Cloud Ops Engineer
Job Location:
Richmond, VA - USA
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Job Summary
What part will you play If youre looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference youve found it.
The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities and youll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. Were always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential we can help others reach theirs. Join us and play your part in something special! The Software Engineer works in an Agile team in a multi-technology environment and contributes to the development maintenance and enhancement of business applications. Under the guidance of a Senior Software Engineer or Manager collaborates with Business Analysts key stakeholders and other IT professionals to define technical specifications (based on business requirements) and system interfaces to develop and present business solutions. Software knowledge base will vary based on the applications being built.We are seeking a Cloud Ops Engineer with 2 years of experience to help build. and operate scalable secure and reliable cloud platforms that enable engineering and data teams to deliver solutions efficiently and safely.
As a Cloud Ops Engineer you will work closely with application engineers data engineering teams DevOps security and architecture partners to reduce operational friction standardize platforms and continuously improve developer and data practitioner experience across the enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
- Design implement and maintain cloud platform capabilities in Microsoft Azure
- Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Operate and enhance Kubernetes clusters and container-based platforms
- Administer integrate and operationalize the Databricks Account and Metastores and advise on deployment guidelines for related cloud infrastructure
- Develop automation tooling and integrations using Python
- Support and harden Linux-based systems used across the Enterprise
- Implement security reliability and compliance controls using policy-as-code and platform automation
- Partner with data engineering and application teams to enable self-service provisioning and deployment
- Monitor platform health performance reliability and cost; proactively address issues
- Contribute to platform documentation runbooks and operational best practice
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident response as needed
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a related field
- 2 years of experience in platform engineering cloud engineering DevOps or SRE
- Hands-on experience using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning
- Strong experience working with Microsoft Azure
- Practical experience managing Kubernetes (AKS or equivalent) preferred
- Experience supporting or integrating with Databricks in a cloud environment preferred
- Proficiency in Python for automation scripting and tooling
- Solid experience working with Linux operating systems
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
- Experience building scalable secure and observable platforms
US Work Authorization
US Work Authorization required. Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future.
Who we are:
Markel Group (NYSE MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20 countries is a holding company for insurance reinsurance specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.
Were all about people We win together We strive for better
We enjoy the everyday We think further
Whats in it for you:
In keeping with the values of the Markel Style we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.
We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees needs at all stages of life.
All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life disability and AD&D insurance.
We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions an Employee Stock Purchase Plan PTO corporate holidays and floating holidays parental leave.
Are you ready to play your part
Choose Apply Now to fill out our short application so that we can find out more about you.
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