Senior DevOps Engineer - IntelliScript (Remote)

What We Do

Milliman IntelliScript is a group of a few hundred experts in fields ranging from actuarial science to information technology to clinical practice. Together, we develop and deploy category-defining, data-driven, software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for a broad spectrum of insurance, health IT and life sciences clients. We’re a business unit within Milliman, Inc., a respected consultancy with offices around the world.

Candidates who have their pick of jobs are drawn to IntelliScript’s entrepreneurial and collaborative culture of innovation, excellence, exceptional customer service, balance, and transparency. Every single person has a voice in our company, and we challenge each other to push the outer limits of our full, diverse potential. And we’ve shown sustained growth that ensures you’ll have room to grow your skillset, responsibilities, and career.

Our team is smart, down-to-earth, and ready to listen to your best ideas. We reward excellence and offer competitive compensation and benefits. Visit our LinkedIn page for a closer look at our company and learn more about our cultural values here.

Milliman invests in skills training and career development and gives all employees access to a variety of learning and mentoring opportunities. Our growing number of Milliman Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are employee-led communities that influence policy decisions, develop future leaders, and amplify the voices of their constituents. We encourage our employees to give back to their varied professions, including leadership in professional organizations. Please visit our website to learn more about Milliman’s commitments to our people, diversity and inclusion, social impact, and sustainability.

What this position entails

IntelliScript’s IT organization has been a key part of our past success and is critical to our future. The Senior DevOps Engineer position will be crucial in defining the application lifecycle strategy and supporting the execution of the organization's vision for IntelliScript’s industry-leading software projects. Working closely with the Systems Engineering, Information Security, and Software Engineering teams, the Senior DevOps Engineer will contribute to the creation of a modern software delivery pipeline, focused on the enablement of an automated release process and optimized developer experience. This person will be instrumental in ongoing improvements in application lifecycle management, leading the move towards increased automation and continuous delivery.

What you’ll be doing

• Continually work towards making improvements in developer experience, and enhancing the software delivery process
• Lead evaluation and implementation of a CI/CD pipeline, consisting of the Capabilities needed to build, test, integrate, monitor, and deploy software in a self-service, secure, and repeatable fashion
• Troubleshoot technical issues through optimization, research, and investigation
• Continually look for automation opportunities, leading the software delivery process to a continuous deployment model
• Partner with Architecture and Systems Engineering to develop, maintain, and support Cloud architecture blueprints to promote standards and best practices
• Collaborate on configuration management methodologies and technologies
• Enhance security and governance in the Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) via automated compliance checkpoints and stage gates
• Promote Development best practices, and facilitate collaboration between development, operations, systems engineering and other IT teams

What we need

• 5-10+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with DevOps tooling & practices (Git, CI-CD orchestration software, database automation, configuration-as-code, developing/improving the SDLC process)
• Experience with IaC principles and tooling (Ansible, Terraform, Packer)
• Experience performing build and release configuration & management
• Experience architecting, implementing, and supporting containers in an on-prem or cloud environment (AWS, Azure)
• Development/related technical expertise (preferably in an Agile/Scrum environment)
• Experience working with the following: PowerShell, C#, SQL, Javascript, .NET/.NET Core applications, REST APIs, NuGet and Microsoft Windows infrastructure
• Ability to ramp up quickly on both new technologies and existing technologies
• Experience with database change automation
• Experience with implementing observability tools for APM and DBM (DataDog, New Relic, Solarwinds)
• Experience with Atlassian suite of products (Jira, Confluence)
• Security/Vulnerability analysis (JFrog Xray, Snyk, Github Advanced Security)
• Static Code Analysis (SonarQube, CodeQL, Coverity)
• Experience consuming REST APIs
• Ability to think both tactically & strategically
• Excellent documentation skills
• Excellent technical design, problem solving, and debugging skills
• Excellent collaborative skills, with strong written and verbal communication
• Self-motivated team player who can run with a project and is willing to pitch in as needed

What you bring to the table

• Proactive and positive approach to solving problems and correcting issues
• Ability to facilitate collaboration among team members
• Demonstrated “let’s find a way to do it” attitude – no task is too big or too small
• Comfortable working through ambiguous situations
• Collaborative and diplomatic approach, willing to accept or challenge the status quo
• Ability to manage a variety of simultaneous projects
• Loves to learn, takes every opportunity to develop knowledge and skills
• Able to teach & mentor others on new/emerging technologies

Wish List

• Continued education and/or advanced degree(s)
• Experience with container orchestration and distributed systems (microservice architectures)
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (PowerShell, Python)
• Artifact/Package Management
• Experience in a hybrid cloud environment (AWS, Azure)
• Network Architecture basics (TCP/IP, Routing/Switching, SLANs/Subnets, etc.)
• Experience with Scaled Agile concepts and principles
• Github, GitLabs, Azure DevOps or other CI/CD Platform experience

  Location

This position will be based out of the Milliman office in Brookfield, WI; however, this position is open to remote work. Applicants must be willing to travel to the Milliman office in Brookfield, WI for quarterly PI Planning meetings.

The salary range is $87,000 to $198,000, depending on relevant factors, including but not limited to, education, relevant work experience, qualifications, skills, certifications, location, etc. If relevant experience is less than 10 years the range would be $87,000 to $177,000; for experience of greater than 10 years, the range would be $98,000 to $198,000. In addition, we offer a performance-based bonus plan, profit sharing, and generous benefits.

Milliman Benefits (Full time U.S. positions only)

At Milliman, we focus on creating an environment that recognizes – and meets – the personal and professional needs of the individual and their family. We offer competitive benefits which include the following based on plan eligibility:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their dependents, including domestic partners
• A 401(k) plan with matching program, and profit sharing contribution
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• A discretionary bonus program
• Paid Time Off (PTO) starts accruing on the first day of work and can be used for any reason; full-time employees will accrue 15 days of PTO per year, and employees working less than a full-time schedule will accrue PTO at a prorated amount based on hours worked
• Family building benefits, including adoption and fertility assistance and paid parental leave up to 12 weeks for employees who have worked for Milliman for at least 12 months and have worked at least 1,250 hours in the preceding 12-month period
• A minimum of 8 paid holidays
• Milliman covers 100% of the premiums for life insurance, AD&D, and both short-term and long-term disability coverage

• Flexible spending accounts allow employees to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for dependent care, transportation, and applicable medical needs  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

This expected application deadline for this job is December 27, 2024.