Senior Platform Engineer

Verisk Analytics, Inc.; Málaga; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Verisk Analytics, Inc. is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to build and evolve scalable platform infrastructure.

You will craft IaC patterns with Terraform/OpenTofu, automate with Ansible, and shape cloud and Kubernetes platforms in production to improve developer productivity and reliability. You will lead CI/CD standardization, automate delivery processes, and promote engineering standards across teams, while supporting AI governance and observability initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or a similar role.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or OpenTofu, Ansible, AWS, and Kubernetes.
• Experience supporting and operating business-critical production environments.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and engineering automation.
• Experience improving developer productivity through platform tooling and reusable engineering patterns.
• Knowledge of infrastructure standards, security controls, governance practices, and operational excellence.
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills across infrastructure, applications, and configurations.
• Automation-first approach with a continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code patterns using Terraform and OpenTofu.
• Develop automation solutions with Ansible to improve operational efficiency and consistency.
• Design, implement, and support AWS cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms running in production.
• Standardize CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, quality controls, and delivery best practices.
• Enhance developer experience through automation, self‑service capabilities, documentation, and platform tooling.
• Define and promote engineering standards across infrastructure, security, governance, Kubernetes, and delivery practices.
• Support the responsible adoption of AI technologies, including governance, integrations, observability, and cost management.
• Improve monitoring, observability, alerting, and operational visibility across critical platforms.
• Provide advanced technical support for platform and production‑related issues.
• Investigate and resolve complex infrastructure, deployment, and application challenges.
• Mentor engineers and contribute technical leadership across teams.

Skills

5+ years of Platform Engineering/DevOs

Troubleshooting

Automation mindset

DevOps practices

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

Ansible

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description

At Verisk, we help the world's leading businesses make better decisions through data, analytics, technology, and expertise. Across insurance, energy, and financial services, our solutions help customers manage risk, improve performance, and navigate an increasingly complex world.

Within Verisk Specialty Business Solutions (VSBS), you'll join a technology-driven team delivering market-leading software solutions that support insurers, brokers, and specialty insurance organizations worldwide. Our platforms are trusted by some of the most recognized names in the insurance industry, making reliability, scalability, and innovation critical to everything we do.

We're looking for a Senior Platform Engineer who is passionate about building the foundations that enable engineering teams to deliver faster, safer, and more efficiently. This is an opportunity to have a direct impact on platform strategy, developer experience, automation, cloud infrastructure, and emerging AI capabilities across our organization.

If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges, creating reusable solutions, and influencing how modern engineering teams operate at scale, we'd love to hear from you.

Why join Verisk

This is more than a platform engineering role. You'll help define how engineering teams build, deploy, operate, and scale solutions used across a global organization.

In Return, You'll Benefit From

• Meaningful ownership of strategic platform and automation initiatives
• The opportunity to influence engineering standards and best practices across multiple teams
• Hands‑on involvement in cloud, Kubernetes, developer experience, and AI enablement initiatives
• A collaborative culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and technical excellence
• The stability and scale of a global technology leader combined with the impact and visibility of a specialized business unit
• Opportunities for long‑term career growth and professional development

If you're excited about building reliable platforms, enabling engineering excellence, and helping shape the future of AI-enabled software delivery, we'd love to hear from you.

Verisk is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

We value inclusion, diversity of thought, and creating an environment where everyone can thrive.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping and evolving the engineering platforms used across our technology teams.

You Will

• Build and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code patterns using Terraform and OpenTofu
• Develop automation solutions with Ansible to improve operational efficiency and consistency
• Design, implement, and support AWS cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms running in production
• Standardize CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, quality controls, and delivery best practices
• Enhance developer experience through automation, self‑service capabilities, documentation, and platform tooling
• Define and promote engineering standards across infrastructure, security, governance, Kubernetes, and delivery practices
• Support the responsible adoption of AI technologies, including governance, integrations, observability, and cost management
• Improve monitoring, observability, alerting, and operational visibility across critical platforms
• Provide advanced technical support for platform and production‑related issues
• Investigate and resolve complex infrastructure, deployment, and application challenges
• Mentor engineers and contribute technical leadership across teams

Qualifications

We're interested in engineers who combine strong technical expertise with a practical, problem‑solving mindset.

You’ll Likely Bring

• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or a similar role
• Strong hands‑on experience with Terraform or OpenTofu, Ansible, AWS, and Kubernetes
• Experience supporting and operating business‑critical production environments
• A strong understanding of CI/CD principles and engineering automation
• Experience improving developer productivity through platform tooling and reusable engineering patterns
• Knowledge of infrastructure standards, security controls, governance practices, and operational excellence
• Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic skills across infrastructure, applications, and configurations
• The ability to understand and navigate application code when investigating platform‑related issues
• An automation‑first approach with a continuous improvement mindset

Nice To Have

• Experience with Amazon EKS
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, pipelines, permissions, and integrations
• Exposure to .NET‑based applications and environments
• Experience with AI platforms, LLM gateways, AI governance, FinOps, or AI observability
• Technical mentoring, coaching, or leadership experience

About Us

For more than 50 years, Verisk has helped property and casualty insurers make smarter decisions about risk through AI‑powered risk modeling, advanced analytics, and technology solutions spanning the entire policy lifecycle. We are a leading strategic data, analytics, and technology partner to the global insurance industry, guided by core values of learning, caring, and results while maintaining the highest ethical standards as stewards of the industry's most comprehensive datasets. Learn more about Verisk and what we are doing within the insurance industry.

For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, the fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and the second consecutive year in Poland. In addition, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best‑Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.

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Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, age or disability. Verisk’s minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law.

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