MetLife · 1 month ago
Lead Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer
Cary, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$110K/yr - $160K/yr
5+ years expMetLife is one of the world’s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management. The Lead Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer role involves advancing cloud native technologies and supporting the OpenShift Platform standards globally, while collaborating with teams to ensure system resilience and stability.
Asset ManagementFinancial ServicesInsuranceLife InsuranceRisk Management
Responsibilities
Exhibits the skills to collaborate with and achieve actionable results, build healthy and sustainable relationships, and the capability to interact within all levels of the organization
Working experience in OpenShift, K8s distros and Docker
Lead the coordination, check, and apply critical patches in OpenShift/Kubernetes
Knowledge of CI/CD methodology and tooling (AzDo, GIT, Tekton)
Manage the container platform ecosystem (installation, upgrade, patching, monitoring)
Reliability Management mindset / Troubleshooting
Takes lead role in projects and provides technical expertise for integrating products and technologies
Leads and participates in incident analysis and provides root cause updates to management
Provides SME knowledge in enterprise-wide projects or initiatives. Exhibits an automation-first mindset
Works with peers in Global Technology to ensure the stability and performance of the infrastructure
Develops ongoing relationships and routines with industry partners and vendors regarding thought leadership, industry trends, product directions, and required product enhancements
Has responsibility for operations, participation in the evaluation of new and existing software products, and integrations
Willing to work in rotational shifts and occasionally serve in rotation on-call capacity
Provides technical guidance and mentors team members
Manages service levels provided by the managed service provider
Qualification
Required
5+ years of overall experience as an infrastructure engineer or equivalent space
Good working knowledge of 'Infra-as-code' toolsets such as Ansible
Python and shell scripting experience
Experience with Kubernetes distros, containerization, Linux / UNIX technologies
Proven experience in supporting distributed applications in the cloud (Including Azure, AWS, and/or GCP)
Working experience in OpenShift, K8s distros and Docker
Lead the coordination, check, and apply critical patches in OpenShift/Kubernetes
Knowledge of CI/CD methodology and tooling (AzDo, GIT, Tekton)
Manage the container platform ecosystem (installation, upgrade, patching, monitoring)
Reliability Management mindset / Troubleshooting
Takes lead role in projects and provides technical expertise for integrating products and technologies
Leads and participates in incident analysis and provides root cause updates to management
Provides SME knowledge in enterprise-wide projects or initiatives. Exhibits an automation-first mindset
Works with peers in Global Technology to ensure the stability and performance of the infrastructure
Develops ongoing relationships and routines with industry partners and vendors regarding thought leadership, industry trends, product directions, and required product enhancements
Has responsibility for operations, participation in the evaluation of new and existing software products, and integrations
Willing to work in rotational shifts and occasionally serve in rotation on-call capacity
Provides technical guidance and mentors team members
Manages service levels provided by the managed service provider
Preferred
Container Runtimes (Podman / Docker), Kubernetes (OpenShift) / Swarm Orchestration, Terraform and GoLang framework, and/or Microservices Architecture
Experience administering and supporting OpenShift
Good understanding of Site Reliability Engineering principles and exhibits a continuous learning mindset
Experience with on-premises cloud platforms preferred
Good knowledge of using GIT / AzDo / Tekton and related Version Control tools
Good working knowledge of Observability / Monitoring toolsets such as Grafana, ELK (Elastic), AppDynamics, and/or Zenoss
Excellent oral and written communication skills to communicate technical concepts to a technical and non-technical audience
Demonstrated ability to establish relationships and build rapport to influence colleagues at all levels, uncover business issues, and identify needs
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or ten years of equivalent work experience
Benefits
Comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision
Dental insurance
No-cost short- and long-term disability
Company-paid life insurance
Legal services
A retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife
401(k) with employer matching
Group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home
Pet insurance
Critical illness insurance
Hospital indemnity insurance
Accident insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Digital mental health programs
Parental leave
Volunteer time off
Tuition assistance
Company
MetLife
MetLife is a provider of insurance, employee benefits, and financial services .
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$500M2024-06-20Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2000-04-14IPO
Leadership Team
Michel A. Khalaf
President & CEO, MetLife, Inc.
Koley Corte
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer - Institutional, Regional, Global Insights+Analytics
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