Head of Accenture Life Insurance & Annuity Platform Hosting & DevOps Practice
We Are:
Transforming the insurance industry of yesterday. We apply some of today’s latest technologies in AI, data analytics, and automation. Our team of over 975 Life and Annuity industry professionals is helping some of the most recognized insurance brands drive growth with digital innovation, platform modernization, improved product distribution, and personalized customer experiences. Through an ecosystem of top Insurtech partners, we’re expanding the platform’s capabilities to provide even greater opportunities for our clients to differentiate and scale business growth.
You Are:
An experienced Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, or Platform Engineering leader with a good understanding of the Insurance industry products and business processes. You have experience working with software which supports insurance products.
The Work:
As a Head of Accenture Life Insurance & Annuity Platform Hosting & DevOps, you will be responsible for:
+ Hosting Strategy & Delivery:
+ Lead multi-cloud ALIP hosting operations (AWS, Azure), ensuring resilience, scalability, compliance, and security across all environments.
+ Lead cross-functional coordination with Product, Engineering, Security, and Operations teams to support new client implementations and platform evolution.
+ Own the incident response, change management, and environment reliability frameworks for ALIP-hosted clients.
+ Serve as the primary point of contact for Hosting & DevOps with ALIP clients, managing expectations and delivering on commitments.
+ DevOps & Platform Engineering:
+ Build and evolve modern CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps frameworks, and automation strategies that enable rapid, secure delivery of ALIP updates and new features.
+ Ensure high availability, security, and compliance (SOC2, ISO, etc.) across all hosted environments.
+ Establish infrastructure and cost optimization strategies for hosting clients and development environments.
+ Evaluate and select technologies and partners for infrastructure upgrades, observability tools, and hosting automation
+ Client Solutions & Sales Support:Act as a senior technology leader in pursuits—explaining the ALIP hosting value proposition, leading solution design, and supporting technical estimation and proposal development.
+ Costing, Pricing & Contracting:Drive detailed infrastructure sizing, cost modeling, and contractual inputs for hosted offerings, ensuring profitability and clarity in scope and service terms.
+ Team & Financial Leadership:Manage a global team of 40+ engineers across DevOps, SRE, and CloudOps; own financial planning, P&L, and vendor oversight.
+ Innovation & Emerging Tech:Champion new technologies (e.g. serverless, AI for ops) to drive continuous improvement and competitive differentiation.
Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.
Here’s what you need
+ Minimum of 10 years in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering leadership
+ Minimum of 7 years of deep expertise in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, EC2, EKS, CI/CD, automation and compliance (SOC2, ISO 27001).
+ Minimum of 7 years of experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab) and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation).
+ Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
Professional Skills Requirements
+ Proven experience in client solutioning, pre-sales, and large deal support.
+ Strong financial management skills, including cloud cost governance.
+ Excellent communication and executive engagement skills.
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Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $132,500 to $338,300
Colorado $132,500 to $292,200
District of Columbia $141,100 to $311,200
Illinois $122,700 to $292,200
Minnesota $132,500 to $292,200
Maryland $132,500 to $292,200
New York/New Jersey $122,700 to $338,300
Washington $141,100 to $311,200
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