DevOps Engineer

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Kemper is one of the nations leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kempers products and services are making a real difference to our customers who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team you are helping to provide experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises.

Kemper is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer. The DevOps Engineer 3 works as part of a collaborative team responsible for supporting and evolving continuous integration and automated release processes across on-premises and public cloud environments. This role helps maintain system stability improve build/test pipelines and automate deployments in support of the organizations growth and evolving needs.

The focus will be on delivering efficient reliable automation while ensuring quality and scalability across the development lifecycle. This engineer will contribute to agile teams helping improve software delivery through better tooling automation and infrastructure practices.

Responsibilities

• Support and improve the agile SDLC process and related tools
• Contribute to the automation of software builds tests and deployments
• Maintain and enhance infrastructure for build and test environments
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to streamline product delivery
• Monitor and troubleshoot build/test infrastructure
• Participate in the development and improvement of CI/CD pipelines
• Contribute to infrastructure as code solutions for repeatable deployments
• Assist in documentation of build and release processes
• Provide operational support for DevOps tools and services

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or equivalent experience
• 35 years of experience in development infrastructure or automation roles
• Working knowledge of DevOps principles and CI/CD best practices
• Hands-on experience with source control systems like Git
• Administration experience with Snowflake or Informatica IDMC preferred
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g. Python Bash scripting)
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation or Ansible)
• Experience with AWS or another public cloud provider
• Understanding of Linux and/or Windows system administration
• Experience with Jenkins or other CI/CD tools preferred
• Experience with serverless tools (e.g. AWS Lambda) is a plus
• Familiarity with Snowflake Informatica or HVR as a plus
• This position works at a Kemper office

The range for this position is $77100 to $128500. When determining candidate offers we consider experience skills education certifications and geographic location among other factors. This job is eligible for Kemper benefits (Medical Dental Vision PTO 401k etc.).

Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination.

Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Kemper will never request personal information such as your social security number or banking information via text or email. Additionally Kemper does not use external messaging applications like WireApp or Skype to communicate with candidates. If you receive such a message delete it.

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