DevOps Leader â Insurance Business
DevOps Leader â Insurance Business
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25-08-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 105500 - 145000
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
25-08-2025
Job Description
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We are looking for a strategic DevOps leader who combines deep technical expertise with proven leadership skills. You may oversee a limited number of engineers to support the enterprise adoption and maturity establish best practices for CI/CD infrastructure automation and site reliability while fostering a culture of collaboration.
The DevOps Leader will foster collaboration primarily between development operations security and business teams to deliver high-quality applications while meeting stringent regulatory and operational requirements of the insurance industry.
The DevOps Leader will drive the adoption and optimization of DevOps practices to enable efficient scalable and reliable software delivery in a corporate insurance environment.
This role focuses on (but not limited to) leveraging Microsoft development environments GitHub and Azure to streamline CI/CD pipelines and ensure seamless integration with SAP financial systems. This will extend to other significant platforms core policy systems and other custom developed applications as an overall roadmap of maturity for DevOps.
Key Responsibilities
- Team Leadership & Management: Build mentor and lead a team of 3-5 DevOps engineers and SREs. Develop career growth plans and provide technical coaching to team members. Foster cross-functional collaboration between development QA security and operations teams. Establish team goals metrics and performance standards aligned with business objectives.
- DevOps Strategy: Develop and execute a DevOps strategy tailored to the insurance industry aligning with business goals and regulatory requirements. Define and develop the DevOps roadmap supporting business growth. Drive cloud migration strategies and collaborate on hybrid infrastructure decisions. Establish standards for infrastructure as code configuration management and deployment automation. Partner with engineering leadership to align DevOps initiatives with product development priorities. Evaluate and implement new technologies tools and methodologies
- CI/CD Pipeline Management: Design and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions to enable automated reliable and rapid software deployments.
- Process Improvement & Culture: Champion DevOps culture transformation across the engineering organization. Implement metrics-driven approaches to measure and improve deployment frequency lead time and system reliability. Lead post-incident reviews and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Establish documentation standards and knowledge sharing practices
- Azure Infrastructure: Plan architect and manage cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure ensuring scalability high availability and cost optimization for insurance applications. This will be in collaboration with infrastructure and security.
- SAP Integration: Collaborate with finance teams to ensure seamless integration of DevOps pipelines with SAP financial systems (e.g. SAP S/4HANA SAP FICO) for transaction processing and reporting. The could really be any platform but specific experience would be good
- Automation: Automate infrastructure provisioning configuration and deployment using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Bicep or Terraform integrated with GitHub repositories.
- Collaboration: Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between development operations actuarial underwriting claims and finance teams to streamline workflows and ensure alignment with insurance business needs.
- Toolchain Leadership: Oversee the implementation and management of Microsoft-centric DevOps tools (e.g. Azure DevOps GitHub Azure Monitor) and integrate with SAP and other enterprise systems.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure DevOps processes comply with insurance regulations (e.g. NAIC GDPR HIPAA SOC 2) through automated compliance checks and audit-ready documentation.
- Monitoring & Observability: Implement monitoring solutions using Azure Monitor Application Insights or Log Analytics to ensure system performance uptime and rapid incident resolution.
- Incident Management: Lead incident response for production issues conduct root cause analyses and implement preventive measures to minimize disruptions to insurance operations.
- Team Leadership: Mentor and guide DevOps engineers and cross-functional teams fostering a culture of automation collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Innovation: Stay current with Azure and GitHub advancements (e.g. Azure Arc GitHub Copilot) and insurance industry trends to enhance operational efficiency and support digital transformation.
Qualifications/Technical Skills
- Education:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field (Masters preferred).
- Experience:
- 7 years in software development IT operations or DevOps with 3 years in a leadership role.
- 2 years in the insurance industry or a similarly regulated sector is preferred.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Azure DevOps and GitHub in enterprise environments.
- Familiarity with SAP financial systems (e.g. SAP S/4HANA SAP FICO) and their integration with DevOps workflows desired but not required
- Technical Skills:
- Expertise in Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipeline management and GitHub Actions for workflow automation.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Azure services (e.g. Azure App Services Azure Kubernetes Service Azure Functions Azure Blob Storage).
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Azure ARM Bicep Terraform) integrated with GitHub repositories.
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (e.g. Docker Azure Kubernetes Service).
- Familiarity with SAP integration patterns (e.g. SAP BTP OData or API-based integrations) for financial workflows.
- Proficiency in monitoring tools (e.g. Azure Monitor Application Insights Log Analytics).
- Scripting skills (e.g. PowerShell Python Bash YAML) for automation and integration tasks.
- Certifications(preferred):
- Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or SAP-related certifications (e.g. SAP Certified Technology Associate).
- Soft Skills:
- Strong leadership communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to navigate corporate environments and align technical solutions with insurance business objectives.
- Key Competencies
- Deep understanding of DevOps principles with expertise in Azure and GitHub ecosystems.
- Ability to balance speed reliability and compliance in the regulated insurance industry.
- Strong problem-solving skills to address integration challenges with SAP and legacy systems.
- Collaborative mindset to bridge technical teams with actuarial underwriting and finance stakeholders.
- Work Environment
- Primarily office-based in a corporate setting with hybrid or remote options depending on company policy.
- May require on-call availability for critical system incidents or deployments especially for SAP financial processes or customer-facing insurance applications.
- Collaboration with global teams may involve occasional travel or off-hours coordination.
- Additional Notes
- Must demonstrate an understanding of insurance-specific challenges such as claims processing policy management and financial reconciliation with SAP systems.
- Experience with legacy insurance systems (e.g. mainframes Guidewire) and their integration into modern Azure-based DevOps pipelines is a plus.
- Familiarity with data privacy and security requirements for handling sensitive customer data in the insurance sector is essential.
$105500 - $145000 a year
Protectives targeted salary range for this position is $105500 to $145000. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to job location skills and experience. The range listed is just one component of Protectives total compensation package for employees.
This position also offers additional incentive opportunitiesthrough an annual incentive based on individual and Company performance.
Employee Benefits:
We aim to protect the wellbeing of our employees and their families with a broad benefits addition to offering comprehensive health dental and vision insurance we support emotional wellbeing through mental health benefits and an employee assistance balance is important and Protective offers a variety of paid time away benefits (e.g. paid time off paid parental leave short-term disability and a cultural observance day).The financial health of our employees is just as important as physical and emotional health. Some of the financial wellbeing benefits include contributions to healthcare accounts a pension plan and a 401(k) plan with Company matching. All employees are encouraged to protect their overall wellbeing by engaging in ProHealth Rewards Protectives platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards.
Eligibility for certain benefits may vary by position in accordance with the terms of the Companys benefit plans.
Accommodations for Applicants with a Disability:
If you require an accommodation to complete the application and recruitment process due to a disability please email. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application and recruitment process.
Please note that the above email is solely for individuals with disabilities requesting an accommodation. General employment questions should not be sent through this process.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to being inclusive and attracting retaining and growing an inclusive workforce.
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