DevOps, Cloud Associate

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COMPANY OVERVIEW

Global Atlantic Financial Group is a leader in the U.S. life insurance and annuity industry, serving the needs of individuals and institutions. Global Atlantic is a majority-owned subsidiary of KKR, a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management across multiple strategies and capital markets solutions.

Global Atlantic is looking for a diverse team of talented individuals who reinforce our culture of collaboration and innovation. We are dedicated to the career development of our people because we know they are critical to our long-term success. Join our team and come grow with us. 

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POSITION OVERVIEW

As a member of the Information Technology Enterprise Architecture team the DevOps/Cloud Associate position will focus on providing support for vendor systems in our AWS environment. The primary duties will include gathering application install requirements, architecting and automating application installs and providing production support for the given applications.

KEY RESPONSBILITIES:

1. Install applications in AWS framework and automate given application installations.

2. Document processes and procedures related to DevOps tasks.

3. Ensure the application infrastructure adheres to GA’s AWS framework and best practices.

4. Monitoring applications and system health via alert monitoring tools and provide quick response to alerts escalations and all outages

5. Manage daily production support issues across support systems, including the investigate and resolution of incidents.

6. Perform root cause analysis for production incidents to address and prevent them for repeating.

7. Collaborate and partner with the cloud architecture team and DevOps developers to manage and deploy new AWS infrastructure, evolve, and continuously improve the software delivery processes, and enhance the pipeline automation capability and functionality

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in DevOps field
• Experience with Cloud technology, Amazon AWS specifically: AWS (VPC, EC2, Fargate, S3, EBS, CloudFormation), Terraform, SaltStack, Git/GitLab, Artifactory, Windows OS and Linux OS.
• Experience with an automated configuration management tool, such as SaltStack, puppet, ansible or chef.
• Experience, but not proficiency, in: Python, RDBMS/SQL, and general scripting technologies

SKILLS

• Intermediate proficiency in Amazon Elastic Computer Cloud
• Expert proficiency in writing Terraform scripts
• Proficiency with an automated configuration management tool.
• Proven analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to identify problems and systematically gather data, identify root causes, and resolve incidents.
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to proactively identify opportunities for enhancement in both system configuration and business processes to ensure optimization of tools and data integrity.

Various jurisdictions have passed pay transparency laws that require companies provide salary ranges for any positions for which they are accepting applications. Global Atlantic has offices in Atlanta, Batesville, Bermuda, Boston, Des Moines, Hartford, Indianapolis, and New York City. The base salary range posted below is inclusive of the lowest cost of living geography to the highest in which we have a Global Atlantic office. 

Global Atlantic’s base salary range is determined through an analysis of similar positions in the external labor market. Base pay is just one component of Global Atlantic’s total compensation package for employees and at times we hire outside the boundaries of the salary range. Other rewards may include annual cash bonuses, long-term incentives (equity), generous benefits (including immediate vesting on employee contributions to a 401(k), as well as a company match on your contributions), and sales incentives.  Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Compensation for our more senior positions have a larger component of short-term cash bonus and long-term incentives. The base salary range for this role is $83,000 to $112,000.

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TOTAL REWARDS STATEMENT  

Global Atlantic’s total rewards package is reflective of our corporate values, particularly diversity, excellence and innovation, with a focus on inclusion, pay equity, and flexibility. We are proud to support your personal and professional growth and well-being through programs such as educational assistance, virtual physical therapy, remote/onsite fitness reimbursement, a medical second opinion program, pet insurance, military leave, parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility and family planning coverage. We strive to foster a culture of total well-being through community outreach and charitable giving programs.

We are active in our communities-

• New York: Red Hook Conservancy, Girls Who Invest and The Bowery Mission
• Boston: Cradles to Crayons, Project Bread, Let’s Get Ready, Rise Against Hunger, Salvation Army and many other local volunteer organizations in around the Boston area
• Hartford: Habitat for Humanity, Foodshare, Humane Society, Hands on Hartford, Mercy Shelter and Dog Star Rescue
• Indianapolis: Elevate Indianapolis, Gleaners Food Bank and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Batesville: American Cancer Society Relay for Life, Angels of Giving, Margaret Mary Health Foundation, Ripley County Community Foundation, Safe Passage, Batesville High School Sponsorships, local area youth sports and food pantries, as well as many others
• Des Moines: United Way, Central Iowa Shelter & Services, Junior Achievement of Central Iowa and Make a Wish Foundation
• Berwyn: Food drive and will be planning an event to help a local family over the holidays
• Atlanta: Packaged Good Organization, which helps the most vulnerable community members with providing personalized care packages for people in need including the elderly, our armed forces, the homeless and hospitalized kids
• Bermuda: Sponsor of a weekly feeding program operated by The Hamilton Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Social platforms provide an environment to collaborate with others and participate in friendly competitions towards achieving physical, emotional and financial well-being. Our highly competitive health, retirement, life and disability plans can be tailored to best suit your needs and those of your whole family.

Global Atlantic is committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can meaningfully contribute to our success. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate in employment on any basis that is prohibited by federal, state or local laws.  More than that, we strive to be inclusive of all backgrounds and experiences, which we feel gives us a competitive advantage in the market and within our firm.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.

Employees who require an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their job will participate in an interactive process which may include providing documentation. If you are hired and require an accommodation for any protected status, please email [email protected].

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