Cloud DevSecOps Engineer- 12 month FTC

ABOUT US

Chaucer is a leading insurance group at Lloyd's, the world's specialist insurance market. We help protect industries around the world from the risks they face. Our customers include major airlines, energy companies, shipping groups, global manufacturers and property groups.

Our headquarters are in London, and we have international offices in Copenhagen, Miami, Dubai and Singapore to be closer to our clients across the world. To learn more about us please visit our website - Chaucer Group

Job Description

This role is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Cloud DevSecOps Engineer to perform a pivotal role in a continuing program of Cloud adoption. The main requirement is to work alongside existing engineering resources on our Cloud DC migration workstream, augmenting the existing team and providing technical mentorship

Key Responsibilities

• Mentorship and Training: Provide mentorship and training to existing engineers and other team members on IAC and Terraform. Foster a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Design and implement cloud infrastructure solutions using IAC delivery methods within Azure. This involves selecting appropriate services, configuring them to meet specific requirements, and ensuring they are integrated seamlessly with existing systems
• Automate Deployment, Scaling, and Management: Use infrastructure-as-code (Terraform & Azure DevOps) to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of cloud infrastructure. To maintain consistency, reducing manual errors, and speeding up deployment processes
• Developing standards and best practice around DevSecOps deployments particularly in respect of IaC using Terraform.
• Collaborate with Development Teams: Work closely with development and engineering teams to integrate cloud services into applications with IAC delivery. This involves understanding the application requirements, providing guidance on best practices, and ensuring that the cloud infrastructure supports the application's needs.
• Ensure the security and compliance of cloud infrastructure by aligning with the Cloud Adoption Framework and security governance to comply with relevant regulations and standards.
• Documentation and Reporting: Maintain comprehensive documentation of cloud infrastructure, configurations, and processes. Generate regular reports on cloud resource usage, performance metrics, and security compliance to keep stakeholders informed.
• Ensure adherence with the Chaucer corporate values and CTG strategy that underpins our key business objectives.
• Prioritising and managing workload effectively

Regulatory responsibilities

• Adhere to Corporate Policies and Procedures, including Code of Conduct, Information Security policies, Audit Procedures, and any control related policy

Engineering Competencies

• Extensive knowledge of Azure Platform services including but not limited to Compute Infrastructure, Storage, Networking (vNet, vWan, Peering, NSG's, ASG's), Azure Policy, RBAC, Recovery Services.
• Extensive knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IAC), Terraform & Azur
• e DevOpsExtensive knowledge of scripting and automation skills and tools - Powershell, Terraform, Visual Studio Code, Git, YAML.
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft server Operating Systems and surrounding architecture.
• Deep knowledge of networking topologies and protocols.
• Experience of Microsoft Entra ID in respect of interoperability and integration.
• Experience of Azure PaaS solutions such as LogicApps, PowerPlatform, Service Bus etc.

Education & Qualifications (Certifications)

• Azure Cloud Infrastructure (e.g. Microsoft Azure AZ-900, AZ-104, AZ-30
• 5, AZ-400)HashiCorp Terraform Associate cer
• tificationWindows Server OS 2016 and late
• r versionsWindows Active Directory, Entra ID and Wind
• ows AD DNSITIL Certification.

Personal skills

• Excellent communication skills at all levels within the organisation with the ability to translate requirements into a solution ensuring clear understanding amongst all parties.
• Works effectively as an individual or a team player across geographical boundaries.
• Active team player, self-starter, proactive and multitasker who can quickly adjust priorities.
• Identifying gaps in the available information required to understand a problem or situation and devising means of remedying such gaps.
• Solid organisational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
• Critical thinking and problem solving

Why Join Chaucer?

An established market leading Insurer, where over the past 5 years, the Chaucer Group has seen significant and successful growth. In 2019, we wrote $1.4bn of Gross Written Premium, closed 2023 with $2.7bn, and are on track to write well over$3bn in 2024.This is an exciting time for Chaucer; we have the people, the platforms, the expertise and the relationships to continue our recent success. We will remain focussed on the areas where we can provide the most expertise and value to our brokers and clients.

We offer:

• A flexible hybrid work model that supports individual and team needs.
• A diverse, inclusive culture that values people for who they are.
• Extensive, non-contributory benefits, including medical, life, and pension cover, flexible holidays, and wellbeing support.