Verisk · 2 days ago
AVP of Technology
Jersey City, NJ, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $225K/yr
9+ years expVerisk is a leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry, empowering businesses to make better decisions on risk. The AVP of Technology will lead various aspects of the technology organization, collaborating closely with other technology leaders to set standards and ensure efficient operations across teams.
AnalyticsFinancial ServicesHealth CareInformation ServicesInsurancePublic RelationsRisk Management
Responsibilities
Work closely with CTO to understand his technical direction and decisions, instruct and assist developers with them and how to implement
Build and oversee Shared Service DevOps Team, that supports all systems under CTO, including Gateway, BINS, Datahub and more
Cost Management - work with VP of DevOps to manage Cloud Spend. Identify and implement opportunities for AWS Cost Savings. Report on current spend and explain cost spikes. Manage and request Reserved instance purchases and renewals. Use tools like Kubecost, Kubex and AWS CUR to analyze and optimize container (EKS) spend. Manage cost and usage of 3rd party tools such as New Relic, Octopus, PagerDuty and more. Manage usage to stay within licenses limits and ensure that costs are kept under control
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field required
9+ years of proven experience of technical experience in any hands on role, such as Developer, Quality Assurance, Architect, DevOps or Technical Manager
5+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) – EC2, S3, CloudFormation, CLI, Lambda, SQS, DynamoDb
Mastery of multiple monitoring tools and how to mine them for advanced data
Experienced with new automation tools and how to introduce them into our environment in a non-disruptive manner
Expert in: Bash, Powershell, Python, XML, Web concepts such as REST APIs and SPA, HTTP Get and Post
Demonstrated mastery of Development tools and methodologies, such as Firewall concepts, network connectivity, XML config files, Rest API calls, HTTP Headers and Response Codes
Superior experience (and demonstrated ability to assist others) with Continuous Integration/Deployment Technologies: Atlassian Bamboo, Octopus Deploy, MSBuild, NUnit, GIT, Maven, Docker
Must have passion for technology and focused on automation
Quick learner and excellent teacher. Can provide oversight and guidance to other team members and work independently to come up with well architected solutions to system problems
Benefits
Health Insurance
A Retirement Plan
Disability benefits
A Paid Time Off program
Company
Verisk
Verisk Analytics is a data analytics and risk assessment firm for the insurance sector.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.4B2025-08-07Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2024-05-21Post Ipo Debt· $400M
2023-03-03Post Ipo Debt· $500M
Leadership Team
Lee Shavel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Eli Schwarz
Chief Strategy Officer @ Verisk Marketing Solutions
Recent News
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