Jobs / Western National Insurance Group
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Western National Insurance Group · Edina, MN, United States
Edina, MN, United States112,300-160,600 USD/yearlyHybrid
Remuneration
112,300-160,600 USD/yearly
Location
Edina, MN, United States
Visa sponsorship
No visa sponsorship
Job summary
The Site Reliability Engineer III is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing both on-premise and cloud-based application platforms to ensure system stability and reliability. Key responsibilities include deploying scalable infrastructure, utilizing automation tools, and collaborating with product teams to enhance application deployment processes, with a strong focus on AWS cloud services, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Helm charts.
Benefits
Medical insurance plan optionsDental insuranceVision benefitsLife insuranceDisability insuranceHealth Savings Accounts (HSA)Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)401(k) Plan with matchingWellbeing ProgramPaid Time Off100% company-paid tuition reimbursementPaid parental leaveBonus opportunities
Qualifications
- Strong expertise with general AWS cloud services
- Extensive experience with infrastructure-as-code concepts and tools
- Strong expertise managing workloads in Kubernetes and/or EKS
- Strong understanding of system networks, networking, and related security best practices
- Strong proficiency with cloud-based CI / CD pipelines
- Strong Linux operating system experience
- Experience working with virtualization technologies
- Experience deploying, maintaining, and using system monitoring and alerting solutions
- Advanced proficiency with applicable computer languages, software applications, infrastructure technologies, operating systems, and command-line tools
- Advanced proficiency with code versioning and deployment software and tools
- Broad exposure to and intermediate knowledge of multiple technology stacks, frameworks, and core systems
Responsibilities
- Designs, deploys, and maintains scalable and secure platform infrastructure across cloud and on-premise environments
- Participates in work refinement and estimation processes with product teams
- Utilizes modern software delivery technologies to assist product teams with application deployments
- Leverages automation tools to ensure processes are repeatable and efficient
- Solicits and performs peer reviews of application and infrastructure designs
- Recommends and designs solutions that improve application deployment and stability
- Creates and maintains documentation
- Ensures timely delivery of projects and tasks
- Monitors and resolves system outages and performance issues
- Collaboratively implements software application infrastructure modifications
- Prepares and executes fault tolerance and load testing
- Researches and pilots opportunities to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and reliability
- Participates in and leads the troubleshooting, resolution, and communication of urgent production issues
- Recommends improvements to company guidelines
- Provides technical expertise and leads projects
- Assists teams in adapting to new infrastructure and deployment technologies
- Applies knowledge, experience, and creative resources to identify solutions
- Consistently acts according to customer experience standards
- Performs special projects and other duties as assigned
Skills
AWSEKSHelmKubernetesLinuxTerraform
Certifications
One or more AWS certifications
Degrees
Bachelor’s degreeAssociate degreeBootcamp certificateEquivalent experience
Relocation
No