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P&C-Butterfield Road-Downers Grove-IL-AACDetails
Kemper is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. Kemper’s products and services are making a real difference to our customers, who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team, you are helping to provide experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises.
Kemper is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer. The DevOps Engineer 4 works as part of a collaborative team responsible for supporting and evolving continuous integration and automated release processes across on-premises and public cloud environments. This role helps maintain system stability, improve build/test pipelines, and automate deployments in support of the organization’s growth and evolving needs.
The focus will be on delivering efficient, reliable automation while ensuring quality and scalability across the development lifecycle. This engineer will contribute to agile teams, helping improve software delivery through better tooling, automation, and infrastructure practices.
Responsibilities
- Support and improve the agile SDLC process and related tools
- Contribute to the automation of software builds, tests, and deployments
- Maintain and enhance infrastructure for build and test environments
- Collaborate with development and QA teams to streamline product delivery
- Monitor and troubleshoot build/test infrastructure
- Participate in the development and improvement of CI/CD pipelines
- Contribute to infrastructure as code solutions for repeatable deployments
- Assist in documentation of build and release processes
- Provide operational support for DevOps tools and services
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
- 7 years of experience in development, infrastructure, or automation roles
- Working knowledge of DevOps principles and CI/CD best practices
- Hands-on experience with source control systems like Git
- Administration experience with Snowflake or Informatica IDMC preferred
- Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, Bash scripting)
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation or Ansible)
- Experience with AWS or another public cloud provider
- Understanding of Linux and/or Windows system administration
- Experience with Jenkins or other CI/CD tools preferred
- Experience with serverless tools (e.g., AWS Lambda) is a plus
- Familiarity with Snowflake, Informatica or HVR as a plus
- This position works at a Kemper office
The range for this position is $77100 to $128500. When determining candidate offers, we consider experience, skills, education, certifications, and geographic location among other factors. This job is eligible for Kemper benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401k, etc.).
Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination.
Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.
Kemper will never request personal information, such as your social security number or banking information, via text or email. Additionally, Kemper does not use external messaging applications like WireApp or Skype to communicate with candidates. If you receive such a message, delete it.
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The Kemper family of companies is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers. With approximately $15 billion in assets, Kemper is improving the world of insurance by providing affordable and easy-to-use personalized solutions to individuals, families and businesses through its Auto, Personal Insurance, Life and Health brands. Kemper serves over 6.6 million policies, is represented by approximately 34,000 agents and brokers, and has approximately 10,000 associates dedicated to meeting the ever-changing needs of its customers.
