Lead DevOps Engineer

Role Description DevOps Engineer Lead II - DevOps Engineering Who We Are Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world. UST is a mission-driven group of 29,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in more than 30 countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live. With us, you’ll create a boundless impact that transforms your career—and the lives of people across the world. Visit us at UST.com. You Are UST is searching for a DevOps Engineer who will be a part of a software development team working on internal actuarial solution cloud platform. Can independently design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud deployment strategies from concept to production with a cloud-first emphasis using strong knowledge of infrastructure as code, containerization, and deployment methodologies. The Opportunity Infrastructure & Automation: Works in a collaborative environment to build and deploy scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure with automated provisioning and configuration management. CI/CD Pipeline Management: Designs, develops, tests, deploys, and supports continuous integration and deployment pipelines focusing on industry best practices with a cloud-first emphasis. System Reliability: Implements timely decisions on complicated infrastructure and deployment problems, ensuring high availability and performance. Legacy System Support: Supports legacy infrastructure and deployment processes while new cloud-native solutions are being built for launch and adoption by the business. Continuous Improvement: Seeks continuous quality improvements for infrastructure, deployment processes, and system reliability. Team Development: Mentors and coaches implementation teams on DevOps practices, tools, and methodologies. This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required. What You Need 8+ years of DevOps/Infrastructure experience with demonstrated expertise in cloud platforms, automation, and enterprise-scale deployments Cloud Platform Mastery: Extensive hands-on experience with AWS including: Compute services (EC2), Storage solutions (S3), Networking (VPC, subnets, load balancers, CDN) , Lambda and RDS Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform Version control and state management for infrastructure Multi-environment deployment strategies Automation & Deployment Technologies Containerization & Orchestration: Docker containerization and image optimization Kubernetes (Optional) cluster management and orchestration Container registries and security scanning CI/CD Pipeline Expertise: Jenkins, GitHub Actions Pipeline as code and automated testing integration Deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, rolling updates) Configuration Management: Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or similar automation tools Server provisioning and configuration drift management Monitoring & Operations Observability Stack: Monitoring tools (Grafana, CloudWatch, Application Insights) Centralized logging (ELK Stack, Splunk, Azure Monitor) APM tools and distributed tracing ing and incident response automation Security & Compliance: Infrastructure security best practices Secrets management (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager) Compliance frameworks and audit requirements Network security and access controls Programming & Scripting Scripting Languages: Advanced proficiency in Python, Bash, PowerShell for automation and tooling Application Development Understanding: Experience with multiple programming languages and frameworks Database technologies and their operational requirements API design and microservices architecture principles Core Competencies Rapid Technology Adoption: Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and implement new cloud services, DevOps tools, and emerging technologies Complex Problem Resolution: Advanced troubleshooting skills drawing upon creativity, experience, and multiple information sources to resolve infrastructure and deployment challenges Technical Communication: Ability to communicate complex infrastructure concepts clearly to both technical teams and business stakeholders Database Operations: PostGres, Oracle, SQL Server. Experience with Database performance metrics, ing, environment provisioning, automated DB deployment pipelines Agile & Collaboration: Experience working in Agile environments with cross-functional teams, supporting continuous delivery practices Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below. Role Location: Remote - Canada Compensation Range: $104,000-$130,000 Benefits Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They and their dependents residing in Canada are eligible for Supplemental Healthcare coverage, as well as Company-paid Employee Only basic life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage. Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year). They and their dependents residing in Canada are eligible for Supplemental Healthcare coverage, as well as Company-paid Employee Only basic life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage. Part-time regular and temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year). All Canadian employees who work in a province, territory or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws. What We Believe We proudly embrace the values that have shaped UST since day one. We build our culture of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity. These values inspire us to nurture a people-first, human centric culture that fosters diversity, prioritizes sustainable solutions, and keeps our people and clients at the forefront of all decisions. Humility We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone. Humanity Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves. Integrity We honor our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships. An Equal Opportunity Workplace, Free of Discrimination and Harassment At UST, we strive to provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We are an equal opportunity employer and employment decisions are based on merit and business needs. Our Human Rights Policy further illustrates our stand on this. We are committed to following fair employment practices that provide equal opportunities to all employees. We do not discriminate or allow harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, military status, or any other legally protected status. At UST, we value diversity and believe that a diverse workplace builds a competitive advantage. Un lieu de travail à égalité des chances, sans Discrimination et harcèlement Chez UST, nous nous efforçons de fournir un environnement de travail exempt de discrimination et harcèlement. Nous sommes un employeur garantissant l'égalité des chances et des décisions en matière d'emploi sont basés sur le mérite et les besoins de l'entreprise. Notre politique en matière de droits de l'homme illustre notre position à ce sujet. Nous nous engageons à respecter un emploi équitable des pratiques qui offrent des chances égales à tous les employés. Nous ne faisons pas discriminer ou permettre le harcèlement sur la base de la race, de la couleur, de la religion, du handicap, genre, origine nationale, orientation sexuelle, identité de genre, expression de genre, âge, informations génétiques, statut militaire ou tout autre statut légalement protégé. Chez UST, nous valorisons la diversité et pensons qu'un lieu de travail diversifié crée un avantage compétitif. UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance. At UST, we use AI technology in our hiring process to verify candidate identity and ensure assessment integrity. This includes confirming that candidates complete interviews and assessments independently, without unauthorized assistance. By applying, you consent to this process. If you require accommodations, please contact USCareers@ust.com . Accommodation Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process. If you require accommodations at any point during the recruitment process, please let a member of our recruiting team know. #UST Skills AWS, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD