Lead IT Automation Engineer - Cloud & DevOps Architect

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated; Creve Coeur (MO); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated in Creve Coeur, MO, seeks an experienced Architect to lead design, development, and integration of automation, DevOps support, container technologies, and related developer enablement capabilities.

You will set architecture direction, ensure security and performance, guide deployments on AWS/OpenShift with Terraform, and mentor teams while coordinating across IT and business units.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent experience Required
• Master’s degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) Preferred
• 8+ Years experience developing application hosting architectures and services utilizing containers, cloud services, and automation Required
• LOMA certification Preferred
• Advanced knowledge of container-based hosting architectures (Kubernetes), scripting languages (Python, Powershell), CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, Vault) and monitoring tools is required

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the architecture, design, development, implementation, and integration of automation, monitoring, DevOps support, container technologies, and related capabilities in support of IT and business objectives.
• Develops automation and applications using Python.
• Supports deployments across AWS and OpenShift using Terraform.
• 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 quality and change control standards are met.
• Coordinates root cause investigations and provide recommendations for preventative measures; address gaps in processes and documentation.
• 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 coach/mentor team members.

Skills

Python

DevOps

Security best practices

Education

BA/BS or equivalent

MA/MS preferred

Tools

Terraform

AWS

OpenShift

Jenkins

Nexus

SonarQube

Vault

Grafana

PagerDuty

Nagios

Prometheus

Job description

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated in Creve Coeur, MO, seeks an experienced Architect to lead design, development, and integration of automation, DevOps support, container technologies, and related developer enablement capabilities.

You will set architecture direction, ensure security and performance, guide deployments on AWS/OpenShift with Terraform, and mentor teams while coordinating across IT and business units.