Operations System Architect

  • Full-time
  • Verisk Business: Property Estimating Solutions (Xactware)

Company Description

Xactware, a Verisk business, specializes in technologies for the property insurance, remodeling, restoration, and mortgage and lending industries. Xactware’s tools provide claims estimating, contents replacement, claims management, and property maintenance solutions for desktop, mobile, and online platforms. Xactware’s services include repair cost research and reports, aerial imagery, and real-time business intelligence. Xactware has been providing cloud services for customers since 1995. To learn more about Xactware please visit us at: Xactware.com. We are proud to be a part of the Verisk family of companies!

With a history of impressive growth, an innovative culture, and offering industry-leading solutions, Verisk Analytics is an amazing place to work and make a difference. In 2018, Forbes magazine named Verisk to its World’s Best Employers list and, in 2017, to its World’s Most Innovative Companies list for the third consecutive year. We also earned the Great Place to Work® Certification for the third consecutive year in recognition of our outstanding workplace culture.

Verisk is a leading data analytics provider serving customers in insurance, energy and specialized markets, and financial services. Using advanced technologies to collect and analyze billions of records, Verisk draws on unique data assets and deep domain expertise to provide first-to-market innovations integrated into customer workflows. We’ve been delivering predictive analytics and decision support solutions to our customers for nearly 50 years, helping them protect people, property, and financial assets. At Verisk, you’ll be part of an organization that’s committed to serving the long-term interests of our stakeholders, including the communities where we operate.

At Verisk, you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create a positive and lasting impact on the business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. Our culture of innovation means your ideas on how to improve our business will be heard. As key contributors to our success, our team members enjoy working in a business-casual, collaborative environment that offers state-of-the-art resources, advanced technologies, and an excellent benefits package.

Job Description

Operations Systems Architect I

As a Verisk Analytics company, Xactware Solutions, Inc. has been named by Forbes magazine to its World’s Most Innovative Companies list and to its America’s Best Large Employers list. If you’re looking for a career that transforms, inspires, challenges, and rewards you, then come join us.

At Xactware you can build a rewarding career with challenging and meaningful work; create a positive, lasting impact on the business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. Our culture of innovation means your ideas on how to improve our business will be heard. As key contributors to our success, our team members enjoy working in a business-casual, collaborative environment that offers state-of-the-art resources, advanced technologies, and an excellent benefits package.

Xactware Solutions provides computer software solutions for professionals involved in estimating all phases of building and repair. Today 22 of the top 25 property insurance companies in the U.S. and 10 of the top 10 Canadian insurers use Xactware property insurance claims tools. Xactware features software solutions for every phase of a building's life: from remodeling to totally replacing a building, from determining the cost of rebuilding a structure to preserving and repairing a home. We are part of the Verisk team.

Job Requirements and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent experience.
  • AWS Certification.
  • 10+ years in the IT industry.
  • 5+ years of experience being the go to person to resolve time sensitive critical issues and handling the pressure that is associated with it.
  • 5+ years of troubleshooting complex problems and creating a plan of possible solutions to resolve the problem.
  • 5+ years of work experience in a heavily used, highly available, 24x7 enterprise environment.
  • Extensive experience working in AWS and with CloudFormation.
  • Extensive experience installing, configuring, tuning, and supporting both Linux and Windows servers.
  • Extensive experience in server hardware, load balancers, as well as common protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP, and SSL.
  • Extensive experience in using scripting languages for the automation of day-to-day tasks.
  • Extensive experience in monitoring application performance and server health with tools such as New Relic, Dynatrace, App Dynamics, Nagios, or Splunk ITSI.
  • Ability to work with other operations architects and engineers as well as development teams.
  • Ability to interpret and apply complex technical information/processes to solve difficult problems.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to write and verbally communicate technical information.
  • Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
  • Experience working in team environment using Kanban or Scrum.
  • Experience using and managing Chef.
  • Desire and ability to learn new technologies to become the subject matter expert.

Additional Information

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.

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