System Engineer - DevOps

JOB SUMMARY

We are passionate about quickly delivering awesome products for our customers through highly effective CI/CD pipelines. Farmers needs a self-starter system engineer with a DevOps mentality. In this role, you will join the Marketing IT team in building, maintaining, measuring, and constantly improving our delivery effectiveness.

At Farmers, we develop software in a fast-paced environment utilizing SAFe methodology. Our engineers have extensive experience in their areas, are life-long learners, and are not afraid to challenge the status quo. You'll work closely with our entire systems and agile teams in a concerted effort to increase Farmers pace and efficiency.

IMPORTANT TO KNOW:

• This is a remote position.
• Resource will be paid as a W-2 employee by the staffing supplier.
• Supplier will provide equipment/laptop to the resource for this engagement.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work within a team of like-minded professionals to plan, deploy, and maintain critical Customer facing business applications.
• In line with DevOps culture, fully support applications from ideation to production.
• Design and implement automation CI/CD pipeline working with tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub, Artifactory, Kubernetes, Docker, and Splunk.
• Participate in the SAFe planning (big room and sprints).
• Work with the rest of the engineering team to ship code, maintain infrastructure environments, and configurations.
• Leverage best tools to allow others to be more productive and our applications at top performance.
• Build, deploy, monitor and troubleshoot as needed.
• Be vigilant and aware of security in our daily activities and align closely with our enterprise security team.
• Collect and use metrics to drive – continuous improvement of engineering practices.
• Influence other teams and broader Engineering groups in adopting DevOps best.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Level IlI: 5 years of experience in application development / testing or business / system analysis role or 1 year of experience as an Application SME Level Il.

• CICD knowledge with 3-5 years minimum experience – preferred experience in Release Orchestration tools (like CD-FLOW or XbiaLabs)
• Experience with Docker/Containers , Openshift is a plus
• Experience with scripting languages like Python, Node.js or Bash.
• JAVA experience is a plus
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with firewalls, routing, switching, load balancers, security and DNS plus.
• Knowledge of Java/JVM based languages.
• Experience with metrics and monitoring.
• Experience with additional tools such as MySQL, Groovy, Gradle or Maven.
• 2+ years’ experience working in an agile DevOps environment.
• Experience with CDN tools like Akamai.
• Be able to test for vulnerabilities and investigate security breaches.

EDUCATION REQUIREMNTS:
High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent, relevant experience.

About Farmers Insurance®
Farmers Insurance® has been serving its customers since 1928. We are committed to providing industry-leading products and first-rate services to our customers. Today, we are one of the country's largest insurers of vehicles, homes and small businesses. Farmers is headquartered in Los Angeles (CA) with additional offices in Austin (TX), Grand Rapids (MI), Warwick (RI), Kansas City (KS), Oklahoma City (OK), Seattle (WA), Wilmington (DE), Cleveland (OH), Plantation (FL), and Phoenix (AZ). We have more than 21,000 employees and close to 6,000 non-employees in our workforce.

Ambition Statement
We’re proud of more than 90 years of serving our customers and excited about the future as we continue to evolve to meet their needs. Our ambition is to be the leader in delivering peace of mind, innovating for customers whenever and wherever they need us.

Community Involvement
Giving back, serving others and making a positive impact in communities across the country is at the core of Farmers’ social responsibility efforts.

Diversity and Inclusion
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is the foundation of our organizational culture and we strive to foster an engaging and dynamic workplace. Farmers Insurance® has been recognized for its strong & dynamic culture and has earned top marks in the Corporate Equality Index.

Great Place to Work
Over the years, Farmers Insurance® received recognitions as one of the best places to work. Below are the recognitions we received in just year 2021:

• Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials™ 2021
• Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2021
• Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance™ 2021
• Great Place to Work's Best Workplaces in Texas™ 2021
• Best Place for Working Parents 2021
• Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality 2021
• Los Angeles Business Journal Diversity, Inclusion + Equity Honoree 2021

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