Nationwide · 6 hours ago
Consultant, Site Reliability Engineer
Ohio - Columbus, Three Nationwide Plaza
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
6+ years expNationwide is a Fortune 100 company that focuses on delivering extraordinary care to its customers through innovative technology solutions. The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) role involves building and operating highly reliable systems while enhancing software observability and reliability, ensuring the performance of critical systems.
BankingFinancial ServicesInsuranceLife Insurance
Responsibilities
Uses automation as a primary tool, monitoring the user experience, responds to moderate production incidents, conducts postmortems and acts to prevent recurrence of known problems
Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities
Diagnoses availability, latency and performance issues; making improvements in code and configuration to achieve service level objectives efficiently at scale with minimal human intervention
Works with leaders to influence and guide product teams to implement SRE principles and practices
Creates and executes tools to automate toil and improve the reliability of Nationwide’s systems
Supports Nationwide services in production as part of a 24x7 on-call rotation
Works with architects & engineers to “design reliability in” to new and existing systems
Works to ensure reliable interactions between Nationwide systems and Software as a Service (SaaS) providers through engineering and relationship management
Qualification
Required
Strong background in JVM-based languages, automation, scripting, and CI/CD pipelines
Experience with enabling reliability in deployments of 3rd-party software
Familiarity with IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
Knowledge of writing and troubleshooting applications in Kubernetes
Experience with tuning and optimization of applications
Understanding of best practices and compliance requirements
Knowledge of incident management and on-call practices
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, especially under pressure or during incidents
Ability to formulate innovative ideas and execute them to achieve outcomes
Excellent collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Proven track record of driving continuous improvements
Six years or more of technology experience with system management, most complex system design and using multiple technologies within one or more domains
Proven experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code and other modern IT practices, with at least five years of experience building and operating complex distributed systems
Experience modifying code and configurations to improve availability, latency and performance with a systematic problem-solving approach coupled with effective communication skills and a sense of drive
Strong communication and negotiation skills
Knowledge of planning, management and execution of Accelerated Solutions Deliver framework
Information Security acumen
Preferred
Certificates like AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Developer, Certified Kubernetes Application Developer are a plus
Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems or a related field is preferred
Technology certifications or designation are not required, but encouraged (i.e., AWS, Azure, Scripting and Development Languages, Delivery Methods, Security)
Vendor management skills preferred
Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus
Benefits
Medical/dental/vision
Life insurance
Short and long term disability coverage
Paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
Nine paid holidays
8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
401(k) with company match
Company-paid pension plan
Business casual attire
And more.
Company
Nationwide
Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the United States.
10001+ employees
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Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Jim Grafmeyer
VP, Chief Enterprise Architect
Tony Fenton
Vice President Commercial Lines Underwriting & Product - Commercial, E&S and Specialty
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