DevOps Engineer

Kemper is a specialized insurer seeking a DevOps Engineer to support enterprise DevOps and platform engineering capabilities across on-premise and AWS cloud environments. The role focuses on maintaining secure, reliable, and scalable engineering platforms, improving CI/CD and infrastructure automation, supporting Kubernetes and AWS services, and partnering with application, infrastructure, security, and operations teams.

Responsibilities

Ensure quality, reliability, security, and efficiency of DevOps platforms and SDLC tooling

Maintain and improve CI/CD processes that support automated software builds, testing, releases, and deployments

Design and automate cloud and hybrid infrastructure, including build and test environments, AWS services, container platforms, and deployment workflows

Provide automation, CI/CD, source control, artifact management, and cloud platform expertise to Application Development teams

Monitor, troubleshoot, and report on the health, availability, capacity, and performance of build, deployment, and shared DevOps infrastructure

Support and administer enterprise engineering platforms such as Jenkins, GitLab, JFrog Artifactory/Xray, SonarQube, and AWS-based services

Support Kubernetes/EKS workloads and platform services, including deployment, configuration, access, observability, and troubleshooting

Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code and automation for AWS infrastructure, Linux and Windows systems, and repeatable platform operations

Partner with security and infrastructure teams to implement vulnerability management, secure configuration, access controls, compliance requirements, and hardened operating-system images

Maintain appropriate technical documentation, operational procedures, and project documentation for platform changes, builds, releases, and automation

Preferred

Experience with containers and Kubernetes/EKS, including deployments, configuration, troubleshooting, and operational support preferred

Build automation experience, including multi-stage pipelines, shared automation, credentials, and deployment dependencies preferred

Experience with git based source-code platforms and with artifact, code-quality, and related tooling such as Artifactory, Xray, and SonarQube preferred

Containers

Kubernetes

Amazon EKS

Deployments

Configuration

Operational support

Build automation

Multi-stage pipelines

Shared automation

Credentials management

Deployment dependencies

Git platforms

Artifactory

Xray

SonarQube

Artifact management

Code-quality tools

Benefits

Hybrid work arrangement from the Kemper office in Birmingham

Company

Specialized auto and life insurer for individuals and businesses

Chicago, Illinois, USA

http://kemper.com/

Founded in 1990

5001-10000 employees

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems/Technology, or equivalent and/or DevOps related work experience (development or infrastructure automation)

Understanding of the DevOps principles and patterns in an enterprise organization

Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud infrastructure

Strong understanding of infrastructure as code (IaC), configuration management, and automation practices

Demonstrated understanding of source-code management processes using Git and enterprise Git platforms

Programming or scripting experience in one or more of the following: Python, Bash/PowerShell, .NET, or Java

Experience creating and maintaining code-defined infrastructure using technologies such as CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK, or similar tools

Experience developing solutions with AWS services and enterprise DevOps tools

Solid understanding of public cloud, networking, IAM/security, and highly available infrastructure; AWS experience strongly preferred

Experience with remote administration and automated configuration of Linux and Windows systems

Strong troubleshooting, communication, documentation, collaboration, and customer-service skills

This position works in the Kemper office in a hybrid capacity

Experience with containers and Kubernetes/EKS, including deployments, configuration, troubleshooting, and operational support preferred

Build automation experience, including multi-stage pipelines, shared automation, credentials, and deployment dependencies preferred

Experience with git based source-code platforms and with artifact, code-quality, and related tooling such as Artifactory, Xray, and SonarQube preferred

Required skills

AWS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration Management, Git, Python, Bash, PowerShell, .NET, Java, CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK, Linux Administration, Windows Administration, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Jenkins, GitLab, JFrog Artifactory, JFrog Xray, SonarQube

Experience

Mid level