Built on meritocracy, our unique company culture rewards self-starters and those who are committed to doing what is best for our customers.
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:
- Health Benefits: Medical/Rx, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance
- Financial Benefits: ESPP; 401k; Student Loan Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement
- Mental Health & Wellness: Free Mental Health & Enhanced Advocacy Services
- Beyond Benefits: Paid Time Off, Holidays, Preferred Partner Discounts and more.
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”.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field
- 7+ years experience in cloud infrastructure, cloud engineering, or platform engineering roles
- 3+ years leadership experience managing or mentoring technical engineering teams
- Strong 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
- Experience with policy-as-code and driving cloud automation initiatives
- Strong understanding of Azure networking, identity, security, monitoring, and governance
- Experience driving cloud standardization, automation, and operational maturity initiatives
- Azure certifications or equivalent practical experience
Brown & Brown Insurance Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Brown & Brown Insurance and has not been reviewed or approved by Brown & Brown Insurance.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are broad, spanning medical/Rx, dental, vision, life, disability, and added programs alongside Lyra access with up to eight no‑cost coaching or therapy sessions for teammates and covered dependents. Breadth extends to fertility/adoption solutions, second‑opinion services, diabetes care, and Medicare advocacy.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) program includes an employer match up to 4% (100% of the first 3% plus 50% of the next 2%) with immediate vesting. Savings support is positioned as a core element of the total‑rewards package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan is available, and the company emphasizes an ownership mindset with a large share of teammates as shareholders. This creates accessible equity participation alongside retirement savings.
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What We Do
Brown & Brown Insurance provides risk management solutions to help protect what our customers value most. Our four business segments offer insurance products and services to businesses and individuals. Our culture is built on integrity, innovation, superior capabilities, and discipline. We view insurance differently and use our experience, carrier relationships, and principled customer focus to deliver first-class service and solutions. Becoming a Brown & Brown teammate introduces you to a career with virtually unlimited possibilities. We think of ourselves as a team, so we have teammates—not employees. We strive to attract people who are competitive, driven, and disciplined. Our unique company culture of meritocracy rewards self-starters and those committed to doing what is best for our customers. We are proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work ®. Brown & Brown has demonstrated a Culture of Caring through dedication to the people and communities we serve. With more than 11,000 teammates in over 300 locations across the US, Canada, Ireland, the UK, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands, we actively support numerous organizations in the local communities in which we live, work, and play. With a long-standing history of proven success, Brown & Brown is one of the insurance industry’s most powerful and influential leaders, ranked as the fifth-largest brokerage in the US and sixth in the world. You can find us on the NYSE as BRO.
