DevOps Specialist - Munich Re : Job Details

We're adding to our diverse team of experts and are looking to hire those who are committed to building a culture that enables the creation of innovative solutions for our business units and clients.The CompanyWe offer the financial strength and stability that comes with being part of the world's preeminent insurance and reinsurance brand. Our risk experts work together to assemble the right mix of products and services to help our clients stay competitive – from traditional reinsurance coverages, to niche and specialty reinsurance and insurance products.The OpportunityFuture focused and always one step aheadAs the Munich Re Global Specialty Insurance (GSI) Senior DevOps Specialist, based in North America, you will:Work with highly experienced Munich Re cloud architects and implementation managers – who have a wealth of experience both at Munich Re and from their wider technology roles.Have a passion for enabling our Development, Test and Operations teams via tooling and automation.Build DevOps solutions across application, network, deployment & scaling to meet complex project requirements.Be comfortable working in a high paced, high energy agile working environment.Take ownership to implement and enforce all relevant security, documentation and config processes in everything you do.Work as part of a highly experienced and diverse engineering team – who bridge the US, UK, Europe & India.Be pivotal in building out Munich Re business units cloud native platform and be directly involved in strategic design decisions.Successful candidates will possess the following skills/capabilities:Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent practitioner experience with excellent infrastructure architecture skills.Azure certification, ideally from one or more of the DevOps, Security and Architecture learning paths.Deep technical knowledge and proven hands-on implementation experience (4+ years) on Azure cloud platform.Be well versed and comfortable building pipelines using Azure DevOps.Very good knowledge of Infrastructure as Code development using Bicep, Terraform, ARM and PowerShell.Configuration Management: Knowledge of tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.Azure Monitor and Application Insights: Skills in setting up monitoring and logging for applications and infrastructure.Log Analytics: Ability to create and manage queries and dashboards for real-time insights.Hands on experience in cloud networking, including principle understanding of full IP stack, subnetting & routing.CI/CD Pipelines: Expertise in setting up and managing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Azure Pipelines.Working knowledge of application development and concepts such as session management, load balancing, error reporting and alerting, thread management. Experience working as a developer would be considered a differentiator.Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra) & Identity Management deployment and configuration experience.Experience with wider Microsoft technologies such as window server and SQL server.Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.Self-motivated with the ability to work as part of a team and high attention to detail when producing design artefacts.At Munich Re US, we see Diversity and Inclusion as a solution to the challenges and opportunities all around us. Our goal is to foster an inclusive culture and build a workforce that reflects the customers we serve and the communities in which we live and work. We strive to provide a workplace where all of our colleagues feel respected, valued and empowered to achieve their very best every day. We recruit and develop talent with a focus on providing our customers the most innovative products and services.We are an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.#J-18808-Ljbffr