DevOps Engineer II

Company Overview

More than 35 years ago, SelectQuote was founded on one core promise: to help our customers protect the people they value most. We pioneered the way consumers shopped for term life insurance, and now, we also help people find home insurance, auto insurance, senior health insurance and more. Our quick and easy process saves consumers both time and money, and today, more than 2 million families trust us to help them with their insurance needs.

But what truly sets us apart is our people, and the opportunities to grow your career with SelectQuote are unmatched.

About the Role

In this role engineers are responsible for implementing automation solutions that help increase the speed of our ability to deliver features to production while working with other DevOps Engineers at SelectQuote. This role manages the CI/CD pipeline with our application teams for automated deployments. They are responsible for developing the configurations for foundational components to build our development environments and provide guidance oversight and direction for the projects and how we manage our infrastructure within the cloud. We would like the individual in this role to have a security-based mindset as well as the ability and desire to provide mentorship amongst peers.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and adhere to development scope and timelines in accordance to overall project and in line with SelectQuote-provided development tools and processes.
• Design and create scalable automated solutions to service our customers and internal development team.
• Document solutions to issues and communicate across teams.
• Communicate effectively and efficiently with business line stakeholder(s) and vendor partners on the technical solution development activities and deliverables.
• Consult with business line stakeholder(s) and vendor partners in an analysis role.
• Lead by example through demonstration of high performance in the areas of customer service, collaboration, teamwork, reliability, productivity and execution.

Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrated Linux, Windows, as well as Mac command-line skills.
• Deep understanding of the core suite of AWS Services
• Experience establishing and employing Continuous Integration practices and tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, Git or other CI tools
• Frequent and comfortable use of configuration management automation tools such as Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform

Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or the equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related field.
• Experience working with and teaching others about Javascript, Docker, Python, Bash, Git and JIRA.
• 3+ years of DevOps experience.
• 1+ years successful engagements providing continuous delivery solutions preferable.
• 3+ years of technical experience in either development operations or full-stack implementations.
• 3+ years of technical experience with AWS.
• 2 years of demonstrated programming or automating capability in a high-level programming language such as Python, Java, or scripting languages.
• Experience establishing and employing Continuous Integration practices and tools such as GitHub, Bitbucket, Jenkins, git, or other CI/CD tools.

Certificates/Licenses/Registration:

• AWS Certificates are a plus but are not required.

Physical Requirements:

Work is performed indoors with potential for exposure to safety and health hazards related to office work. Could periodically travel to other office and operational sites.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

SelectQuote Core Values:

Service: We create positive customer experiences. 

Entrepreneurship: We create innovate & take risks. 

Leadership: We build & invest in high-performing teams. 

Empowerment: We embrace a changing environment. 

Courage: We challenge the status quo & drive continuous improvement.

Teamwork: We help support & celebrate each other.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.

At this time SelectQuote does not hire applicants who solely possess temporary work visas requiring employer sponsorship of any kind including but not limited to OPT, H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN, F-1, J-1, E-3, etc.

SelectQuote Insurance Services does not discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status.

Our Benefits

The Compensation for this position is listed below. Local minimum wage laws apply. This information is posted pursuant to local requirements to provide applicants with information about what they might be eligible to receive. Individual pay decisions will depend on job-related factors such as experience, education, skill, performance, and geographic location where work will be performed.

Successful candidates may be able to participate in one or more incentive compensation or short-term incentive plans, which could generate additional earnings in accordance with the terms of each plan.

We are proud to offer the following benefits:

• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• HSA/FSA
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Accident Insurance, and Short Term Disability
• Voluntary Life Insurance for Self, Spouse and Dependent
• Company-paid Basic Life Insurance and Long Term Disability
• Retirement plan and Employer match contribution with Profit Share
• Tuition Reimbursement program
• Company perks and Discount program
• Engaging Wellness and Financial Education Resources
• Employee Assistance Program
• Incentive Plans 

Base Salary Minimum

$110,000

Base Salary Maximum

$125,000