Sr. DevOps Engineer

Verisk; Broadland; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Verisk Analytics, Inc. in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to shape the engineering platform behind our SaaS products.

You will design and own CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure with Terraform and AWS CDK, and enable product teams to deploy safely and autonomously. This hands-on senior IC role focuses on reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency, with responsibilities spanning observability, incident response, and multi-region design, while mentoring engineers and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, platform engineering or SRE roles with deep AWS expertise.
• Strong coding skills in Python, Go, JavaScript, or similar.
• Proven experience designing large-scale CI/CD and release engineering, including progressive delivery.
• Hands-on Terraform and/or AWS CDK at scale.
• Production experience with Docker and Amazon ECS or EKS.
• Experience supporting microservices in distributed production environments.
• Experience setting up repository standards, governance and security controls across teams.
• Strong observability and incident response experience.

Responsibilities

• Build the platform: Design and evolve a modern DevOps platform enabling end-to-end build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Own CI/CD: Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with advanced deployment strategies for microservices, data workloads, and batch jobs.
• Automate infrastructure: Provision auditable environments using Terraform and AWS CDK.
• Set standards: Define repository, branching, code quality and automation standards across teams.
• Design for resilience: Collaborate on scalability, high availability, disaster recovery and multi-region design.
• Drive observability: Lead monitoring, logging, tracing and alerting practices.
• Improve operations: Participate in incident response and post-incident reviews to improve the platform.
• Measure delivery: Introduce and track DORA metrics.
• Enable and mentor: Write docs and runbooks, mentor engineers through pairing and reviews.

Skills

DevOps experience

AWS expertise

Programming skills (Python/Go/JS)

CI/CD design and delivery

Cross-team collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

GitHub Actions

Docker

ECS/EKS

S3/Lambda/DynamoDB/RDS

Job description

If you're looking for a role where infrastructure and automation support technology with a clear real-world purpose, Verisk's Life, Health & Travel business offers exactly that. You'll help power solutions used to automate medical risk assessment across life, health, and travel insurance, with the opportunity to influence cloud engineering, reliability, automation, and delivery practices at scale. You'll have the technical ownership of a senior role while benefiting from the stability, international reach, and long-term career opportunities of Verisk.

We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to shape the engineering platform behind our SaaS products. You'll build the standards, automation and self-service tooling that let product teams build, test and deploy independently and safely.

This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role with real influence. Your work will directly improve how fast, reliably, securely and cost-effectively we deliver software.

#LI-SD2 #LI-Hybrid

Responsibilities

• Build the platform:Design and evolve a modern DevOps platform that enables engineering teams to own their build, test, and deployment workflows end-to-end.

• Own CI/CD:Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar) with advanced deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, progressive rollouts) for microservices, data workloads, and batch jobs, emphasizing self-service and repeatability.

• Automate infrastructure:Provision consistent, auditable environments using Terraform and AWS CDK.

• Set standards:Define repository, branching, code quality and automation standards across teams.

• Design for resilience:Partner with architects and developers on scalability, high availability, disaster recovery and multi-region design.

• Drive observability:Lead best practices for monitoring, logging, tracing and alerting.

• Improve operations:Take part in incident response and post-incident reviews and turn what you learn into platform improvements.

• Measure delivery:Introduce and track DORA metrics.

• Enable and mentor:Write clear documentation and runbooks, and coach engineers through pairing, code reviews and design reviews.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, platform engineering or SRE roles, with deep AWS expertise (IAM, VPC, EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, SQS, DynamoDB, RDS).

• Strong coding skills in Python, Go, JavaScript, or similar.

• Proven experience designing large-scale CI/CD and release engineering, including progressive delivery.

• Hands-on Terraform and/or AWS CDK at scale.

• Production experience with Docker and Amazon ECS or EKS.

• Experience supporting microservices in distributed production environments.

• A track record of setting up repository standards, governance and security controls across multiple teams.

• Solid experience with observability tooling and production incident response.

• Strong Linux, networking, and cloud security fundamentals.

• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to influence without authority.

Nice to have:

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.

• AWS DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect certification.

• Experience with Microsoft Azure.

• GitHub Enterprise governance experience.

• Multi-region, active-active and disaster recovery experience.

Our People, Our Culture

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.

Our Culture: Explore our inclusive, people-first culture that fosters innovation, collaboration, and belonging.

Awards & Recognition: See why Verisk is consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work around the world.

Our Businesses: Learn about the diverse industries we serve from insurance and energy to financial services and beyond.

Life at Verisk: Discover what it's like to work at Verisk through employee stories, team highlights, and culture moments.

Careers at Verisk: Join a global team of problem-solvers and innovators doing meaningful work that's shaping the future of industries. Whether you're just starting out or looking to take your career to the next level, Verisk offers growth, purpose, and a people-first culture

Let's build something meaningful together!

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.

At Verisk, we provide a competitive compensation package aligned with market benchmarks and individual experience, disclosed transparently in accordance with applicable pay transparency regulations. In addition to base salary, eligible roles may include a range of incentive opportunities designed based on market research and our internal grading structure.

Our benefits portfolio varies by location; however, a typical package includes medical coverage, life insurance, pension plans, and paid time off in line with local labor laws.

We also foster a work environment focused on well-being and career development. Additional perks may include wellness initiatives, fitness programs, and team-building activities.

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