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Senior DevOps Engineer

Employer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND
Location
Fargo, North Dakota
Salary
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Job Summary

The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for the tooling and automation of the deployment, monitoring, and management of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota’s (BCBSND) services and applications. This role provides operational support to the engineering teams responsible for BCBSND’s applications and partners with them to ensure requirements around compliance and availability are met. The Senior DevOps Engineer serves as a technical expert responsible for administering, managing, and continuously improving BCBSND’s infrastructure and application platforms.  

This position allows for telecommuting.

Essential Functions
  • Implements and maintains continuous integration, continuous deployment, test automation, and infrastructure as code processes.
  • Demonstrates a solid understanding of source control management. Stays well informed on new technologies and engineering concepts. Stays abreast of recent developments in related technical community, including new technology and business news that may impact vendors’ ability to provide service.
  • Leads the analysis and design of complex solutions and requirements definition, including translating technical and business requirements into physical installations, costing design elements, and obtaining agreement to proposed solutions.
  • Ensures efficiency, quality, and resiliency of the integrations.
  • Collaborates with the business, third party vendors, developers, application support, and technical operations groups to determine appropriate hardware/software needs and resolves any issues impacting the application processes.
  • Takes ownership of the execution and completion of larger projects and the ongoing operation and overall responsibility of critical systems.
  • Contributes to the department roadmap and project planning process and partners with stakeholders to develop business objectives and translate into action.
  • Trains and mentors existing staff and clearly explains solutions to complex problems. Demonstrates the ability to lead and effectively conveys knowledge to other departmental staff performing related duties.
  • Leads initiatives to reduce incident rates and works with all levels of operations to improve service recovery times.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Communication (Verbal/Written)

Intermediate

Coaching

Intermediate

Collaboration

Advanced

Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

Advanced

Continuous Learning/Development (Self)

Intermediate

Initiative and Creativity

Advanced

 

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor's

Preferred: Bachelor's

Field(s) of Study: Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field

 

Experience Requirements

Required: Minimum of 5 Years

Preferred: Minimum of 7 Years

Experience Details: Minimum of 5 years of of experience in automating build, deployment, and test automation for infrastructure, applications, and services or related experience required. Experience with Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible Engine, Ansible Tower, GitLab, Visual Studio Code, Python and PowerShell preferred.

 

Certification, Licensures & Registration Requirements

Title: Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, Red Hat Certified Engineer, or Red Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation: Ansible Best Practices certifications preferred

 

 

State or Agency: Microsoft, Red Hat

 

Equivalent combination of education, experience or training determined to be acceptable by Human Resources may be substituted, unless regulated by contract or program standards

 

Physical Demands

Typing/Data Entry

Constant (90-100%)

Sitting

Frequent (60-90%)

Use of Computer, Telephone or Other Devices

Frequent (60-90%)

Lifting under 30 lbs.

Occasional (30-60%)

Standing

Rare (0-30%)

Bending/Twisting/Kneeling

Rare (0-30%)

Other Information

Important Notice: BCBSND has a vaccination protocol in place that requires any employees who physically work in a BCBSND office or whose role requires direct customer contact to be vaccinated against COVID-19. We respect your choice to get vaccinated (or not) and getting vaccinated is not a condition of employment. If you are not vaccinated, you may work remotely if your role allows for it. If your role does not allow for remote work and you are unable to get the COVID-19 vaccine, there is an exception process available that includes a weekly testing regimen.

Job Posting Policy

Employees new to Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota are eligible to apply for positions within their assigned department after successfully completing 90-days in their role. For positions outside of their department, new employees should attain a minimum of six months of service before applying for a new role. Exceptions to this are acceptable, provided there is good business justification for making the move.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individual with Disabilities, as well as Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity.

For questions, please email careers@bcbsnd.com

This job posting will be closed 11/1/2021 at 8:00AM CST. No further applications will be considered.

Company

TWO WORDS – MEMBERS FIRST.

That sums up why we’re here. And according to member satisfaction surveys, 95.6% say we’ve done a great job at maintaining that focus.

With that said, there are still mountains to move. America’s health care system needs an overhaul and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota is taking a lead role. To accomplish that, we need BOLD people who believe they can make an impact.

Are you ready to shake up an industry?

If you’re passionate about taking on our nation’s number one health care concern, there may be a place for you on one of our teams.

Company info
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Location
4510 13th Ave. S.
Fargo
ND
58103
United States

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