Senior DevOps Azure Specialist

What is Equisoft?  Equisoft is a global provider of digital solutions for insurance and investment, recognized by over 250 of the world's leading financial institutions. We offer a comprehensive ecosystem of scalable solutions that help our customers meet all the challenges brought about by this era of digital transformation, thanks to our business needs-driven approach, industry knowledge, cutting-edge technologies and experts. With its business-driven approach, in-depth industry knowledge, cutting-edge technologies and multicultural team of experts based in North America, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, Equisoft helps its customers meet the challenges of this era of digital transformation.

Why Choose Equisoft? With 950+ employees, we are a stable organization that offers career advancement opportunities and fosters a stimulant environment. If that’s not enough, then check out these other perks below:   

• Hiring Location: Australia

• You are welcome to work fully remotely

• Internal job title: Senior DevOps

• Full-time Permanent Role

• Flexible hours   

• Number of hours per week: 40 

• Educational Support (LinkedIn Learning, LOMA Courses and Equisoft University)

Role: The Senior DevOps Cloud Azure reports to the Manager, Product Development and works closely with a DevOps team-lead and other DevOps Specialists. The incumbent helps design quality infrastructure in Azure, facilitates the development and deployment process, implements the right technologies for our products, and improves the lives of fellow developers.

Below is a brief description of all the expected products the candidate will be working on:

Equisoft /Manage is a cloud SaaS Policy Administration System designed to offer a comprehensive suite of features that streamline insurance operations, providing a seamless experience for both insurance providers and their clients. Our platform allows insurance providers to reduce hosting and support costs, stellar speed-to-market, leverage state-of-the-art integration while staying secure & compliant. Our platform also provides advanced analytics and reporting tools that provide insights into customer behavior, allowing insurance providers to tailor their services to their clients’ needs.   

Your Day with Equisoft:

• Administer the development and production environments and support the product team

• Manage access and environment controls

• Diagnose production problems and coordinate with the development team to align code deployment

• Collaborate with the product development team to facilitate the development process

• Automate and align the process of building (CI), deploying (CD), maintaining and upgrading the technologies supporting the cloud resources.

• Write relevant documentation on new technologies and processes that are implemented

• Evaluate the performance, availability and security of our systems

• Recommend and implement the restructuring of existing configurations

• Respond to requests and investigate problems to apply corrective measures to the systems under their responsibility

• Optimize the use of the cloud to reduce operational costs

Requirements:   

Technical

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering or Information Technology or College Diploma

• 2-3 years of relevant experience in delivery and automation

• 5 years of relevant experience in infrastructure administration of development and production environments

• Excellent knowledge of Linux, Git, Docker, Bash

• Experience with cloud services in Microsoft Azure

• Knowledge of the CI/CD, especially in Azure DevOps

• Good knowledge in SaaS technology integration realization

• Ability to create scripts using Bash, PowerShell or other languages

• Resourcefulness and problem-solving aptitude

• Excellent knowledge of English (spoken and written)

Soft skills  

• Strong sense of organization and prioritizing

• Analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to communicate, write and synthesize information.

• Ability to multi-task in a rapid-paced environment

• Team spirit, tact, diplomacy, autonomy, rigor, and discipline

Nice to have

• Knowledge of one or more programming languages (Python, PHP, Bash, NodeJS)

• Knowledge of Infrastructure as code, automation and configuration tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, others)

• Operational experience in containerization with Kubernetes, and CKA certification is a strong plus.

Equisoft is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veterans