Job description
Company Information:
What we look for
Our exceptional and motivated employees are our greatest strength. Our employees provide the highest level of customer service and help maintain our position as a leader in the global marketplace.
Our exceptional and motivated employees are our greatest strength. Our employees provide the highest level of customer service and help maintain our position as a leader in the global marketplace.
Markel Style
The Markel Style is what makes us stand out from our competitors. It's our core value which should underpin how we do business, while influencing our behavior and performance. We are looking for people who have potential and share our passion to live the Markel Style, which is described in more detail below.
If you think you have these core attributes we want to hear from you.
Job Summary:
Working within the DevOps team you will help Markel recognize, implement, and add value through the use of DevOps. Whether assisting our internal customers on a global basis, helping to build a DevOps center of excellence, through to improving and maintaining our DevOps service catalog.
You will have the opportunity, to grow, inspire, develop, consult, and help shape the future of DevOps at Markel.
As a DevOps Engineer, you will be working closely together with product teams, and be creating and maintaining highly scalable DevOps solutions and managed services. This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to join a team that is going down a new path, with new challenges, and enormous opportunities.
You will implement the automation to build and maintain self-service platforms, both in cloud and Legacy environments. You will also assist development teams in creating ci/cd pipelines that support the goals of product delivery.
Ideally, you will be results-driven, have some experience in building IT infrastructure, love automation, and would thrive in an autonomous, collaborative environment.
What you will need to have
- Strong problem-solving skills, including simple solutions to complex situations
- Serious attention to detail, strong commitment, and the ability to learn and innovate
- Passion for new technologies
- Some experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, TeamCity, NuGet, MSBuild, Jenkins
- Some programming/scripting experience using languages such as Python, Java, .NET
What would be desirable
- Experience and/or knowledge of Azure
- An understanding of IaC and Terraform
- Experience in providing support and consultancy from a technical perspective
What you’ll do
- Drive the implementation of DevOps technologies to enable and improve the efficiency of fully automated builds.
- Implement/integrate modern DevOps techniques to improve platform efficiency, performance, and availability.
- Utilize Terraform/Jenkins to enable core systems to scale out with business requirements.
- Help define, design, and implement DevSecOps and ensure our customers develop secure, robust, resilient systems and solutions.
- Support development teams with build & deployment best practices eg branching strategy, testing methodology, CI/CD, and pipelines.
- Engage in and improve the whole life cycle of services, from inception and design, through deployment, operation, and refinement.
- Help to define processes and standards, following Open-Source best practices, and keeping abreast of industry trends.
- Drive adoption of key engineering best practices, supporting team members to improve quality, efficiency, and reliability of deliverables.
- Develop standardized approaches, patterns, and blueprints to secure design, scripted deployment, and maintenance tasks;
- Help leverage DevOps SaaS platforms such as Azure DevOps, Artifactory, and CloudBees to offer value-added services to our internal global customer base.
Education
- Required - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems,other related field or military experience
Certification
- Insurance certifications or affiliation with industry group a plus
Work Experience
- Experience assembling solutions using custom development, off the shelf systems, and 3rd party integrations
- 3+ years coding in multiple programming languages such as C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- 3+ years using frameworks such as .NET, Grails, Node.js, or Flask
- 3+ years of experience with relational databases and SQL – MS SQL Server preferred
- DevOps, CI/CD, test automation and cloud deployment
- Rapid prototype sprints to deliver new innovations to market
- Experience setting up cloud-based innovation / sandbox environments for experimentation
- Familiarity with design thinking and customer centric design
Skill Sets
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong organization and time management skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong team player
- Flexibility and attention to details
- Strong desire for continuous improvement
Choose Markel:
Innovative hybrid work model * A diversity and inclusion focused employer * Exceptional base salary and bonus structure * Comprehensive benefits which include PTO, medical, dental, vision, 401K and more * Growth opportunities to advance your career* Ongoing coaching and career development * Fast paced, high performance environment *Profitable Fortune 300 company in business since 1930.
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ork location is flexible if approved by the Company, except that position may not be performed in Colorado.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S., and not require sponsorship now or in the future
Please note: Markel has a phased approach for re-entry into our buildings that is designed to balance the ongoing health, safety, and well-being of our employees with operational considerations and regulatory/ governmental requirements and recommendations. Effective 10/1/21 we have implemented a hybrid return to work strategy that allows for three days in the office every week.
“Why work for us?”
Diversity and inclusion
Markel is truly a global and diverse company. We believe that diversity makes us better business partners and that embracing people’s differences can bring amazing results and fuel innovation. We have a portfolio of businesses and product lines that operate around the world.
Markel is truly a global and diverse company. We believe that diversity makes us better business partners and that embracing people’s differences can bring amazing results and fuel innovation. We have a portfolio of businesses and product lines that operate around the world.
Community involvement
Markel has a rich heritage of supporting communities across the world where our customers and employees live and work. Giving back is part of our history and our future. Our employees share in this philosophy through volunteering, mentoring and fundraising.
Markel has a rich heritage of supporting communities across the world where our customers and employees live and work. Giving back is part of our history and our future. Our employees share in this philosophy through volunteering, mentoring and fundraising.
Commitment to open doors
Markel is committed to creating the best work environment. Our open-door policy is essential in recognizing business issues as they rise and to address the changing needs of our diverse and global workforce. Challenging management is a component of the Markel Style—some of our best ideas start from a conversation between a manager and an employee.
Entrepreneurial spirit
As the Markel Style states, we pursue excellence, strive for a better way, and share the success of others. Markel associates proactively seek new business opportunities, bringing further success to Markel.
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