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Ryan Specialty · 3 days ago

Enterprise Cloud Platform Architect

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$129K/yr - $170K/yr

3+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Develop and execute a comprehensive DevOps strategy that includes Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Automation First approach and Infrastructure as Code.

Maintain alignment with company’s goals and the automation first approach to ensure timely deployments and management of applications.

Design and manage Cloud infrastructure on Azure Cloud, ensuring scalability, efficiency, security of operations.

Implement best practices for Cloud security, management, performance tuning, and cost optimization.

Design and implement end to end automation with focus on creating and destroying Infrastructure as code, and application CI-CD automation with an automation first approach.

Use tools like Terraform and Ansible to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes.

Design and implement disaster recovery and high availability strategies for critical applications and systems on the cloud. Develop scripts in various automation languages to automate operational tasks and improve system performance.

Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.

Work with development teams to automate the build, test, and deployment processes, ensuring that code changes are reliably and quickly released into production.

Define various SLA’s/metrics related to DevOps and implement ways to measure those metrics.

Implement monitoring solutions to track application performance and infrastructure health.

Analyze performance data to identify bottlenecks and optimize the performance and reliability of our systems.

Collaborate with Application Development, Infra, Security, QA, and other teams to foster a DevOps culture.

Provide guidance and mentorship to team members on DevOps best practices, tools, and methodologies.

Work with Offshore teams to help them with implementation, execution and mentoring them towards the organization DevOps goals.

Qualification

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Required

Master’s (preferred) or bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.

Excellent problem-solving skills and analytical capabilities required.

3 - 5 years of prior experience in DevOps, cloud architecture, or a similar role, with a proven track record of deploying and managing scalable cloud infrastructure.

Minimum 10 years of total IT experience preferred.

Required expertise in one of the Cloud services providers like Azure, GCP, and AWS.

Required hands on experience with one tool (Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab).

Proficient with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform and configuration management tools like Ansible.

Strong experience in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines.

Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell, Python) for automation.

Proficient in developing and documenting architecture designs and processes.

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred

Knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.

Certifications in Azure, Terraform, or relevant DevOps technologies are highly desirable.

Familiarity with monitoring solutions for tracking application performance and infrastructure health.

Experience in disaster recovery and high availability strategies for critical applications and systems on the cloud.

Experience in defining SLA’s/metrics related to DevOps and implementing ways to measure those metrics.

Experience in analyzing performance data to identify bottlenecks and optimize system performance.

Experience working with Offshore teams to help them with implementation, execution, and mentoring towards DevOps goals.

Benefits

Paid parental leave

Mental health services

Company

Ryan Specialty

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Ryan Specialty is an insurance firm that provides solutions for brokers, agents, and insurance carriers.

Founded in 2010

Chicago, Illinois, USA

1,001-5,000 employees

https://ryanspecialty.com

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