Forrest T. Jones & Company, Inc., and its affiliates (“FTJ”), provide insurance and insurance related services to clients, corporations, employers, and individuals. These services include providing benefits through innovative life and health insurance plans, financial services, and customized insurance products for niche markets.
Responsible for building, automating, and operating cloud-based infrastructure and applications; delivering changes through infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines; monitoring system reliability and responding to incidents; and building tools that automate repetitive tasks to minimize errors and prevent downtime.
- Manage and maintain Microsoft Azure services to include Entra ID, Azure networking, Azure Data Factory, etc. using infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Build and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure, internal and third-party application deployments
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and service level objectives (SLOs) across the Azure environment
- Participate in incident response and post-incident reviews for production systems
- Maintain company’s security standards in the Azure ecosystem
- Create system diagrams, runbooks, and documentation as needed
- Provide Tier 3 operational support as needed
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong team building/support skills
- Strong troubleshooting, problem solving, and analytical skills
- Self-motivated and self-directed
- Automation-first mindset focused on reliability and continuous improvment
Requisites
- Bachelor’s Degree, University Program Certificate or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of one IT industry certification, e.g., Azure Administrator, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, etc.
- Two or more years’ experience in a cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE role in an enterprise environment, including scripting in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
We offer comprehensive benefits to full-time employees including company-paid medical, STD, LTD and life insurance plus voluntary dental, vision, life/AD&D insurance, 401(k) with company matching, generous paid time off and much more.
We encourage applicants of all ages and experience, as we do not discriminate on the basis of an applicant’s age.
ALL OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT ARE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSING OF A DRUG SCREEN AND BACKGROUND CHECK.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree, university program certificate, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- At least one IT industry certification, such as Azure Administrator, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, or HashiCorp Terraform Associate
- Two or more years of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE within an enterprise environment
- Scripting experience with PowerShell, Bash, or Python
What We Do
Forrest T. Jones & Company (FTJ) is an insurance agency and administrator that was established in 1953 to provide insurance products and other financial services to members of associations and other affinity groups. FTJ currently provides insurance programs to more than 80 national associations and employer groups with more than 1.5 million members. We work with more than 30 of the nation’s leading insurance companies to provide members / employees with access to high quality insurance plans—many with special features and benefits not readily available elsewhere—at favorable group rates. As the flagship of an enterprise that includes two life insurance companies, a reinsurance company, and a FINRA broker/dealer, FTJ offers an exceptional level of strength and flexibility for our association and affinity group clients. Throughout the years, FTJ has worked hand-in-hand with its clients in adding value to member and customer programs through quality insurance products. FTJ has been family owned and managed since its inception, and we pride ourselves on maintaining close, personal relationships with our clients. We strive to meet their needs in a dynamic environment by applying the latest technology, marketing expertise, and our relationships in the insurance industry to attain the best possible insurance plans for their members and support those plans with old-fashioned, high-touch personal service. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.
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