Job Purpose
The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) combines software development and system leading to build and run distributed solutions in a secured multi-tier heterogeneous environment to safeguard, provide and continuously improve the software and systems behind the organization’s cloud platform solutions.
The Job
· Work closely with Cloud Portfolio Director and the Cloud Engagement Lead to derive and implement a technical roadmap that is align with the IT architecture and cloud strategy.
· Work closely with a team of engineers of different domains to implement new and enhanced services the cloud platform.
· Be the solution engineer for the cloud platform, which includes new services via IaC on IaaS across Hybrid Cloud.
· Leverages on software as the primary tool to optimizing systems, building infrastructure and removing mundane work through automation. Scale sustainably via automation and evolve services/solutions, leveraging IaaS across hybrid cloud to drive changes that improves reliability and velocity.
· Engages in and improves the full lifecycle of cloud platform solutions from design, deployment, operation and refinement with accuracy and in compliance with organization policies and security requirements.
· Automate repetitive tasks and optimize cloud operations.
· Support services before go-live through activities like system design consulting, developing software platforms and launch reviews. Maintain post-live cloud operations by measuring and monitoring availability, latency and overall system health with any prompt and remediate actions.
· Support cloud adoption including new system and legacy system migration from traditional infrastructure to GEL Cloud platform
· Deploy product updates as required while implementing integrations when they arise. Specifying, documenting and developing new product features, and writing automating scripts.
· Takes accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.
· Maintains awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company.
· Highlights any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices.
Our Requirements
· Strong hands on experience with using and designing VMware Cloud Foundry solution including NSX-T, vRealize Suite, vSphere/vCenter is mandatory.
· Strong hands on experience with using and designing Public Clouds (AWS, GCP or Azure) landing zone and infrastructure layer
· Strong working experience on patch management for operating systems and middleware is mandatory. Eg, Windows, RedHat, Websphere, Weblogic, MSSQL etc.
· Hands on experience with creation and maintenance of VMware server templating/blueprints such as RedHat, Windows server templates.
· Hands on experience with infrastructure-as-code, orchestration, configuration management and provisioning tools is mandatory.
· Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective communications skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
· Strong experience in a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) environment with strong appreciation of change/version control process and methodologies.
· Worked with DevOps and Automation tools (E.g. Selenium, SOAPUI, Bamboo, Jenkins, Ansible, Marvin, Github, Bitbucket, Nexus, Jira, Confluence etc).
· Must code, debug and optimize code and automate mundane tasks.
· Experience in scripting languages such as Bash, Batch, Powershell, YAML etc.
· Experience implementing distributed solutions in a secured multi-tier heterogeneous environment is mandatory.
· High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork.
· Takes initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes.
About Great Eastern
Established in 1908, Great Eastern places customers at the heart of everything we do. Our legacy extends beyond our products and services to our culture, which is defined by our core values and how we work. As champions of Integrity, Initiative and Involvement, our core values act as a compass, guiding and inspiring us to embrace the behaviours associated with each value, upholding our promise to our customers - to continue doing our best for them in a sustainable manner.
We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to look for candidates who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and associated behaviours, as these are the key traits that we expect from our employees as they develop their careers with us.
We embrace inclusivity, giving all employees an equal opportunity to shine and play their role in exploring possibilities to deliver innovative insurance solutions.
Since 2018, Great Eastern has been a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles of Sustainable Insurance. Our sustainability approach around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations play a key role in every business decision we make. We are committed to being a sustainability-driven company to achieve a low-carbon economy by managing the environmental footprint of our operations and incorporating ESG considerations in our investment portfolios; improving people’s lives by actively helping customers live healthier, better and longer; and drive responsible business practices through material ESG risk management.
To all recruitment agencies: Great Eastern does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our email or our employees. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
