Principal Site Reliability Engineer (CI/CD & Kubernetes)

National Life Insurance Company • Montpelier, VT

7h • Onsite

About The Position

Come join one of America’s fastest-growing insurance companies. Since 1848, National Life Group has aimed to keep our promises, providing families with stability in good times and in bad. Throughout that history, we have provided peace of mind to those families as they plan their futures.
Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard.
We foster a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and encourage our associates to live our values: Do good. Be good. Make good.
Please note that we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position.
Summary
The Principal Engineer, Infrastructure Engineering position partners with business and technical stakeholders to lead infrastructure design and integrations. This individual in this position has a proven track record of driving continuous improvement in all facets of NLG infrastructure ecosystems. This position will lead infrastructure teams in the delivery of the infrastructure technologies and services. Effective ability to communicate, a positive attitude, and a proven track record of serving in a technical leadership role are key qualifications.
This role is a senior technical leadership position and member of the National Life Group IT Shared Services team. You will represent the infrastructure team in project initiatives, architecture design, and be a champion of operational excellence while collaborating across a vibrant technical community. We’re looking for an inquisitive individual with a passion for continuous learning, attention to detail, and a drive to follow-through. This role can be located in Dallas (Addison), TX; Montpelier, VT
This position currently offers an onsite work schedule, with the expectation that you are in the office four (4) days per week during onsite core days. Our current onsite core days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The work schedule type and core days are subject to change with advance notification and manager discretion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferred in Computer Science; or relevant work experience.
• 8+ years of hands-on infrastructure experience with at least 4 years in a technical team leadership role.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience and knowledge working with Application performance tools, CI/CD pipelines and source code management.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines
• Demonstrated ability to lead in a highly matrixed, heavily outsourced organization through a combination of influence, partnership, and authority.
• Ability and interest in mentoring technical staff and raising collective technical competencies.
• Ability to manage change and cope with complex and ambiguous situations.
• Broad engineering awareness of the following technical domains and expert technical
• Expertise in at least two of the following areas –
• Swagger Hub, SonarQube, Jfrog or similar tools
• Code Repository Management (GIT)
• Monitoring & Instrumentation Tools (New Relic, Azure Monitor or other tools)
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Java, Python etc.).
• Pipeline Technologies (CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.)
• Various upcoming AI technologies around development and application performance.

Responsibilities

• You will lead development and enhancement of CICD, SRE and APM tools.
• You will drive implementation of the technology direction, vision, and strategy and adoption.
• You will lead delivery as a subject matter expert in pipeline configurations, code repositories management and related controls.
• You will help lead incident resolution and resolution of business issues.
• You possess the ability to communicate effectively with an appropriate level of detail to all levels within the company
• You will lead identifying and managing capacity, performance, and risk
• You will adhere to and promote firm Change Management, Problem Management policies and are familiar with ITIL or other formalized IT operations foundations
• You will drive innovation and encourage others to remain current on emerging technologies and development trends
• You will lead initiatives to improve overall system reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• You collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure seamless integration of APM and CI/CD processes.
• You will need to communicate effectively with stakeholders, including developers, QA engineers, and project managers.

Benefits

• Your benefits start day one and are flexible and customizable to you and your family’s specific needs.
• Check out the BENEFITS of a Career at National Life!
• The total compensation package for this position may also include a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered.
• The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in National Life’s discretionary annual incentive programs, subject to the rules governing such programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees