Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Title:

Senior Dev Ops Engineer

Job Location:

Leeds, UK Job Type: FTE Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Dev Ops Engineer with strong Duck Creek expertise and robust infrastructure and networking skills. This role will work closely with the Dev Ops Lead and the Dev Ops Engineer based in Leeds to design, implement and automate complex Duck Creek development, test, pre-prod and production environments. The role requires regular onsite presence in Leeds (preferably 2-3 days per week) to collaborate with the team and support environment builds.

• Lead the design, build and support of complex Duck Creek AVS dev / test environment setups, ensuring correct configuration of IIS and Windows Server 2022.
• Configure and manage on-prem Duck Creek Pre-Prod and Prod environments running on x86 infrastructure.
• Implement and maintain networking, firewall and load balancing configurations (including F5) required by Duck Creek environments.
• Configure and administer SQL Server instances required for Duck Creek solutions.
• Develop automation and orchestration frameworks using Power Shell to provision, configure and maintain environments.
• Drive automation projects end-to-end, coordinating with Hex Dev Ops engineers and other stakeholders to implement solutions and standards.
• Troubleshoot environment issues, perform root cause analysis and implement long-term fixes to improve reliability and repeatability of environment builds.
• Document environment architecture, runbooks, automation code and operational procedures.
• Work closely with the Dev Ops Lead to plan and prioritize environment activities and deployment work streams.

• Demonstrable Duck Creek application / platform experience in development, test and production environments.
• Strong infrastructure and networking knowledge, including hands-on experience with:
  • Windows Server 2022 and IIS configuration
  • Networking concepts and firewall configuration
  • F5 load balancers (configuration and troubleshooting)
  • SQL Server configuration and tuning for application workloads
• Strong Power Shell skills for automation, scripting and building provisioning frameworks.
• Experience with on-premise x86 infrastructure builds and AVS (Azure VMware Solution) environment configurations.
• Proven experience working with Dev Ops teams and collaborating with multiple engineers and stakeholders.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive technical activities to completion.

• Prior experience working within insurance or financial services technology stacks.
• Familiarity with other automation / orchestration tools and CI / CD concepts.
• Experience with monitoring, backup and security configurations for enterprise applications.

• Preferably onsite in Leeds 2-3 days per week to collaborate with the Dev Ops Lead and local Dev Ops Engineer.
• Hybrid working model acceptable for remaining days, subject to project needs.