Azure DevOps Engineer Lead

Job description

Progressive is dedicated to helping employees move forward and live fully in their careers. Your journey has already begun. Apply today and take the first step to Destination: Progress. As a lead DevOps cloud engineer within the Commercial Lines Strategic Planning & Architecture team, you will drive the design, automation, and support of modern cloud platforms that accelerate the delivery of business solutions. Working closely with technology and business partners, you will lead initiatives focused on Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, platform engineering, and emerging technologies including AI.

This highly collaborative role combines technical leadership, customer engagement, and hands-on engineering, while also providing opportunities to mentor team members, champion best practices, and continuously improving the organization's cloud capabilities. This is a remote position for US-based work only with occasional travel to the Cleveland, OH area for meetings and/or training.

Schedule

1st shift ET, CT, or MT, Mon – Fri Must-have qualifications Bachelor's Degree or higher in an Information Technology discipline or related field of study (e.g., Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunication, Math) and minimum of six years working with operating system hardware and/or software components in designing and scripting infrastructure solutions. In lieu of degree, minimum of eight years related experience working with operating system hardware and/or software components in designing and scripting infrastructure solutions.

Preferred skills Solid experience deploying and managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environments using GitOps tools such as Argo CD, Helm, and Kustomize. Experience with IaC such as Terraform, including building reusable modules and repeatable infrastructure patterns across Azure environments. Strong knowledge of Azure networking, compute, storage, identity, data, and integration services. Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps pipelines, service connections, pipeline identities, and self-hosted agents.

Ability to design, automate, secure, and support scalable cloud infrastructure that improves reliability and efficiency. Compensation $132,000 - $146,900/year Gainshare annual cash incentive payment up to 40% of your eligible earnings based on company performance Benefits 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6% Medical, dental & vision, including free preventative care

Wellness & mental health programs Health care flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, & life insurance Paid time off, including volunteer time off Paid & unpaid sick leave where applicable, as well as short & long-term disability Parental & family leave; military leave & pay Diverse, inclusive & welcoming culture with

Employee Resource Groups Career development & tuition assistance Energage recognizes Progressive as a 2025 Top Workplace for: Innovation, Purposes & Values, Work-Life Flexibility, Compensation & Benefits, and Leadership.

Equal Opportunity Employer Sponsorship for work authorization for foreign national candidates is not available for this position. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without the need or potential need, of current or future sponsorship for employment. Progressive does not hire candidates with (e.g., F-1 CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT, H-1B, O-1, E-3, TN) statuses for this role. For ideas about how you might be able to protect yourself from job scams, visit our scam-awareness page at https://www.progressive.com/careers/how-we-hire/faq/job-scams/ #LI-Remote #LI-CL1