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$120000 - $170000 / year

Application Deadline: 10/16/2025

Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solution are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships.

Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success.

Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.

We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Architect to design, implement, and optimize our infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in cloud-native technologies, automation, and infrastructure-as-code while driving efficiency, scalability, and security across our systems. This role will serve as a key technical leader, collaborating with engineering, security, and operations teams to deliver robust, secure, and automated solutions.

As a DevOps Architect, you will have the opportunity to define and scale the DevOps strategy for a fast-moving and growing organization. You’ll work with a variety of technologies - both current and older, collaborate with high-performing teams, and play a critical role in building secure, automated, and resilient infrastructure.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Design and implement scalable CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable delivery of applications.

+ Define and implement infrastructure as code (IaC) patterns to standardize deployments across environments.

+ Lead initiatives to improve build efficiency and reduce deployment cycle times.

+ Integrate security best practices into pipelines, ensuring compliance and secure software delivery.

+ Provide architectural guidance and governance on DevOps practices, tools, and frameworks.

+ Partner with engineering teams to troubleshoot complex build, deployment, and infrastructure issues.

+ Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies to improve productivity and system resilience.

+ Mentor and guide DevOps engineers and developers on best practices.

+ Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

+ CI/CD pipeline design and optimization.

+ Infrastructure as code (IaC) patterns and frameworks.

+ Build systems, artifact management, and build efficiency improvements.

+ Secure pipeline design, including secrets management and vulnerability scanning

+ Strong working knowledge of AWS components.

+ Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with a focus on root-cause analysis.

+ Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, and security teams.

+ Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution.

+ Mentorship and leadership skills to guide teams on best practices.

+ Adaptability and eagerness to learn emerging tools and technologies.

Qualifications:

+ 5+ years of experience with multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure).

+ Bachelors degree in computer science or technical field.

+ Knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA).

+ Experience with service mesh and microservices architectures.

+ Experience with client/server, n-tier, and database application implementations.

+ Familiarity with chaos engineering and resilience testing.

+ Background in networking and security architecture.

+ Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) are beneficial.

Additional Requirements and Details:

+ Travel required up to 10% of the time.

+ Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds.

+ Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer.

+ Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.).

+ Frequent sitting and/or standing.

THE VERTAFORE STORY

Over the past 50 years, Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance distribution channel with the best software solutions in the industry. Today, we’re proud to say hundreds of thousands of Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster, reduce costs, and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure, cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and analytics, delivering actionable insight— right when customers need it most. We partner with other leading technology companies to deliver comprehensive solutions to improve the way our customers do business and serve their customers.

The Vertafore Way

Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those relationships stronger. That’s why, at Vertafore, it’s our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers, becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all about.

• Bias to Action: We're united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.

• Win Together: We work together as one team, showing empathy and respect along the way.

• Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.

• Say It, Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.

• Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.

• We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.

Is this role not an exact fit for you? Keep an eye on our Careers Page for other positions!

Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings.

The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.

Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.