Senior DevOps Engineer

Verisk is seeking an engineer to help adhere to best practices in the cloud. In this role, you'll learn and apply knowledge of Cloud-specific technologies and services and be part of the team leading the design and implementation of Verisk’s Cloud Strategy.

The day-to-day responsibilities of this role include:

• Deploying applications in an automated fashion by creating and managing CI/CD pipelines 
• Developing and maintaining infrastructure as code
• Designing highly available and cost-effective architectures
• Monitoring, alerting, and supporting production environments to keep systems stable and running
• Providing off-hour support when needed to troubleshoot problems with mission-critical applications and take actions resulting from root cause analysis 
• Engaging with multiple business units to prototype new ideas and new technologies and help create solutions to drive the next wave of innovation.
• Recommending solutions that align with the business needs and requirements 
• Providing configuration recommendations and assistance 
• Assisting in the development of detailed project specifications and implementation plans
• Contributing work to central cloud architecture team to benefit Verisk as a whole 

• Experience with building large-scale enterprise architecture solutions, including security concerns, high availability methods, multiple platforms, hardware considerations, network design, monitoring solutions, virtualization, performance, capacity planning, and information management practices 
• Experience with AWS and cloud architecture 
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, New Relic, etc.
• Familiarity with splunk
• Experience with containers and tools such as docker and kubernetes
• Knowledge of development methodologies and experience with Python development
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools and methodologies, CloudFormation, CDK or Terraform
• Experience with CI/CD and configuration management tools and technologies, including Azure DevOps, TeamCity, chef, jenkins etc. 
• Creative and innovative approach to problem solving and passion for continuous improvement
• Experience with agile processes (Kanban / Scrum) including familiarity with JIRA
• BA or BS degree 
• Amazon Certified SysOps Administrator or Solutions Architect, Associate or higher is a plus 

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