Site Reliability Engineering – DevOps @DARWIN

Company:Mercer

Description:

Darwin™ is a market-leading and specialized global platform that requires specific training and accreditation for consultants to be proficient in delivering programs and projects. Darwin is changing Benefits for Good. Our unique and innovative SaaS (Software as a Service) platform has transformed the employee benefits industry.

We are fast-paced, ambitious, people-focused and on a journey to innovate and develop products that truly impact people’s lives and the market in which we operate.

We are passionately committed to going the extra mile for our clients, partners, and people. Our values to ‘be brilliant together’ and to ‘challenge everything and deliver excellence’ are part of our unique culture. This is the glue that binds us. It is time for Darwin to continue its success. 

We truly believe that using our platform and products can impact and improve people’s lives.

Marsh McLennan Romania is seeking candidates for the following position based in the Cluj-Napoca office:

Site Reliability Engineering – DevOps

What can you expect?

• Looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our SaaS business that play a key role in managing code pipelines, implementing CI/CD processes, and automating code and infrastructure deployments in a busy Windows environment across both public and private clouds;

• Interact diverse colleagues and stakeholders from various line of business within MMC;

• Champion change management initiatives relevant to the environment supported;

What is in it for you?

• An opportunity to work in a fast-growing, innovative company with lots of room for progression and career growth

• A fail-friendly environment that encourages learning and initiative;

• A yearly budget and the opportunity to build your flexible benefits package (up to 20% of your annual salary)

• 30+ days off (25 legal days off, 1 extra day off on your birthday, public holiday replacement days, extra buy/sell from your benefits budget)

• Performance Bonus scheme

• Matching charity contributions, charity days off, and the Pay it Forward charity challenge

• Core benefits - Pension, Life and Medical Insurance, Meal Vouchers, Travel Insurance

• We champion flexible working, and our mission is to help you find YOUR work-life balance, whether that's standard working, flex-time working, or working from home

We will count on you to:

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable cloud infrastructure for a .NET platform on AWS and VMWare.

• Develop and automate deployment, configuration, and monitoring processes to streamline operations and improve efficiency.

• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues to ensure optimal reliability and performance of our applications.

• Partner with Cloud Security to implement and enforce security best practices to protect our cloud-based systems and data.

• Partner with wider technology team to manage pipeline gates

• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and procedures to ensure business continuity.

• Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies and best practices in cloud computing and site reliability engineering.

• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments.

What you need to have: 

• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps or software engineering role;

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Romanian and English;

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field;

• Good understanding of .Net, in particular C#;

• Proven experience with automation tooling such as Octopus, Jenkins, PowerShell, Ansible, or Chef;

• Familiarity with orchestration tooling such as Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, or AWS ECS;

• Strong proficiency in managing code pipelines and implementing CI/CD processes;

• Solid understanding of Windows Server operating systems and related technologies;

• Experience working with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform;

What makes you stand out?

• Experience with private cloud technologies such as VMware or OpenStack is a plus;

• Background in software development and operations, with expertise in automation tooling, orchestration tooling, and cloud technologies;

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to analyze complex issues and provide effective solutions

• Experience of working on and delivering multiple products;

• Ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical colleagues in a cross-functional environment;

• Strong self-starter and involved contributor

Here at Darwin, we do not just get the job done, we go the extra mile. We strive to achieve one extra degree in all we do. We can do this because we have amazing people who do awesome things.

Wherever we are in the world we inspire connections and take great care to make working at Darwin a rewarding and meaningful career experience.

Darwin, a part of Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB), is a community of 7,000 specialists in health, benefits, and employee wellbeing. With a global reach, we have the opportunity to impact millions of lives. We are proud to serve eight of the top ten technology companies, along with clients from various sectors. Over 4 million people already benefit from our platform.
 

Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer’s more than 20,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with more than 85,000 colleagues and annual revenue of over $23 billion. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit mercer.com. Follow Mercer on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

As a company, we are committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections, and professional development benefits of working together in the office. Our teams will jointly identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which the full team will be together in person. This unwavering policy is carefully crafted to enhance team unity, inspire creativity, foster meaningful interactions between our colleagues, and help build our culture and local communities.