Visionary DevOps Engineer for historical transformation program

Do you want to be a part og a historical transformation program and creation of a future DevOps function?

Topdanmark is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join the DevOps team on the largest transformation program in the history of Topdanmark. We are transforming our current core policy systems to the standard policy platform – Guidewire. You will be a key player in the design and implementation of the future DevOps team of the area. Guidewire has also been identified as a strategic policy administration platform by iF insurance – the new owner of Topdanmark.

We need a person who wants to perform in the daily tasks of the team, and at the same master to think holistically and long-term in optimizing and automating the DevOps processes.

You will become part of one of Denmark's largest insurance companies. Our mission is to help our customers – this is what we do every day, and it is what binds us together. We have an inclusive culture that focuses on employee engagement and health, and where we dare to be braver together.

About the job

You will join the current DevOps team alongside 2 other Topdanmark colleagues and 6 external consultants. The team has the following responsibilities:

1. Development and maintenance of CI/CD of program applications. We create Jenkins pipelines to support CI/CD which includes automated deployments to environments. We mainly work with the following type of applications:
   1. AWS Java and Node.js applications – AWS CloudFormation (IaC)
   2. Docker-based Java and React applications hosted on Kubernetes Clusters
   3. Guidewire applications
2. Operations – maintenance of environments and deployments
   1. Troubleshooting errors that occur on environments, it includes integration errors (WSO2, Ceptor).
   2. Support deployments of applications to test environments. Handling production deployments.
   3. Creating new environments of NytLand applications.
3. Maintenance and development of infrastructure applications, such as Proxies (AWS, Node.js).

To sum up, the tools, technologies, and programming languages that we are using are: Jenkins, Kibana, WSO2, Docker, Groovy, Java, Bash, CloudFormation (AWS), JavaScript, Node.js, Kubernetes.

At the end of Q3 2025 Topdanmark needs to be independent of the external consultants and an internal DevOps function needs to be in place. You will be an essential part of establishing this function.

About you

• You have been working as a DevOps engineer for minimum 3 years. Before that you were working as a developer on a decentral/cloud platform
• You are visionary and have a clear opinion on what a sound DevOps architecture looks like
• You are a team player who can balance the short and long-term trade-offs of a big program

Your new department

You will be part of the Policy Platforms area, which is responsible for all the core policy systems in Topdanmark. Here, we are nearly 100 skilled developers, business developers, and architects. Our mindset is agile, which is reflected in various working methods (Kanban and Scrum). The working model is a hybrid workplace with a minimum of 2 fixed days in the office.

What do you get at Topdanmark?

• Very skilled, dedicated, and helpful colleagues
• An exciting everyday work life where you can grow with the tasks and have wide latitude for methods and the development of your role
• Great opportunities to organize work tasks together with your colleagues in the team.
• Focus on delivering solutions that benefit the customer experience
• Excellent opportunities for competency development through participation in courses, certifications, knowledge sharing, and sparring
• A superb social work environment with a Friday bar and a range of sports and interest clubs.

Are you interested?

Please send your CV via our website no later than November 24th, 2024. You do not need to attach a motivational application but please write a few lines about why you want the job as part of your CV.

At Topdanmark, we are committed to creating a workplace with equal opportunities for all and we encourage everyone regardless of gender, background, age, or disability to apply for the position. We also encourage you to refrain from including a photo in your CV.

Please note that we process applications continuously and will close the process when we have found the right candidate.

If you have any questions, you are very welcome to contact Head of Policy - Guidewire Lasse Hauris Hyldal at email: [email protected] or mobile: 30694659.

We look forward to hearing from you.

A technological workplace in constant development
As a tech-profile in Topdanmark, you will be part of a workplace consisting of 400 talented colleagues in your own field. All have the courage to go in new directions. We are in front when it comes to technological choices and domains. You will have great influence with regards to solutions, sparring with capable specialists - all in all, a job with meaning. Unlike most large companies, technology and IT is not something we outsource. It’s a focal point within our company.

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