Sr. Software Engineer at Markel in Richmond, Virginia

Job Description:

What part will you play? If you're looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you've found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you'll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We're always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.


Join us and play your part in something special!
A Senior DevOps Engineer is a seasoned professional who embodies the fusion of software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops), playing a pivotal role in the continuous delivery and lifecycle management of software applications. With a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of both coding and infrastructure, these engineers are instrumental in automating processes, optimizing systems, and ensuring the reliability and security of production environments. They act as leaders and mentors within their teams, guiding the adoption of DevOps culture and practices while fostering collaboration between developers, system administrators, and QA personnel. As architects of deployment strategies and stewards of system health, Senior DevOps Engineers are critical in bridging the gap between complex technical challenges and business goals, ensuring that software delivery is as efficient and effective as possible.



Job Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing infrastructure as code (IaC) to automate the setup, scaling, and management of IT resources.


• Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to enable quick and reliable code deployment across various environments.


• Monitoring and ensuring the reliability and performance of applications and services in production.


• Collaborating with software developers, system operators, and other IT staff to oversee code releases and deployments.


• Ensuring security best practices are integrated into the development lifecycle, including compliance with data protection regulations.


• Managing and maintaining infrastructure, including cloud services and in-house hardware, to meet the organization's needs.


• Providing mentorship and guidance to junior DevOps team members and promoting a culture of knowledge sharing.


• Documenting technical procedures, configurations, and the architecture of deployed solutions.


• Collaborating with stakeholders to understand requirements, set priorities, and communicate progress and challenges.


• Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends and refactors moderately complex programs/scripts. Applies agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result.


• Installs or removes hardware and/or software, using supplied installation instructions and tools including, where appropriate, handover to the client. Conducts tests, corrects malfunctions, and documents results in accordance with agreed procedures.


• Reviews requirements and specifications, and defines test conditions. Designs test cases and test scripts under own direction, mapping back to pre-determined criteria, recording and reporting outcomes. Analyses and reports test activities and results. Identifies and reports issues and risks associated with own work.


• Occasionally required to work late evening and weekends as needed.


• Up to 10% travel as needed.

Education

• Required - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, other related field or equivalent work experience, including military experience

Work Experience

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or related field


• 5+ yeas of experience with cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP


• 3+ years Agile project delivery methods


• Excellent scripting skills in Bash, Python, Ruby or Powershell


• Experience with continuous integration/delivery tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, OctopusDeploy


• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Azure Moniotring, LogicMonitor, Grafana, and/or ELK.


• Experience with frameworks such as .NET, Grails, Node.js or Java


• Understanding of software development lifecycle and IT operations

Skill Sets

• Excellent written and oral communication skills


• Strong organization and time management skills


• Experience leading organizational change


• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, including the ability to grasp and apply new information quickly


• Ability to motivate/guide a team but still work effectively as an individual contributor


• Shows flexibility and attention to details


• Strong desire for continuous improvement


• Ability to handle ever increasing responsibility and assignments with growing complexity


• Shows initiative on assignments, and professionally executes projects with little direction


• Ability to be creative and innovative

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US Work Authorization

• US Work Authorization required. Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.

Who we are:



Markel Group (NYSE - MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.



We're all about people | We win together | We strive for better



We enjoy the everyday | We think further




What's in it for you:


In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.

• We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees' needs at all stages of life.
  
  

• All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance.
  
  

• We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.
  
  

Are you ready to play your part?



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