Infrastructure Manager – Data Center & Disaster Recovery - State National

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About the role

The Senior Azure Data Engineer creates the overall structure and workflow of a software solution and is responsible for leading and/or handling the development of one to multiple components. The Senior Azure Data Engineer will work with an Architect and Manager to build the appropriate solution to support the application. The Senior Azure Data Engineer works in an Agile team in a multi-technology environment and contributes to the development, maintenance, and enhancement of business applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines using Azure Data Factory.
• Build and optimize data solutions using Azure SQL / SQL Server and related Azure data services.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for data engineering workloads using Azure DevOps or similar tools.
• Perform data modeling to support analytics, reporting, and downstream consumption.
• Ensure data quality, performance, scalability, and reliability across pipelines.
• Collaborate with architects, analysts, and application teams to integrate data solutions.
• Support deployments, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support activities.
• Follow enterprise security, governance, and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with Business Stakeholders, Business Analysts and other IT groups to help define and recommend software solutions that are scalable, maintainable and efficient to achieve/exceed the expectations of the business unit.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory.
• Solid experience with SQL and relational databases (Azure SQL / SQL Server).
• Experience working in Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying CI/CD pipelines for data workflows.
• Strong understanding of data modeling concepts (dimensional and relational).
• Experience with version control and Agile delivery practices.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Strong organization/time management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to grasp and apply new information quickly.
• Ability to work/motivate team members as well as being able to work independently.
• Shows flexibility and attention to details.
• Strong desire for continuous improvement.
• Ability to handle ever-increasing responsibility and assignments with growing complexity.
• Shows initiative on assignments, and professionally executes projects with little direction.
• Ability to be creative and innovative.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Well-organized, disciplined work habits.
• Ability to manage and complete multiple, concurrent tasks.
• Availability to occasionally work late evening and weekends as needed.

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to other Azure data services (Synapse, Databricks, Data Lake).
• Experience with stream data using Azure Event Hubs.
• Experience supporting analytics or reporting platforms and building dashboards using PowerBI.
• Familiarity with data governance and data quality frameworks.

Qualifications

• College degree preferred, high school diploma required.
• 3+ years of experience using the tools listed above.
• US Work Authorization required. Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.

About Us

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

Benefits

In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work. We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life.

• Multiple health, dental, and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match contributions.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• PTO, corporate holidays, and floating holidays.
• Parental leave.

Schedule

Markel offers hybrid working schedules of 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.