Sr. CloudOps (AWS,scripting skills.Infrastructure-as-Code and Automation)

Job Summary The insurance industry runs on Vertafore. We equip agencies, MGAs, and carriers with the core digital systems, specialized AI, and data-driven foundation to eliminate distribution drag across the insurance lifecycle, spanning sales, servicing, and back-office operations.

Underpinned by unmatched speed and performance power, we are the trusted backbone that’s taking the insurance industry from friction to flow with Distribution Velocity - speed, performance, and trust - to drive growth at scale.

With over 95% of the top agencies and insurers and 50% of industry compliance transactions running through Vertafore, we lead at the intersection of innovation and trust , giving insurance professionals the confidence to transform and win in the AI era.

Our reach is global, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado, and offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.

The Senior Cloud Engineer is a highly experienced individual contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and improving core infrastructure services across Vertafore’s hybrid cloud environment. This role requires deep technical expertise in AWS and datacenter infrastructure and the ability to mentor other engineers.

Senior Cloud Engineers lead complex infrastructure initiatives, develop automation solutions, and serve as subject matter experts for critical platform components.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure platforms across AWS and colocation environments.
• Implement scalable solutions for compute, networking, storage, and identity services.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Build automation that improves infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational workflows.
• Serve as a technical mentor to Cloud Engineers.
• Lead complex infrastructure projects and platform improvements.
• Provide deep technical guidance during incident response and troubleshooting.
• Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure resilience, performance, and scalability.
• Partner with SRE teams to ensure infrastructure supports service reliability goals.

Qualifications Required

• 3.5 - 5 years of experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering.
• Deep expertise in AWS services and networking fundamentals.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation.
• Advanced scripting skills in languages such as Python and Powershell
• Advanced troubleshooting skills across distributed systems and infrastructure layers.
• Strong ability to use AI tools appropriately to increase efficiency.
• Experience with security concepts, frameworks and implementations
• Strong experience with cloud and traditional storage systems.

Preferred

• Experience operating hybrid cloud environments.
• AWS Solutions Architect Certification

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.

Why Vertafore is the place for you: *Canada Only

• The opportunity to work in a space where modern technology meets a stable and vital industry
• Medical, vision & dental plans
• Life, AD&D
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Pension Plan & Employer Match
• Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
• Education Assistance
• Additional programs - Employee Referral and Internal Recognition

Why Vertafore is the place for you: *US Only

• The opportunity to work in a space where modern technology meets a stable and vital industry
• We have a Flexible First work environment! Our North America team members use our offices for collaboration, community and team-building, with members asked to sometimes come into an office and/or travel depending on job responsibilities. Other times, our teams work from home or a similar environment.

• Medical, vision & dental plans

• PPO & high-deductible options

• Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Accounts Options:

• Health Care FSA
• Dental & Vision FSA
• Dependent Care FSA

• Commuter FSA

• Life, AD&D (Basic & Supplemental), and Disability
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plain & Employer Match
• Supplemental …