Infrastructure Engineer Lead

OneAmerica•Indianapolis, IN

63d•Hybrid

About The Position

At OneAmerica Financial, our purpose is to create more certainty for our customers that leads to better moments, every day. Our commitment is to advance stability and growth in every solution and relationship. We deliver financial strength that builds for generations, and we are always aspiring, looking ahead, and collaborating to achieve more, together. Come be a part of this journey with us as we champion lives! Job Summary The Information Technology department at OneAmerica is on a journey to transform our current capabilities to become a digitally enabled organization. We are shifting from stand-alone systems to collaborative intelligent solutions that work together to deliver workflow management, customer engagement, data and innovation. Our cloud and engineering teams have the potential to shape the future by solving thought-provoking problems and using transformational technologies to further enhance our capabilities in this journey. You'll have the chance to thrive in a culture of ownership and delivery as these efforts continue to expand. These opportunities can enable you to be at the center of a groundbreaking transformational success story at OneAmerica. The Storage Engineer is responsible for assisting in the transformation of our technology into a cloud first architecture by partnering with the business, operations and engineering teams. The Storage Engineer will work with other infrastructure/application partners and key stakeholders to understand storage/backup dependencies and develop optimized engineering patterns. The Storage Engineer stays abreast of the latest technologies and uses that knowledge to engineer new storage/backup solutions for cloud and on-prem needs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree OR any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background
10+ years of experience in IT at businesses in excess of 2 billion USD with experience focusing on networking, infrastructure management concepts and tools
5+ years of experience in designing and implementation of complex IT systems or consulting experience with distributed applications or systems architecture
7+ years of experience in a storage/backup solutions design/architecture role
Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS technologies, evaluation methodologies to help choose the right solutions
Experience with storage systems, databases and backup solutions
Experience using DevOps tools and processes; creation of CI/CD pipelines a plus
Practical experience in performance and capacity management
Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
Experience with IT compliance and risk management requirements (e.g., security, privacy, SOX, HIPAA)
Must be well organized and possess outstanding follow-through and attention to detail
Agile team experience
Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment to deliver on common enterprise goals is a must
High School Diploma required, or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background

Nice To Haves

Practical experience with Azure is a strong plus
Experience using DevOps tools and processes; creation of CI/CD pipelines a plus

Responsibilities

Serve as escalation point and provide troubleshooting guidance and direction in resolution of escalated issues and/or complex Infrastructure issues
Identify solutions that represent opportunities to leverage new storage/backup services and architectures by evaluating quality attributes, technology risk and capacity variability
Lead and participate in design discussions/product architecture reviews and assist engineering teams design products that adhere to SaaS/IaaS/PaaS principles
Drive collaboration with application developers and architects, infrastructure engineers and architects, and operations staff to develop iteratively better cloud and on-prem deployments to solve real business problems
Design and build highly available and scalable systems on cloud (primarily Azure) and on-prem platforms
Work to educate and transfer newly identified/selected/configured technologies to the IT Operations team
Identifying the best technical solutions that can be rolled out efficiently and, in a cost-effective manner
Provide expertise and advice to help teams building solutions on cloud or on-prem platforms including design, planning, management, maintenance and assessing systems for potential weaknesses or issues
Drive the design, setup, configuration, and migration of storage/backups systems to commercial cloud environments
Ensure new products and updates meet requirements pre and post release.
Work closely with the Service Delivery Managers (SDM) and other engineers to ensure day-to-day activities align with overall technology Roadmap
Focus on consistent execution and delivery excellence of projects to the organization
Design and implement end-to-end infrastructure solutions across multiple disciplines including, compute, network, storage on cloud or on-prem
Place a focus on technical debt elimination
Engage in architectural discussions and lead direction from a backup/storage architectural and operations stand point
Lead backup/storage best practices and continuous operational improvements