Lead DevOps Engineer (remote)

<strong>Working at Advantasure is more than a job &mdash; you&rsquo;re part of a team that is becoming the country&rsquo;s leading healthcare solutions provider.<br /></strong><br /><strong>A career at Advantasure means you&rsquo;ll be part of one of the most dynamic, diversified and innovative healthcare companies in the nation. You&rsquo;ll be helping our clients make their members healthier &mdash; and our communities a better place to call home.</strong>

United States, USA

Advantasure

<p class="p1"><strong>At Advantasure, we partner with healthcare clients to simplify their operations and accelerate their business success. Powered by our broad expertise and a comprehensive suite of product and service solutions, we help health plans effectively navigate the complexity of healthcare.</strong></p> https://advantasure.com/

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Full Time

Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package

Overview: The DevOps Engineer is responsible for supporting multiple products and development teams in automating infrastructure, building pipelines, deployment, and production support. The DevOps engineer is also responsible for the development of solutions by working with the product manager, scrum master, architects, developers, and business stakeholders.&nbsp; The DevOps Engineer supports automating builds, monitoring, and pushing releases across multiple environments while fostering an environment of continuous innovation and working within agile teams.
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Leads, design and operate container platforms and Cloud Services using Identity, Storage, Compute, Automation, Disaster Recovery, and Networking features</li> <li>Deliver scalable, fast, efficient, and high-quality systems that help improve the Company&rsquo;s software ecosystem.</li> <li>Leads the implementation and forecasting of enhancements to network and systems development methodology based on changes in development tools, industry best practices, and systems development life cycles.</li> <li>Manage and improve a large-scale cloud-based server architecture</li> <li>Enforce network, systems development, and deployment standards.</li> <li>Guides customers migrating applications to containers</li> <li>Serves as subject matter expert as it relates to DevOps.</li> <li>Work and continuously improve the DevOps pipeline and tooling to provide active management of the continuous integration/continuous deployment processes.</li> <li>Analyze, design, build, and implement end-to-end solution delivery and support detailed monitoring across the infrastructure platform including operational telemetry.</li> <li>Create automated orchestration and deployment solutions using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and Terraform.</li> <li>Write scripts and automation using PowerShell, Groovy, and UNIX Shell scripts.</li> <li>Leads in fixing and redesigning major infrastructure fundamental services</li> <li>Partner with other software engineers to cooperatively deliver user stories.</li> <li>Solve highly complex technical problems using industry best practices</li> <li>Use the test-driven development methodology to realize technical solutions</li> <li>Create documentation to support external and internal customers</li> <li>Designing, building, and implementing integrations</li> <li>Maintain supplier/vendor relationships as needed</li> <li>Leads the design and delivery of components for internal/external customers</li> <li>Provide rapid response and issue resolution to the business teams for production issues</li> <li>Collaborates with business units and provides technical expertise</li> <li>Define and drive architectural enhancements into the system to mitigate potential failure points</li> <li>Provide impact assessment and mitigation plans for changes going into the production environment</li> <li>Investigates root-cause of severe and systemic outages, identify corrective actions</li> <li>Establishes performance baseline, capacity thresholds, correlates events, and defines monitoring/alerting criteria.</li> <li>Provide technical coaching and direction to more junior DevOps Engineers</li> </ul>
Requirements: <strong>EDUCATION:</strong><br /><br />Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Computer Science or a related field. A relevant combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. Continuous learning, as defined by the Company&rsquo;s learning philosophy, is required. Certification or progress toward certification is highly preferred and encouraged.<br /><br /><br /><strong>EXPERIENCE:</strong><br /><br />10 years of progressively more responsible experience in an Information Technology environment with demonstrated knowledge which provides the necessary skills, knowledge, and abilities. 5 years of significant automation/integration experience required. Experience working in an agile team with a focus on continuous integration and automated testing. Experience in the administration of web servers and web application servers. Experience in the insurance industry preferred.<br /><br /><br /><strong>SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES (SKA) REQUIRED:</strong><br /> <ul> <li>Advanced knowledge of how IT operations are managed.</li> <li>Advanced knowledge of configuration management systems and deployment tools</li> <li>Strong knowledge of creating automated production systems.</li> <li>Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously</li> <li>Knowledge of setup, configuration, and administration of various Linux operating systems and their components</li> <li>Using tools like Azure DevOps/VSTS, validate requirements, source code branches, deploy, and troubleshoot deployments of code and technologies in stage and production environments.</li> <li>Strong knowledge of deploying and managing infrastructure and application on public clouds</li> <li>Ability to troubleshoot and work through complex issues</li> <li>Ability to adapt to changing environments</li> <li>Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to influence</li> <li>Advanced knowledge management of source code for branch and merge strategy</li> <li>Ability to handle multiple priorities, establish workflow, and meet necessary deadlines.</li> <li>Understanding of networking fundamentals and protocols.</li> <li>Advanced ability to work in multi-cloud and hybrid environments</li> <li>Advanced knowledge of scripting automation solutions</li> <li>Strong understanding of configuration and release management practices.</li> <li>Understanding of software release metrics and process controls.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion.</li> <li>Ability to exchange factual and technical information clearly and concisely with managers, technicians, and similar individuals.</li> <li>Strong interpersonal and presentation skills.</li> <li>Confident in managing challenging interactions, providing feedback, and facilitating meetings with managers and executive leaders.</li> <li>Ability to comprehend the consequences of various problem situations and address them or refer them for appropriate decision-making.</li> <li>Ability to establish rapport and maintain customer satisfaction without compromising quality.</li> <li>Ability to interact with others to build consensus on the use of release management practices and standards.</li> </ul>