DevOps Engineer I

$63,000 / year

The insurance industry runs on Vertafore. We equip agencies, MGAs, and carriers with the core digital systems, specialized AI, and data-driven foundation to eliminate distribution drag across the insurance lifecycle, spanning sales, servicing, and back-office operations. 

Underpinned by unmatched speed and performance power, we are the trusted backbone that’s taking the insurance industry from friction to flow with Distribution Velocity – speed, performance, and trust - to drive growth at scale. 

With over 95% of the top agencies and insurers and 50% of industry compliance transactions running through Vertafore, we lead at the intersection of innovation and trust, giving insurance professionals the confidence to transform and win in the AI era. 

Our reach is global, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado, and offices across the U.S., Canada, and India. 

Our Dev/Ops 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. We aspire to and maintain a very strong focus on the "Development" side of Dev/Ops practices, while applying and maintaining quality Operational delivery for our customers and development teams.

Core Responsibilities:

· Support large-scale web applications in a cloud environment.

· Develop a strong automation practice to drive efficiencies in infrastructure, Dev/Ops and application deployments.

· Provide support in upgrading Dev/Ops 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 deliver software applications.

 Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

· Eager to dive in and learn, with a willingness to be coached.

· Follow industry trends and the open-source community.

· Enjoy solving problems as part of a team.

· Have a strong sense of ownership.

· Strong diagnostic and analytical skills.

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

· Curious and avid learner.

· Communicate clearly to explain and defend design decisions.

· Inspire others to raise the bar for everyone around them.

· Love to collaborate with their peers, designing pragmatic solutions.

· Operate best in a fast-paced, flexible work environment.

· Work independently and as part of a team working towards simultaneous parallel or independent objectives.

Core Requirements:

· Experience working in a Dev/Ops, software development, or closely related role preferred.

· Experience with Linux server operating systems preferred.

· Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash).

· Knowledge of cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

· Knowledge of infrastructure provisioning tools (e.g., Terraform or similar).

· Knowledge of a configuration management tool (e.g., Chef, Ansible, Puppet or similar).

· Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Bamboo, Jenkins, GitLab, TFS, etc.).

· Knowledge of containerization and application servers (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, WebLogic, Tomcat, etc.).

Additional Requirements and Details:

• Available on-call and able to work outside of standard business hours to meet critical business needs

• Travel required up to 5% of the time

• Located and working from an office location when required

• Ability to work remote with a stable internet connection on an as needed basis

• 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

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Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings.

The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship. 

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