Cloud Engineering & Infrastructure Manager, Hybrid- Des Moines, IA

Wellabe is seeking a hybrid onsite Cloud Engineering and Infrastructure Manager to be responsible for leading and managing a team of cloud engineers and architects in designing, implementing, and maintaining the organization’s cloud infrastructure. Help the company leverage the full benefits of cloud computing—such as scalability, agility, and cost-efficiency—while ensuring robust control, security, and operational excellence. The Cloud Manager collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to align cloud strategies with business objectives, oversees cloud governance and compliance, and drives continuous improvement in cloud operations and architecture.

Be successful in this role

Someone in this role will:

• Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and support a team of cloud engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. Oversee work ticketing and flow, hiring, and provide technical guidance, feedback, along with career development support for employees.
• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Oversee the provisioning, configuration, and maintenance of cloud resources including Azure App Services, API Management, Azure SQL, storage accounts, compute resources, scaling, networking components (such as DNS, DHCP, Domain Group Policy, virtual servers, company storage including replication strategies), and other cloud tools / services.
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Design, implement, and regularly test disaster recovery and backup strategies to ensure high availability and resilience of critical systems. This may include full region failovers.
• Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps): Monitor and manage cloud spend, optimize resource usage, and implement cost-saving strategies. Make and manage cloud reservations and provide recommendations to maximize ROI. (Cost Control)
• Solution Architecture & Recommendations: Evaluate business and technical requirements to recommend scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions. Act as a trusted advisor to internal and external teams on cloud best practices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with application development, data, security, and business teams to understand their needs and deliver tailored cloud solutions that support company-wide initiatives.
• Automation & Provisioning: Drive automation of infrastructure provisioning and deployments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
• Monitoring & Incident Management: Ensure robust monitoring, alerting, and logging are in place. Lead incident response and root cause analysis for cloud-related issues. Ensure system uptime is within the company SLAs, and resolutions are implemented quickly to minimize business interruption.
• Governance & Compliance: Enforce cloud governance policies, ensure adherence to security standards, and support audits and compliance efforts.
• Incident Management: Respond to and resolve any issues of incidents that arise within the cloud environment.
• Security & Audit Controls: Implement and maintain security best practices across all cloud environments. Ensure proper identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and network security configurations. Conduct regular security reviews, vulnerability assessments, and support internal and external audits by maintaining accurate documentation and evidence of controls (may include running of the controls).
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Stay current with cloud trends and technologies. Identify opportunities to improve performance, reliability, and efficiency of cloud operations.
• Perform additional responsibilities and contribute to special projects as needed to support the success of the IT department and the broader organization.

Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of the principles, processes, and practices related to development practices and a healthy cloud environment. Including Azure DevOps and deploying resources, Azure Active Directory, Azure AD Connect, Linux distributions, Web API calls (rest & SOAP), hyperscale such as AWS or Azure; IaaS, PaaS, and provision application resources; automation tools and scripting, including PowerShell.
• Advanced technical troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities
• Actively engage in agile practices, utilize an innovative mindset, embrace continuous improvement, and seek new skills and knowledge relevant to the ever-changing technology.
• Advanced skills related to process and change management skills.
• Working skills related to project management and techniques.
• Familiarity with insurance industry systems and regulatory requirements is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azu