Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance

Who are we?

A strategic and trusted insurance partner, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), provides a broad range of commercial property, casualty and specialty insurance coverages and outstanding service to customers and brokers around the world. Part of Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance operations, we bring our solutions to market with our stellar brand name, top-rated balance sheet and the expertise of our global team of professionals, who exude excellent capabilities and strong character.

We are a values-based organization where respect, integrity, excellence, collaboration, and passion define who we are and how we do business. We value diversity of backgrounds, experience and perspectives and strive to foster an inclusive environment that enables all our team members to bring their best selves to work. We are one team committed to building a culture where every teammate has the opportunity to contribute and be recognized. Want to be part of the team building the finest property, casualty, and specialty lines insurance company in the world?

Learn more about our unique culture and history. 

Job Opportunity: 

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has an exciting opportunity for a DevOps /Release Engineer to join its Information Technology team in Boston, MA. BHSI is leveraging Duck Creek Claims platform for Claims processing and is looking to implement various solutions to support our Global Claims operational needs. We are looking for a DevOps Engineer who is experienced in the software development lifecycle (Iterative as well as Agile) and has a clear understanding of various Build/Deploy automation tools including developing deployment pipelines (CI/CD pipelines). This person would work with developers and the IT staff to oversee code release and branching strategies, combining an understanding of both engineering and coding. Someone with experience in deployments and who can support our Claims system in a SaaS environment, lift & shift migrations, GIT branching and deployments using innovative SaaS solutions. 

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Experience in working on version control systems like GitHub, Azure DevOps Server (formerly known as Visual Studio Team Services VSTS) and other command-line applications.
• Managing application software codebase including branching, merging and versioning.
• Good understanding in DevOps migration/automation processes and scripting to build and deploy packages.
• Hands-on with Configuration management using Octopus and maintaining environment variables, CI/CD build pipelines and deployment related files.
• Configuring Octopus Deploy as a common build engine to build and deploy applications to dev, QA, UAT and Prod environments.
• Working closely with developers to pinpoint and provide early warnings of common build failures.
• Experience in waterfall, SDLC, agile, and homegrown methodologies.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Computer Science degree or relevant experience.
• 2+ years of industry experience in DevOps activities.
• Extensive hands-on experience with version control systems and scripting language(s).
• Hands-on experience with GIT deploy and branching is a plus.
• Experience in deploying applications in a SaaS environment is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with Octopus Deploy is a plus.
• Experience and knowledge of software development life cycle.
• Experience with .Net Solutions and SQL and relational database design.
• Experience with systems integrations.
• Experience with Claims and Policy systems (Duck Creek, Guidewire etc.) is a plus.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

BHSI Offers:

• A competitive package and exciting growth opportunities for career-oriented teammates
• A dynamic, action oriented and thoughtful environment centered on always doing the right thing for our customers, teammates, and our other stakeholders.
• A purposely non-bureaucratic organization that embraces simplicity over complexity and emphasizes individual excellence in a team framework

NOTE: Compensation will be commensurate with experience. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Team Member may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.