Protective Life

DevOps Leader, Insurance Business

Protective Life

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Alabama

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Salary

💰 $105,500 - $145,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AzureCloudDockerGuidewireKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

  • Strategic DevOps leader who combines deep technical expertise with proven leadership skills
  • Oversees a limited number of engineers to support enterprise adoption and maturity; establish CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and site reliability
  • Foster collaboration between development, operations, security, and business teams to meet regulatory and operational requirements of the insurance industry
  • Drive adoption and optimization of DevOps practices for efficient, scalable software delivery in corporate insurance environment
  • Focus on leveraging Microsoft development environments, GitHub, and Azure to streamline CI/CD pipelines and ensure seamless integration with SAP financial systems; extend to other platforms and core policy systems and custom developed applications

Requirements

  • 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 and their integration with DevOps workflows
  • Proficiency in Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions; experience with Azure services
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Azure ARM, Bicep, Terraform)
  • Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Azure Kubernetes Service)
  • SAP integration patterns for financial workflows
  • Scripting skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash, YAML)
  • Certifications (preferred): Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or SAP-related certifications
  • Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management
  • Work environment: primarily office-based with hybrid/remote; may require travel; collaboration with global teams
  • Deep understanding of DevOps principles and cloud ecosystems