Job Description

Prudentials Global Technology team is the spark that ignites the power of Prudential for our customers and employees worldwide. Our organization plays a critical and highly visible role in delivering customer-driven solutions across every area of the company. The Global Technology team is made up of diverse, agile-thinking, and highly-skilled professionals; we use our combined capabilities to enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency.

The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA. When you join the Global Technology organization at Prudential, youll unlock a challenging and impactful career all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the worlds leading financial services institutions.

The CTO organization within Global Technology is seeking a Senior Level Linux DevOps Automation SRE (Site Reliability Engineer). This exciting position will offer a qualified candidate the opportunity to be a part of a newly formed Server OS Practice. It will give the individual an opportunity to work with a team of engineers who are intrigued by how things work and are constantly looking to make things better. We are looking for someone who is self-motivated, has passion for technology, and a desire to provide outstanding customer service.

A successful candidate will utilize technology to automate manual tasks, engineer solutions, and optimize outcomes. They will have the insight to recognize inefficient processes and the technical ability to implement new and fresh solutions. They will be SMEs, serving as an escalation point for challenging operational issues that cannot be solved by junior members of the team.

The top technical skills for this role include advanced Linux implementation experience, a high proficiency in scripting languages, and an ability to create and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

The successful candidate must be able to:

* Install, configure, build, implement, and secure Linux base products in an automated fashion.

* Automate processes/code in BASH, Python, Ruby, Go, node.js, JavaScript, or another modern language.

* Leverage configuration and image management tools such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Packer, or something comparable to perform automated lifecycle management of a large Linux server farm.

* Create and deliver Infrastructure as Code (IaC) through a CICD pipeline utilizing DevOps tools such as Terraform, Jenkins, Pylint, or comparable toolsets.

* Consume source code repositories such as Bitbucket, GitHub, Artifactory, or comparable toolsets.

* Leverage enterprise toolsets such as Splunk to search, analyze, visualize, report, and proactively alert on machine generated data to achieve operational excellence.

* Troubleshoot Linux issues and application related issues.

* Successfully collaborate across various technology disciplines.

* Work in an Agile Development Framework

* Help evangelize IT best practices and trends including TechOps, Automation, DevOps, etc.

* Familiarity with container platforms such as Google Anthos or Mesosphere a plus.

* ServiceNow development experience a plus. Public Cloud Experience (AWS or Azure) a plus.

The qualifications include:

* Minimum 5 years related current experience.

* An ability to work with ambiguous and abstract concepts, as the candidate will often have to resolve complex customer inquiries.

* Innovation skills and vision.

* Possesses and can further cultivate diversity of thought.

* Ability to process new concepts and technologies quickly, has an appetite for learning.

* A problem-solving mindset, someone with the skills and attributes to find the most appropriate solution that will bring about the desired change/outcome.

* Strong written and verbal communication skills.

* Ability to multi-task and flex when priorities change.

* An ability to influence through teamwork and collaboration.

* A passion to provide world class customer service.

* Ability to provide 7x24x365 on call support.

* Bachelors degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or related technical field.
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Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

Note that this posting is intended for individual applicants. Search firms or agencies should email Staffing at staffingagencies@prudential.com for more information about doing business with Prudential.

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