independently performs overall design, development, and integration of systems and applications to address business needs pertaining to automation, monitoring, DevOps support, container technologies, and related developer enablement capabilities (cloud and/or in-house). Creates "big picture" architectural approaches for system design and implementation to guide IT teams. Responsible for ensuring security, performance, manageability, quality, and consistency of architecture across systems and provide technical guidance to internal customers and teams. Conducts research, gathers information, interprets data, identifies requirements, and creates solutions. Defines all aspects of solution development from appropriate technology and workflow to deployment of production ready systems. Evaluates and recommends tools, technologies, and processes to ensure the highest quality product platforms. This role develops automation using Python and supports deployments across AWS and OpenShift. Experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, Terraform is preferred.

Principle Duties:

Coordinates the architecture, design, development, implementation, and integration of automation, monitoring, DevOps support, container technologies, and related developer enablement capabilities in support of IT and business objectives.Develops automation and application solutions using Python.Supports application and infrastructure deployments using Terraform across AWS and OpenShift.Coordinates or leads analysis of IT or business problems and lead the evaluation, development, and recommendation of specific technology products and platforms to provide cost-effective solutions that meet business and technology requirements.Research and design best fit solutions. Guide architecture, design, deployment, and integration of solutions and ensure all quality and change control standards are met.Coordinates root cause investigations and provide recommendations for preventative measures. Proactively address gaps with existing support processes, documentation, etc. and prioritize accordingly.Develops and documents processes, procedures, and best practices.Provides regular status, operational , incident, and change reports.May supervise or manage four or fewer employees, and responsible for team's performance; coaches and mentors team members.

Qualications:

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent experience RequiredMaster's degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) Preferred

Work Experience:

8+ Years experience developing application hosting architectures and services utilizing containers, cloud services, and automation Required

Licenses and Certifications:

LOMA certification Preferred

Skills & Abilities:

Advanced ability to design solutions that are scalable, secure, performant, supportable, and cost effective. RequiredAdvanced skill in at least one enterprise operating system. Advanced skills in identifying and eliminating unnecessary and mundane tasks to improve IT operational efficiency. Advanced abilities to simplify overly complex concepts and solutions for stakeholder communications. RequiredAdvanced investigative, analytical and problem solving skills. Advanced ability to translate business needs and problems into viable/accepted solutions. Advanced oral and written communication skills demonstrating ability to share and impart knowledge. RequiredAdvanced ability to set goals and handle multiple tasks, clients, and projects simultaneously; Ability to appropriately balance priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. Ability to quickly adapt to new methods, work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions. RequiredAbility to work well within a team environment and participate in department/team projects. Ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional, and technical disciplines. Ability to manage multiple projects or teams and set applicable goals. RequiredAdvanced skills in customer relationship management and change management. Advanced negotiating and persuasion skills. RequiredAdvanced knowledge of application/data security best practices, container based hosting architectures (Kubernetes), scripting languages (Python, Powershell), CI / CD platform management (Jenkins, Nexus, Sonarqube, Vault), software development practices (code management, Agile tools, automated testing), monitoring and alerting practices and toolsets (Nagios, Grafana, PagerDuty, Prometheus), and Security certificatio