DevOps Engineer II

$80000-$120000 / year 

Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solution are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships.

Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success.

Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.

We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.

 

JOB DESCRIPTION

Does being part of a top-tier DevOps team, and everything that comes with it, sound intriguing? As a team member embedded in an energetic DevOps agile team, you will help build out our continuous delivery infrastructure and processes for all our products utilizing state of the art technologies. You will be involved in the operational and security monitoring and care of the infrastructure and software platforms.

Our DevOps teams are tightly coupled and integrated with the culture, tools, practices, and patterns of the rest of our software engineering organization. They not only "keep the lights on" for our systems and networks, but also empower our other development teams with cutting edge tools and capabilities to bring Vertafore products to market as quickly as possible. All of this will be accomplished with cutting edge, lean-agile, software development methodologies. Our culture fosters collaboration, innovation, integrity, mentorship, commitment to success and FUN. Our managers are dedicated to growing their people and offering an opportunity that allows you to make impact in your career.

 

Core Requirements and Responsibilities:

Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:

· Support large-scale web applications in a cloud environment

· Develop a strong automation practice to drive efficiencies in infrastructure, DevOps and application deployments

· Provide support in upgrading DevOps infrastructure for existing products and greenfield development

· Coordinate with software development teams in developing and implementing software applications

· Assist Managers in analyzing project requirements and project design

· Collaborate with peer organizations to develop software applications 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience performing support and administrative tasks within Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, OpenStack, or other cloud infrastructure technologies

· Experience with setting up and maintaining modern container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes

· Experience with the management and configuration of Windows and/or Linux operating systems

· The ability to work independently, as part of a team, or in coordination with multiple teams working towards simultaneous parallel or independent objectives

Desired Qualifications:

We need DevOps software engineers that:

o Have some knowledge of Cloud (AWS, Azure or Google) technologies and some knowledge of CICD Pipeline Technologies (GitLab, Azure DevOps, Ansible, Docker, Puppet, Chef or Jenkins)

o Have some experience with modern scripting languages such as Python, Powershell or bash

o Comfortable working in both Linux and Windows operating system environments

o Understand relational and NoSQL databases

o Are eager to dive in and learn, with a willingness to be coached

o Enjoy solving problems as part of a team

We love DevOps engineers that:

o Have a strong sense of ownership

o Strong diagnostic and analytical skills

o Follow industry trends and the open-source community

o Care about quality and know what it means to ship high quality code and infrastructure

o Are curious and avid learners

o Communicate clearly to explain and defend design decisions

o Are self-motivated and excellent problem-solvers

o Inspire others to raise the bar for everyone around them

o Love to collaborate with their peers, designing pragmatic solutions

o Operate best in a fast-paced, flexible work environment

We really like it when they:

o Are familiar with Kubernetes and microservices

o Have experience working in an Agile environment

o Have degree in Computer Science or similar valuable experience

o Have previous experience with web application development

 

Additional Requirements and Details:

· Travel required up to 10% of the time

· Located and working from an office location

· Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds

· Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer

· Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.)

· Frequent sitting and/or standing

 

The Vertafore Way

Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those relationships stronger. That's why, at Vertafore, it's our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers, becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all about.

· Bias to Action: We're united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.

· Win Together: We work together as one team, showing empathy and respect along the way.

· Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.

· Say It, Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.

· Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.

· We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.

Vertafore is a Flexible First working environment which allows team members to work from home as often as you’d like, while using our offices as a place for collaboration, community, and teambuilding. There are times you may be asked to come into an office and/or travel for specific meetings for a specific business purpose and this varies by job responsibilities.