Site Reliability Engineer III

Site Reliability Engineer III

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As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you’ll bridge the gap between software development and operations, applying software engineering principles to infrastructure and operations problems. You’ll help design, build, and maintain the systems that keep our services reliable and scalable while working closely with development teams to improve application performance and resilience.

• Design, implement, and maintain reliable infrastructure systems with a focus on security, scalability, reliability, and automation using tools like Terraform or Cloud Formation
• Build and maintain scalable and resilient production systems with a focus on automation
• Develop and implement monitoring solutions to ensure system health, performance, and availability
• Lead incident response, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative measures
• Track SLOs and SLAs to measure and improve service reliability and error budgets to drive reliability improvements
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid and reliable software delivery
• Partner with development teams to improve application performance, resilience, and scalability
• Contribute to capacity planning and performance optimization initiatives
• Participate in an on‑call rotation to support production systems
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the growth of the team
• Develop and evolve security monitoring, alerting, and incident response frameworks

• 10+ years of experience in SRE, Dev Ops, or similar roles
• Expertise in incident management, disaster recovery, and building resilience engineering frameworks
• Strong programming skills in at least one language such as Java or Python
• Extensive experience with Linux/Unix systems administration
• Hands‑on experience with serverless (Lambda) and containerization technologies (Docker)
• Experience implementing and managing cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure Dev Ops)
• Advanced understanding of networking concepts, load balancing, security best practices, and CDN technologies
• Strong experience with observability systems such as Dynatrace
• Knowledge of database technologies and their performance characteristics
• Demonstrated experience leading incident response and post‑mortem analysis
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience
• Deep knowledge of infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Terraform, Cloud Formation)
• Mastery of CI/CD pipeline design and implementation (Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Azure Dev Ops)
• Experience building and maintaining comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems
• Experience managing high‑traffic, mission‑critical production environments
• Strong background in capacity planning and performance optimization
• Proven ability to mentor junior SREs and elevate team capabilities
• Experience driving cross‑team initiatives to improve reliability practices
• Track record of successfully advocating for and implementing architectural improvements
• Strong incident management skills, including crisis communication

For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster. Our culture is recognized as a Great Place to Work®, and we are proud recipients of multiple industry accolades, including recognition by The Wall Street Journal and Forbes.

• Health Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Disability benefits
• Paid Time Off program

We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes base salary determined based on role, experience, skill set, and location.

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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