Cloud Engineer - Bridgend, Bridgend, United Kingdom - Tokio Marine HCC

Description

Standing still is not an option in the current world of Insurance. Tokio Marine HCC ( TMHCC ) are one of the world's leading Specialty Insurers.

With deep expertise in our chosen lines of business, our unparalleled track record and a solid balance sheet, TMHCC evaluates and manages risk like no one else in the industry.

Looking beyond profit, empowering our people and delivering on our commitments are at the core of our customer values, and so is a desire to grow and provide creative and innovative solutions to our clients.

TMHCC is amid an IT transformation and is shifting towards a Product-centric operating model whilst increasing the maturity of the IT Service Management capabilities.

This new role will be a crucial part of the team , facilitating positive change to the TMHCC organisation , managing our data centre and developing our cloud capabilities based on industry best practices.

They will relish the opportunity to change the culture within their teams and the wider IT teams to support this vision .

The Cloud Platform Engineer role is critical in Tokio Marine HCC International's (TMHCCI) journey to a more mature cloud.

The position will use automation workflows to simplify and streamline infrastructure provisioning and configuration within our estate. Implementing continuous improvements to our guardrails and policies to deliver stable, resilient and secure cloud solutions.

This role will interact with various IT teams across TMHCC , focusing on supporting and developing the TMHCCI cloud offering within an Azure-first strategy .

They will c hampion Cloud, A utomation and Infrastructure as Code (I aC ) for deployment, development, project and support processes within TMHCC .

The Cloud Platform Engineer rol e requires strong technical skills (including experience in IaC), a passion for the cloud, a continuous development mentality, and the driv e to make the Cloud Platform Team the centre of excellence (CoE) for Azure across TMHCC .

Strong experience with automation (on- premises and in the cloud) using – Terraform, PowerShell , and Azure DevOps. Experienced in working in an Agile / DevOps environment.
Hands-on technical work for p roject implementations, upgrades and time-critical operational issues .

Focus on strategic improvements for the Company's cloud operational processes and frameworks – delivering against Microsoft & CIS best practice guidelines .

Close working relationships with the development teams for the implementation of new pipelines, functionality, services and systems.

Work with the Cloud Platform Lead to deliver ongoing cloud services vision, enable innovation, and seek to leverage IT trends that can create business value.

Our principal cloud vendor of choice is Microsoft Azure, though we embrace the ability of a multi-cloud approach.
Handle additional related projects as necessary.


Performance Objectives:
Work within a team to create and support cloud patterns, guardrails and Azure (and AWS) processes as needed.
C hampion Cloud, A utomation and Infrastructure as Code (I aC ) for deployment .
S implify and streamline infrastructure provisioning and configuration.

Azure DevOps , Terraform and PowerShell skills ; Ability to create reports using PowerShell or PowerBI that query disparate systems and turn data into usable information.

Demonstrable experience working in a Cloud Platform Team supporting primarily Azure – but also AWS and on- premises infrastructure .

Practical knowledge of ITIL application processes and implementation ( preferably with ServiceNow ) .

Knowledge of server operating systems, with an emphasis on administration of Microsoft Windows Server and associated applications such as Active Directory and DNS.

Azure or AWS qualifications .
K nowledge of Ansible for automation and configuration management .
Able to help and guide team members and other teams across the wider IT department.
Willingness to travel to Houston and Europe as required.
The Tokio Marine HCC Group of Companies offers a competitive salary and employee benefit package. The Tokio Marine HCC Group of companies is an equal-opportunity employer. The Tokio Marine HCC Group of companies is an equal-opportunity employer.