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Brown & Brown is seeking a hands-on Cloud Platform Engineering Leader to help scale and modernize our enterprise cloud platform. This role will lead a team of cloud engineers responsible for building secure, scalable, and automated cloud capabilities across Azure.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong engineering leadership experience and is passionate about platform engineering, infrastructure as code (IaC), automation, and cloud enablement. This leader will partner closely with architects, application teams, security, and executive leadership to accelerate adoption of standardized cloud platforms, CI/CD practices, and self-service infrastructure capabilities.
This role will play a key part in standardizing and scaling cloud engineering capabilities across a large enterprise environment. Depending on organizational priorities and candidate experience, the scope of this role may span Cloud Platform Engineering, Cloud Automation & Enablement, Governance, or related cloud engineering functions.
How You Will Contribute
Core Platform Engineering Leadership
Lead and mentor a high-performing team of 4–6 cloud engineers focused on cloud platform engineering, automation, and operational excellence.
Serve as a hands-on technical leader contributing to architecture, engineering, troubleshooting, automation, and operational improvements.
Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing evolution of enterprise Azure cloud platform capabilities.
Develop and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules, standardized deployment patterns, and automation frameworks. Promote platform engineering principles focused on standardization, self-service, automation, and developer enablement.
Partner with application and development teams to enable adoption of CI/CD pipelines, self-service infrastructure provisioning, and cloud engineering best practices.
Collaborate with architects, security, networking, and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant cloud solutions.
Cloud Automation & Enablement
Drive cloud automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code, policy-as-code, and CI/CD tooling.
Develop standardized cloud platform services, golden paths, and deployment templates to improve consistency and operational efficiency.
Enable application teams to consume approved cloud services, deployment templates, and CI/CD capabilities through standardized engineering practices
Support enterprise cloud transformation initiatives focused on standardization, automation, governance, and operational maturity
Skills and Experience to be Successful:
Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field
7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, cloud engineering, or platform engineering roles.
3+ years of leadership experience managing or mentoring technical engineering teams.
Strong recent hands-on experience designing and supporting Azure cloud platforms.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, or similar).
Experience implementing or supporting CI/CD platforms and automation frameworks.
Strong understanding of Azure networking, identity, security, monitoring, and governance capabilities.
Experience driving cloud standardization, automation, and operational maturity initiatives.
Azure certifications or equivalent practical experience (preferred)
Teammate Benefits & Total Well-Being
We go beyond standard benefits, focusing on the total well-being of our teammates, including:
Not reflective of all benefits. Enrollment waiting periods or eligibility criteria may apply to certain benefits. Benefit details and offerings may vary for subsidiary entities or in specific geographic locations.
The Power To Be Yourself
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment comprised of people from all backgrounds, with a variety of experiences and perspectives, guided by our Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (DIB) motto, “The Power to Be Yourself”.
Brown & Brown delivers risk management solutions to help protect and preserve what our customers value most. Our two business segments, Retail and Specialty Distribution, offer businesses and individuals a wide range of insurance solutions.
We are one of the insurance industry’s most powerful and influential leaders, with a strong, deeply rooted cultural foundation built on integrity, innovation, superior capabilities and discipline. The Power of WE ignites our performance, and while diverse and varied in abilities and experience, we are all connected through our core values, a commitment to our local communities and a shared mission—always doing what is best for our customers.
Brown & Brown is proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work®, and we are always actively looking for talented teammates who embrace our culture to join our winning team.
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