DevOps Engineer

6 months ago


York, United Kingdom Hiscox Full time

Job Type:

Permanent

Build a brilliant future with Hiscox
 

Position: DevOps Engineer,

Reporting to: Head of Platform Engineering, London Market

Location: York - hybrid

The Role

The DevOps Engineer will be a member of a Chapter which includes DevOps Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering & DevSecOps Engineering. You will also be a key member of a Platform Engineering squad which are responsible for the Continuous Improvement over our cloud and on-premises platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Create and maintain the pipelines for publishing code to Azure

Oversee and coach squads in intra-day deployments mechanisms

As part of the chapter drive the DevOps principles and culture across London Market squads

With the aid of the chapter, coach and influence engineers to DevOps maturity

Oversee and direct the vendor DevOps and Infrastructure resources

Create and maintain Azure infrastructure across all environments

Propose and implement time-saving initiatives

Create and maintain monitoring at all levels (infrastructure, app, data)

Monitor issues and availability and ensure the correct escalation path is followed

Monitor performance and propose improvements

Implement auto-scaling of resources to meet the needs of the moment

Collaborate with all London Market Chapters

Help to commoditise cloud services where possible

Identify engineering limits, bottlenecks and tipping points before they’re reached

Person Specification

Mandatory skillset:

Experience of working as an engineer, working on solutions in Azure.

Experience with Terraform and Azure Resource Management Templates

Experience setting up and working with Azure DevOps pipelines

Knowledge of Cloud native, microservices, containerized systems, preferably with Kubernetes

To have a strong desire for continuous improvement and an Agile way of working

Ideally in addition:

Commercial hands-on software delivery, including either implementation and on-going systems administration experience in a previous role using a variety of technologies, or, build and deployment engineering with modern practices

Sound experience in identifying, implementing and maintaining IT solutions / systems in regulated markets / industries

Knowledge and understanding of latest trends in DevOps methodologies, processes and tools, as well as emerging solutions and ability to apply them when appropriate

Rewards 

On top of a competitive salary, we also offer a wide range of benefits. 

25 days annual leave plus two Hiscox days

4 week paid sabbatical after every 5 years of service

Company and personal performance related bonus.

Contributory pension.

Other benefits include:

Money towards gym membership.

Christmas gift.

4 x life insurance.

About us

At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we’re committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success. 

As an international specialist insurer we are far removed from the world of mass insurance products, selectively focusing on key areas of expertise and strength, all of which is underpinned by a culture that encourages us to challenge convention and always look for a better way.

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