At HUB International, we are a team of entrepreneurs. We believe in empowering our clients, and we do so by protecting businesses and individuals in our local communities. We help businesses evaluate their risks and develop solutions tailored to their needs. We believe in empowering our employees. As a global firm, we offer employees resources in both technology and industry expertise, but we still maintain the local flavor of our offices. Our structure enables our teams to maintain their own unique, regional culture while leveraging support and resources from our corporate centers of excellence.
HUB is the 5th largest global insurance and employee benefits broker, providing a boundaryless array of property, casualty, risk management, life and health, employee benefits, investment and wealth management products and services. With over 17,000 employees in more than 550 offices throughout North America, HUB has grown substantially, in part due to our industry leading success in mergers and acquisitions.
Cloud Engineers at HUB are a cross-functional team delivering a unique co-creation experience to accelerate transformation. As part of the cloud engineering team, you will use contemporary technologies and approaches to design, develop, test, and deliver solutions. You will apply a user-centric approach to ensure all features add value for the user and achieve the desired client impact at the minimal or optimal resource consumption. You understand the nuances of Hybrid cloud including but not limited to GCP, AWS & Azure Cloud and implications for solution design. You understand the relationship among various technologies and architectures and how they contribute to the overall solution. You will develop a deep understanding of complex, large scale multi-region solutions which utilize multiple independent life cycle microservices. An ideal candidate will be familiar with Design Thinking, Behavior and Test-Driven Development, and application of Agile methodologies when delivering solutions.
Responsibilities:
Principle Responsibilities
• Contributes to and supports the corporate Enterprise Cloud strategy, standards and best practices associated with all aspects Cloud offerings in GCP, Amazon AWS & Azure
• Contributes to and support the corporate adoption of the DevOps methodology and IaaC
• Provides expert level design and engineering support towards the successful delivery of IT’s cloud project portfolio
• Contribute towards continual service improvement activities related to the delivery of cloud services
• Develop and implement internal systems, processes, and best practices to be used by other teams designed to increase productivity
• Participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment, security, cost effectiveness and high availability in the cloud
• Design, implement, and test disaster recovery and business continuity architecture
• Create and implement automation in the form of infrastructure as code for cloud platform solutions
• Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance and capacity standards
• Oversees, or consults on, technology implementation and modification activities particularly for new or projects being implemented within their area of expertise
• Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems
Qualifications:
• 5+ years’ experience in Hybrid Cloud environment – GCP, AWS & Azure Cloud
• 5+ years’ experience in IT platform, storage, networking, and virtualization engineering
• 5+ years’ experience in the design & implementation of distributed applications (preferred)
• Practical experience with Cloud methodologies (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), automation, orchestration, trends and industry-leading cloud vendor offerings
• Experience in architecting and implementing cloud-based solutions with robust Business Continuity and Disaster Recover requirements and Cloud Security first configuration
• 5+ years’ experience in building CI/CD pipeline automation in tools like Jenkins/Cloudbees with scripting languages such as Ruby, or Python, Powershell
• 5+ years practical experience designing, building, and automating solutions utilizing GCP, AWS and Azure services
• 5+ years’ experience working with cloud automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet
• 5+ years’ experience with Windows OS experience is a must
• 5+ years practical experience working in DevOps team/organizations with applied Agile development practices
• 5+ years’ experience GCP, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Arm Templates, Blueprints, policies and networking is a must
• 5+ years’ experience with Azure VM’s, Data Analytic Services, SQL Databases, Automation
• 5+ years’ experience Microservices, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Dockers/Container experience
• 2+ years’ experience Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, SolarWinds
• 5+ years hands on experience with automated tooling such as Chef and Test Kitchen
• Hands on experience with Docker and container orchestration
Required-Must have Skills:
• Infrastructure creation in GCP, AWS & Azure
• IaaC - Cloud Formation, Azure Arm/Biceps/Blueprints, Terraform
• DevOps tools & process – Ansible, Packer, Chef, Docker/Container, Kubernetes
• Azure Networking / AWS Networking
• Scripting/Automation – Python, Powershell, Javascript, PHP, Go, Java, C#,
• Proficient on Operating Systems – Windows & Linux
• Proficient understanding of Active Directory and service integration
• Solid documentation skills – Architecture Diagrams, Run books, Analysis
Can have Skills:
• Platform Engineering
• Services / Application Migration ( end-to-end)
• GCP, AWS & Azure - Data Analytics Services
• Monitoring and Observability
Education:
· Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience
About HUB International
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, HUB International Limited (HUB) is a leading full-service global insurance broker providing property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, investment and risk management products and services. From offices located throughout North America, HUB’s vast network of specialists provides peace of mind on what matters most by protecting clients through unrelenting advocacy and tailored insurance solutions. For more information, please visit hubinternational.com.
Disclosure required under applicable municipal regulations in NY and NJ, as well as the law in Colorado: The expected salary range for this position is $100K to $125K and will be impacted by factors such as the successful candidate’s skills, experience and working location, as well as the specific position’s business line, scope and level. HUB International is proud to offer comprehensive benefit and total compensation packages which could include health/dental/vision/life/disability insurance, FSA, HSA and 401(k) accounts, paid-time-off benefits, and eligible bonuses, equity and commissions for some positions
