Devops Engineer

Job Description – Devops Engineer

About Hiscox:

At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the work, and we’re committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success. We embrace hybrid-working practices, balancing the ability to work remotely with the culture and energy we experience when we are face-to-face in our offices. Our focus on collaboration and cross- functional working is supported with virtual tools that minimise physical travel, hot-desking neighbourhoods that create a physical sense of community and Team Charters that our teams co- create to set out how they’ll work together. This modern way of working has contributed to impressive employee engagement scores across Hiscox and means we’re delivering even better solutions for our Hiscox Colleagues. As an international specialist insurer we are far removed from the world of mass market insurance products. Instead we are selective and focus on our key areas of expertise and strength - all of which is underpinned by a culture that encourages us to challenge convention and always look for a better way of doing things. We insure the unique and the interesting. And we search for the same when it comes to talented people. Hiscox is full of smart, reliable human beings that look out for customers and each other. We believe in doing the right thing, making good and rebuilding when things go wrong. Everyone is encouraged to think creatively, challenge the status quo and look for solutions. Scratch beneath the surface and you will find a business that is solid, but slightly contrary. We like to do things differently and constantly seek to evolve. We might have been around for a long time (our roots go back to 1901), but we are young in many ways, ambitious and going places. Some people might say insurance is dull, but life at Hiscox is anything but. If that sounds good to you, get in touch. You can follow Hiscox on LinkedIn, Glassdoor and Instagram (@HiscoxInsurance)

DevOps Engineer - York Reporting to: Head of Platform Engineering The Role The DevOps Engineer will be a member of a Chapter which includes DevOps Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering & DevSecOps Engineering. You will also be a key member of a Platform Engineering squad which are responsible for the Continuous Improvement over our cloud and on- premises platforms. Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain the pipelines for publishing code to Azure • Oversee and coach squads in intra-day deployments mechanisms • As part of the chapter drive the DevOps principles and culture across London Market

squads • With the aid of the chapter, coach and influence engineers to DevOps maturity • Oversee and direct the vendor DevOps and Infrastructure resources

• Create and maintain Azure infrastructure across all environments • Propose and implement time-saving initiatives • Create and maintain monitoring at all levels (infrastructure, app, data) • Monitor issues and availability and ensure the correct escalation path is followed • Monitor performance and propose improvements • Implement auto-scaling of resources to meet the needs of the moment • Collaborate with all London Market Chapters • Help to commoditise cloud services where possible • Identify engineering limits, bottlenecks and tipping points before they’re reached

Person Specification Mandatory skillset:

• Experience of working as an engineer, working on solutions in Azure. • Experience with Terraform and Azure Resource Management Templates • Experience setting up and working with Azure DevOps pipelines • Knowledge of Cloud native, microservices, containerized systems, preferably with

Kubernetes • To have a strong desire for continuous improvement and an Agile way of working

Ideally in addition:

• Commercial hands-on software delivery, including either implementation and on- going systems administration experience in a previous role using a variety of technologies, or, build and deployment engineering with modern practices

• Sound experience in identifying, implementing and maintaining IT solutions / systems in regulated markets / industries

• Knowledge and understanding of latest trends in DevOps methodologies, processes and tools, as well as emerging solutions and ability to apply them when appropriate

Rewards On top of a competitive salary, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

• 25 days annual leave plus two Hiscox days • 4 week paid sabbatical after every 5 years of service • Company and personal performance related bonus. • Contributory pension.

Other benefits include:

• Money towards gym membership. • Christmas gift. • 4 x life insurance.