Cloud Platform Engineer III

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This opportunity is in the Information Technology department.
As the company's largest department, I.T. is responsible for supporting both ongoing operations and our next innovative project. Information technology is prioritized, allowing us to partner with colleagues to securely enable and support new capabilities every day. Utilizing a diverse set of technologies, like Guidewire, Salesforce, Java, C#/.NET, Mule, and Azure, the available career opportunities continue to grow rapidly. Our department consists of agile teams where individual contributions are recognized, and career advancement is nurtured.

Role Description:

As a Cloud Platform Engineer III, you'll be at the forefront of building and enhancing the platforms that power Safety National's software delivery and infrastructure. You will design and implement scalable, secure, and automated platform capabilities that empower development, operations, and data teams. From enabling CI/CD automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to observability, security, and reliability, your work will directly impact our ability to deliver software efficiently and securely. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor teammates, and play a key role in incident management and operational support. This is a fantastic opportunity to apply your cloud and DevOps expertise in a dynamic, agile, and collaborative environment.

Qualifications:

Education:
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred. Candidates may also qualify with equivalent professional experience or certifications.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future.
• This position allows for a hybrid work schedule which includes a minimum of 3 days per week in our St. Louis Corporate Office, located at 1832 Schuetz Rd. Saint Louis, MO. All employees are required to submit work from home requests and follow our Work From Home policy, which will be provided to all candidates selected to interview.
• 6 or more years of experience in Information Systems or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and certifications.
• Proven experience with Microsoft Azure, including identity, networking, and compute services.
• Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, ARM templates, Ansible).
• Strong experience with CI/CD automation tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub).
• Background in containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes on Azure).
• Proficiency in observability tools and practices (Azure Monitor, Datadog, OpenTelemetry).
• Strong understanding of cloud security practices and DevSecOps integration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five or more professional certifications relevant to cloud, DevOps, or security.
• Experience implementing reliability engineering practices (e.g., SRE principles).
• Familiarity with secrets management, configuration management, and runtime orchestration.
• Ability to lead incident response, perform root cause analysis, and guide blameless post-mortems.
• Demonstrated mentorship experience and ability to foster team collaboration across disciplines.
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to translate complex technical concepts for varied audiences.

Protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information and technology assets against unauthorized disclosure, destruction and/or alteration, in accordance with Safety National policies, standards, and procedures.

Safety National is a leading specialty insurance and reinsurance provider. Our culture is built upon relationships, which allow us to demonstrate our expertise gained through our rich 80-year history. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine, Inc., we appreciate the benefits and support provided by our affiliation with one of the top 10 insurance companies in the world.

Total Rewards That Put Employees First

In our vision to be First with Co-Workers, compensation that includes base salary, holiday bonus, and incentive awards is only a small portion of the comprehensive total rewards package we offer. Our total rewards approach recognizes and rewards the time, talents, efforts, and results of our valued employees. Highlights of our exceptional benefits include generous health, dental, and vision coverage, health savings accounts, a 401(k)-retirement savings match and an annual profit sharing contribution. We proudly offer family forming benefits for adoption, fertility, and surrogacy, generous paid time off and paid holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave, a hybrid work environment, and company-paid life insurance and disability. To support employees in their career journeys, we provide professional growth and development opportunities in addition to employee recognition and well-being programs. Apply today to learn more.

Safety National is committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-based compensation. In our vision to be First with Co-Workers, compensation is only one piece of the comprehensive total rewards package we offer. The target base salary range for this position is $99,000 to $128,500. Compensation for the successful candidate will consider the candidate's particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, experience and geographic location.

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