Lead DevOps Engineer

🕒 June 8

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⛑ DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

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Texas Windstorm Insurance Association

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1971

🛡️ Insurance

🤝 Non-profit

Insurance • Non-profit

Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is a not-for-profit insurer that provides windstorm and hail insurance coverage to residential and commercial property owners along the Texas coast who are unable to obtain such coverage in the regular market due to the risk of catastrophic hurricanes. Established under Texas law, TWIA functions as the insurer of last resort, offering policy issuance, claims handling, payments, agent services, and public governance via a board of directors and statutory oversight.

📋 Description

• Drive delivery, performance, and reliability of Guidewire insurance platforms • Define the DevOps vision by shaping architecture, establishing roadmaps, and improving CI/CD pipelines, automation strategy, and environment governance • Partner with engineering and business teams to identify bottlenecks and streamline workflows • Mentor team members, set engineering standards, and lead modernization initiatives • Automate delivery processes and maintain CI/CD pipelines • Own Jenkins lifecycle management, including backups, upgrades, plugin management, and pipeline stability • Automate database restore jobs, patch pipelines, backups, and data integrity processes • Engineer Guidewire build and deployment pipelines, configuration scripts, and environment management • Administer secrets, credentials, and secure runtime configurations across environments • Automate production releases, maintenance, and service orchestration to minimize downtime • Maintain and enhance EDW and ETL automation processes • Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and Ansible • Lead and support containerization and orchestration technologies • Enhance monitoring, alerting, and reliability engineering • Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams on delivery and architecture practices • Provide technical leadership on DevOps best practices, security standards, and Guidewire platform updates

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience • 4+ years relevant experience • Experience in deployment/configuration in Jenkins • Experience with network infrastructure, database, cloud and data center operations, and security protocols • Experience with programming and scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Bash, PHP, Java, SQL, Groovy, or C++ • 5+ years hands-on full SDLC software development experience; Java experience preferred • Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipeline design and automation • Working knowledge of Java-based application runtimes and configuration/deployment models • Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL • Strong knowledge of source code management systems such as Git and modern branching and merging strategies • Ability to automate infrastructure, environments, and operational tasks using scripting and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts • Proficiency in Shell, Python, PowerShell, or Groovy • Knowledge of secure environment and secrets management practices across multiple environments • Ability to integrate quality controls and test automation into CI/CD workflows in agile delivery environments • Knowledge of IT operations, monitoring, alerting, and incident response concepts • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and remain fully engaged during scheduled work hours • Good communication skills for coaching and cross-team influence • Familiarity with agile methodologies • PMI-ACP certification is a plus • Experience working within AWS infrastructure • Experience using Aurora/Postgres is a plus • Experience in the property and casualty insurance industry is a plus • Ability to sit, hear, converse over the telephone, and key frequently on a computer for long periods of time

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment with no relocation required • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, group life, AD&D, and dependent life insurance coverage • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) • 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching contributions up to 6% • Pension plan • Performance-based incentives • Ongoing training and professional development • Certification support • Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and personal days • Flexible scheduling to support work-life balance