DevOps Engineer
DevOps Engineer | Insurance Technology | Remote (EST-aligned)
Contract-to-HirePay: $70-$80/hr W2 (contract)
$135K-$165K base
+12-15% target bonus (upon conversion)
Logistics
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Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm EST (must be able to work core EST hours)
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Location: Fully remote, must reside in one of the following states -- AZ, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, MA, ME, MI, MT, NC, OH, UT, or WY
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Visa sponsorship: Not available for this role
- Are you a hands-on DevOps or Cloud Engineer who wants your work to directly power a national insurance platform? We're hiring a DevOps Engineer to build, automate, and maintain the cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines behind critical homeowners insurance applications -- everything from quoting and binding to policy servicing, billing, and claims.
- This is a high-visibility role on a growing technology team, partnering closely with Software Engineering, Data, and Security to keep production systems scalable, secure, and highly available.
- What You'll Do
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Build, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure supporting core insurance technology platforms
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Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and releases
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Manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
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Own Docker and Kubernetes environments in production
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Partner with Software Engineering to improve deployment velocity, scalability, and reliability
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Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability across the stack
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Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and remediation for production issues
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Automate repetitive operational workflows to reduce manual toil
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Support disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity initiatives
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Partner with Security on access controls, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation
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Maintain clear technical documentation for infrastructure and operational procedures
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Evaluate and introduce new DevOps tools and practices to improve engineering productivity
- What You Bring
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5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering
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Strong hands-on experience with AWS or Azure
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Proven track record building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or similar)
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Strong Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent)
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Hands-on Docker and Kubernetes experience
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Solid scripting/automation skills (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)
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Experience with observability tooling (Datadog, Splunk, CloudWatch, Grafana, or similar)
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Working knowledge of cloud networking, DNS, load balancing, certificates, and APIs
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Understanding of IAM, secrets management, and secure development practices
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Strong cross-functional troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, apps, and integrations
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Comfort operating in a production environment with real reliability and on-call ownership
- Nice to Have
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Experience in regulated, highly available, or financial-services environments
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Property & Casualty, homeowners insurance, MGA, or InsurTech background
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Experience supporting quoting, policy administration, billing, or claims systems
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Advanced AWS-native or Azure cloud services experience
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DevSecOps tooling exposure
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Experience designing or supporting disaster recovery / business continuity solutions
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Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- If you're a builder who enjoys ownership over infrastructure and wants to see your automation work translate directly into a smoother, more reliable insurance platform for real customers, we'd love to talk.
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About the Company
The Planet Group is a company that provides staffing and recruitment services. It offers a wide range of job opportunities across various categories such as Engineering, Marketing, IT, and more. The company operates primarily in the United States and Canada, with a focus on connecting talent with employers in various industries.
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