Inspira Financial, a company providing health, wealth, retirement, and benefits solutions, is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer II to extend, maintain, and develop pipelines for their Inspira IRA Platform. This is a crucial role focused on ensuring continuous, secure, and compliant software delivery leveraging Azure DevOps and modern automation tools.

This is a Full-time, Remote position available across numerous US states. Employees within a 90-minute radius of the Oak Brook, IL headquarters are required to adhere to an in-office work guideline of 4 days per month minimum. The pay range is $91,000 – $111,000 per year.

Job Summary and Azure DevOps Mandate

You will play a crucial role in the successful implementation of complex technical initiatives, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring alignment with business goals. The primary technical focus is on continuous delivery and monitoring within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, utilizing Configuration as Code principles.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Pipeline Design: Design, implement, maintain, and monitor DevOps pipelines leveraging Cloud engineering automation tools to ensure smooth and efficient operation.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure software deployment and management are secure, reliable, and compliant with industry standards and best practices.
• Azure Expertise: Demonstrate expertise in configuring, testing, and delivering core systems on Azure, ensuring they meet performance and reliability standards.
• Configuration as Code: Deliver configuration as code for reproducibility and scalability.
• Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues proactively on Azure, ensuring minimal downtime.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement improvements to enhance the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Documentation & Collaboration: Document application releases comprehensively and collaborate with clients and delivery teams to influence technical decisions.

Preferred Qualifications and Technical Expertise

The ideal candidate has strong, hands-on experience across the modern Azure DevOps and containerization stack, with a focus on automation and compliance.

• Experience (Mandatory):
  • 3-5+ years of experience as a DevOps engineer or related role, with a focus on Azure environments.
  • Experience with databases, secrets, and storage services, and other cloud engineering automation tools.
• Core Technical Stack:
  • Strong experience with Azure cloud platforms, ADO pipelines, Flux CD, Helm, Kubernetes (AKS), Docker, Terraform, and Ansible.
  • Proficiency with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes (AKS).
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Data Dog, and Application Insights.
• Soft Skills: Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills; excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to drive continuous improvement; and professional, empathetic client interactions.