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A very significant part of Principal SRE’s responsibility is to orchestrate and automate software packaging, integration, testing, and deployment from technology, process, practice, and skillset perspectives.\nThis individual must be a technologist & engineer at heart and be comfortable in enabling new technology and being hands-on with the execution of the strategy. Must exhibit a deep understanding of modern technology stack and agile delivery models, demonstrated focus on customer experience, and must have a proven track record of modernizing technologies.\nClose collaboration and alignment with business teams, application development teams and security will be required. As such, exceptional abilities in building and maintaining strong working relationships and organizational savvy will be required. High level communication and presentation skills are required. Ability to attract, retain, and develop engineering talent will be critical.\nGeo-Salary Information\n An in-person interview may be required during the hiring process\nState specific pay scales for this role are as follows:\n$128,136 to $252,194 (NJ, NY, WA, HI, AK, MD, CT, RI, MA)\n$116,487 to $229,267 (NV, OR, AZ, CO, WY, TX, ND, MN, MO, IL, WI, FL, GA, MI, OH, VA, PA, DE, VT, NH, ME)\n$104,839 to $206,340 (UT, ID, MT, NM, SD, NE, KS, OK, IA, AR, LA, MS, AL, TN, KY, IN, SC, NC, WV)\nIn CA: Typical hiring range is $171,148.50 to $237,706.25\nThe expected base salary for this position will vary depending on a number of factors, including relevant experience, skills and location.\nResponsibilities\nEssential Job Functions:\nWorks independently and under supervision, takes initiatives to gather requirements, design and implement CICD with tight collaboration with all other technical teams and customers. Must be able to work in agile style team as well as traditional project team, supporting multiple projects and teams simultaneously.\nImplement best practices for software delivery continuous integration and continuous deployment (CICD).\nWork with our infrastructure organization on environment setup, automation, and streamlining the stand up and scale out of infrastructure using infrastructure as code (IAC).\nDevelop and improve our monitoring and alerting systems.\nAutomate security-related activities such as code scanning, package scanning, and vulnerability scanning.\nAssist in developing automated test, deployment test, code versioning and Github actions.\nDefining and setting development, test, release, update, and support processes for DevOps operation in consultation with other teams of the technology group.\nStrive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline.\nArchitect, design and deploy AWS resources including provisioning, monitoring and maintenance.\nEffectively manage and leverage Docker and Kubernetes container platforms.\nWork with various Engineering teams to outline the DevOps execution strategy for different projects.\nDrive Automation efforts across the organization utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Configuration Management, and Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Delivery (CD) tools such as Jenkins.\nAssist with organization wide security considerations. Find the best ways to identify security risks and incidents and suggest improvements and create automation as needed to detect and mitigate those risks.\nOwns company’s CICD technology stack. Executes on roadmap items in collaboration with SME teams (e.g. infrastructure, application, QA, Governance) and system owners. Research and recommend new technology, solutions, protocols, and standards in support of adoption and upgrade of enterprise CICD platform.\nOwns company’s service hosting decision tree by developing a host of factors tilting decision on-prem, hybrid or in the Cloud.\nDemonstrates Mercury’s core values of People, Service Excellence, Trustworthiness, Process Simplicity and Product Value\nInteracts cordially and professionally with customers, vendors, superiors, and peers\nRegular attendance on a full-time schedule including 7x24 system support as required\nVarious marginal functions\nQualifications\nEducation:\nBachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technology areas.\nExperience:\nMinimum:\n18 - 20 years overall related technology experience\n8 - 10 years’ experience in heavy infrastructure, DevOps / CICD in large transformation organizations.\nExperience working with Agile tools such as Jira / Confluence etc.\nKnowledge of web application development\nDeep experience with Docker, Apache Camel, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Python and scripting languages.\nExperience working within Agile development teams.\nKnowledge / Expertise in cloud platforms, Linux Operating Systems, Networking, and Database.\nDeep experience with DevOps Management tools (repository, packaging, unit testing, code scanning, package scanning such as Maven, Gradle, Helm, Sonatype).\nPrior exposure to continuous integration/delivery tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI\nA DevOps Engineer Certificate preferred\nKnowledge and Skills:\nAbility to work on demand to provide 7x24 mission critical support.\nExcellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, with strong ability to collaborate throughout all levels of the organization and with vendors and external partners.\nInitiative driven; self-motivated.\nLearnerCurious and ask questions.\nOpen to new experiences and ideas.\nWilling to take imperfect steps, make mistakes, and learn from them.\nAction oriented\n\nAbout the Company\nWhy choose a career at Mercury?\nAt Mercury, we have been guided by our purpose to help people reduce risk and overcome unexpected events for more than 60 years. We are one team with a common goal to help others. Everyone needs insurance and we can’t imagine a world without it.\nOur team will encourage you to grow, make time to have fun, and work together to make great things happen. We embrace the strengths and values of each team member. We believe in having diverse perspectives where everyone is included, to serve customers from all walks of life.\nWe care about our people, and we mean it. We reward our talented professionals with a competitive salary, bonus potential, and a variety of benefits to help our team members reach their health, retirement, and professional goals.\nLearn more about us here: https://www.mercuryinsurance.com/about/careers\nPerks and Benefits\nWe offer many great benefits, including:\nCompetitive compensation\nFlexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions\nPaid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours)\nIncentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus)\nMedical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance\n401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match\nEngaging work environment\nPromotional opportunities\nEducation assistance\nProfessional and personal development opportunities\nCompany recognition program\nHealth and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more\nMercury Insurance is an equal opportunity employer. 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