Hybrid Senior DevOps Engineer

at Verisk

• Job title: Senior DevOps Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Chef, Cloud, Docker, EC2, Linux, Maven, Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Kathmandu, Nepal

About the role

• Senior DevOps Engineer I enhancing application infrastructure for global insurance partner Verisk. Ensuring production stability, security and collaborating with Agile teams in development processes.

Responsibilities

• Enhance the dynamic infrastructure our applications run on
• Ensure stability, consistency, and security of our Production systems
• Administer and build development Continuous Integration pipelines of moderate complexity
• Setup build plans, assist developers with failures and manage software configurations
• Ensure end-to-end deployments succeed and AWS resources come up in an automated fashion
• Provide input on Cloud environment setup and implementation plan
• Support developers with server troubleshooting and application errors due to environmental issues
• Debug Production Outages and take actions resulting from root cause analysis
• Monitor Production Environment and take action to keep systems stable and running
• Implement Production Migrations (off-hours) and provide off-hour support when needed to troubleshoot problems with mission-critical applications
• Support developers with dev tools setup to enable application development, such as Git repositories or Monitoring tool configuration
• Coordinate and collaborate extensively with Agile Development Teams to ensure teams adhere to CICD guidelines in following DevOps processes
• Recommend and implement automated means that will improve the performance and reliability of the system including scripting, integration, problem resolution, and configuration management
• Proactively seek out and minimize pain points
• Keep up-to-date with the latest technologies and introduce them as needed
• Create next-gen solutions for unique and challenging use cases

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field required.
• 6+ years of proven experience with Linux Administration, Windows Administration, and IIS Management. Deep understanding of IIS concepts and settings.
• 3+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) – EC2, S3, Cloud Formation
• Moderately experienced in: Bash, Chef, Powershell, Python, XML, Web concepts such as REST APIs and SPA, HTTP Get and Post
• Skilled with Development tools and methodologies, such as XML config files, Rest API calls, HTTP Headers and Response Codes
• Proven experience and understanding with Continuous Integration/Deployment Technologies: Atlassian Bamboo, Octopus Deploy, MSBuild, NUnit, GIT, Maven, Docker.
• Must have passion for technology and focused on automation.
• Good communication skills (written and verbal)
• Preferably certified in AWS skills

Benefits

• Professional development and tuition benefits
• Supportive, flexible workplace culture