Verisk · 23 hours ago
Principal DevOps Engineer
Boston, MA, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $175K/yr
10+ years expVerisk is a leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry. They are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead DevOps and SRE initiatives for their multi-tenant SaaS platform, focusing on designing engineering standards and automation for product teams.
FinanceBig DataHealthcareProperty & Casualty InsuranceInformation TechnologyMarketingAnalyticsFinancial ServicesHealth CareInformation ServicesInsurancePublic RelationsRisk Management
Responsibilities
Design and evolve a modern DevOps platform that enables engineering teams to own their build, test, and deployment workflows end‑to‑end
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar) for microservices, data workloads, and batch jobs, emphasizing self‑service and repeatability
Define and enforce repository and branching standards, code quality practices, and automation patterns across engineering teams
Architect and implement infrastructure‑as‑code using AWS CDK and Terraform for consistent, auditable environment provisioning
Partner with production/IT operations teams by giving them robust, automated deployment workflows and infrastructure patterns rather than directly running production
Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to set technical direction and make key platform decisions around resiliency, security, and scalability
Drive best practices around observability and reliability (dashboards, alerts, logs, traces) so production teams have the insight they need to operate services
Produce clear documentation, reference implementations, and templates that help teams adopt common patterns quickly
Mentor and coach engineers (indirectly, no direct reports) by pairing, code reviews, and design reviews, raising the overall DevOps maturity across squads
Qualification
Required
10+ years in DevOps or Platform Engineering, including 5+ years in a senior or lead role
3+ years designing and operating solutions on AWS cloud services and architecture
Strong software engineering background with 5+ years of hands‑on development experience in Python, Java, or a similar language
Proven experience architecting, building, and deploying microservices in distributed, production environments
2+ years of hands‑on experience with GitHub Enterprise (including Actions and branch rulesets)
Experience designing and evolving microservices architectures for independent deployability and scalability
Strong architecture experience designing large‑scale CI/CD and release engineering infrastructure
Demonstrated experience establishing and enforcing repository standards, naming conventions, and governance policies at scale
Expert‑level proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure‑as‑code at scale
Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration
Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide technical leadership and collaborate effectively across functions
Preferred
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect certification
Experience with developer platform tools like Backstage for service catalogs
Experience with Azure DevOps for work management
Experience implementing DORA metrics and DevOps performance indicators
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
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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
Samantha Vaughan
VP Corp. Compliance Governance & CPO
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