Sr. Cloud Engineer

Berkley Technology Services (BTS) is a dynamic company committed to providing world class IT services. We offer a unique culture enabling our team members to be on the cutting edge of technology while delivering high quality solutions. We are looking for outstanding individuals who will bring unique perspectives insight and innovation to our teams. BTS a member company of W. R. Berkley Corporation has facilities located in Des Moines Iowa Manassas Virginia and Wilmington Delaware.

Our functions include working with various third parties to develop integrate and support insurance systems of WRBCs operating units. BTS strives to provide these functions in a holistic manner including helpdesk support system connectivity and operational support. Additional responsibilities include coordinating communications regarding best practices in the use of our supported systems and researching new technology. At BTS there are opportunities associated with being a part of an established and empowering corporation while maintaining a positive personal working environment. Additionally we provide a competitive compensation and benefits package including a casual dress code. BTS is constantly growing and expanding to meet the changing demands of one of the most successful insurance organizations in the world. Visit us at to learn more information.

The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer specializing in Hybrid Cloud DevOps improvement automation and low-touch self-service capabilities. The ideal candidate should possess extensive experience in Kubernetes and related technologies. You will be instrumental in enhancing our hybrid cloud architecture optimizing processes and driving strategic DevOps solutions within our organization. They also enable platform teams to build infrastructure and deploy configurations without traditional administrative access. This role will help establish technical standards and patterns create tools and automated workflow capabilities and help platform teams build and deploy on-prem and cloud ecosystems that foster a high degree of innovation and enablement.

• Containerization: Solid expertise with containerization technologies such as Docker Podman EKS AKS GKE and Kubernetes to develop scalable and reliable cloud solutions.
• Support Architecture and Development: Assist with the architecture design and integration of cloud services. Support the development and deployment pipelines to enhance performance and scalability across on-premises cloud environments.
• Optimize Practices: Utilize industry and company best practices to improve system scalability consistency and infrastructure efficiency reduce deployment times and automate configuration management processes.
• Collaborative Solutions: Collaborate with software engineering and DevOps teams to provide robust business solutions through strategic planning and implementation.
• Integrate Security: Implement security and compliance measures using services such as OPA and declarative security tooling to safeguard our platform.
• Operational Support: Provide ongoing operational support for our cloud platform ensuring smooth and efficient operation.
• Administrative Proficiency: Demonstrate fluency with administrative tools and platforms including Red Hat Linux (RHEL7 or higher) Rafay Rancher or equivalent vendor solutions.
• Troubleshooting Expertise: Address and resolve issues related to Kubernetes applications and infrastructure services on Linux-based operating systems.
• Automation Frameworks: Showcase proficiency with automation frameworks such as Ansible Terraform or Helm to drive efficiency and reduce manual interventions.
• CI/CD Pipeline Tools: Deploy configure and support CI/CD pipeline tools like Jenkins Bitbucket Jira Confluence and GitLab for streamlined development workflows.
• Cloud Services Exposure: Gain exposure to leading cloud-based web services including Azure AWS and GCP enhancing our cloud computing capabilities.
• Networking Knowledge: Bring a strong understanding of networking concepts within Kubernetes environments including Service Mesh IO Ingress/Egress and Container Network Interface (CNI).
• Multi-Discipline Infrastructure: Bring experience with compute networks Container Storage Interface (CSI) and virtualization infrastructure.
• Programming/Scripting Skills: Demonstrate proficiency in programming and scripting languages like Bash Python Java and Perl to develop cloud-native solutions.
• Platform Monitoring: Utilize monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack or Datadog to ensure systems performance and reliability.

• Five years of experience supporting automating and monitoring platforms such as Kubernetes PaaS
• Relevant noncompulsory certifications such as CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist) are preferred.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field or other related field or equivalent work experience.
• Ability to sit at a desk and work on a computer for extended periods of time.
• May occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.