Chief Engineering & Operations Leader — Cloud, AI & FinOps

Brown & Brown, Inc.; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Paid time off

Job summary

Brown & Brown, Inc. is seeking a visionary VP, Engineering & Operations in Plano, TX to define and deliver next-gen enterprise engineering, operations, cloud, and infrastructure capabilities.

Reporting to the CITO, this leader will set a bold course for modern technology adoption, operational excellence, and scalable organizations. The role requires building high-performing teams across cloud engineering, infrastructure, and operations while shaping the operating model to accelerate value

Qualifications

• 15+ years progressive experience in data, analytics, engineering, or related fields.
• 5+ years in a senior executive or Chief Engineering and Operations-level role.
• Proven success building and scaling enterprise data platforms and modern data architectures.
• Deep expertise in data governance, data engineering, cloud modernization strategies, and FinOps.
• Strong business acumen with a track record of enabling measurable business value through data.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience driving organizational change and building data-driven cultures.
• Strong understanding of regulatory, ethical, and security considerations related to data and AI.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year engineering, operations, teammate experience, and cloud strategy aligned with enterprise goals.
• Shape and evolve the operating model to improve agility, scalability, and organizational maturity.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to the CITO on technology trends, organizational design, and operational transformation.
• Lead workforce transformation to uplift technical skills, leadership capabilities, and team effectiveness.
• Build, inspire, and develop high performing teams across cloud engineering, infrastructure, teammate experience, operations, and command center functions.
• Define and lead the enterprise cloud strategy, including architecture, workload placement, modernization, and migration roadmaps.
• Build and mature a FinOps capability to optimize cloud spend, improve forecasting, and drive cost efficient engineering practices.
• Drive cloud performance optimization, automation, and operational efficiency across all environments.
• Oversee cloud engineering, platform engineering, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
• Implement modern DevOps, SRE, automation, and continuous delivery practices.
• Establish engineering standards, governance, and reusable frameworks that improve quality, speed, and reliability.
• Build out the Operations & Command Center, ensuring proactive monitoring, incident response, and operational resilience.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, observability, and data driven decision making.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability across all critical systems and services.
• Build and scale AI infrastructure support for AI driven agent monitoring, automated inventory and asset intelligence, and AI enabled management and observability.
• Partner with data, security, and engineering teams to ensure AI infrastructure is secure, scalable, and aligned with enterprise strategy.
• Oversee enterprise infrastructure strategy across networks, compute, storage, and end user technologies.
• Champion a modern, frictionless teammate experience through intuitive tools and reliable services.
• Partner with HR, Security, and Business Units to ensure technology enhances productivity and engagement.

Skills

Data governance

Data engineering

Cloud modernization

FinOps

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

AI infrastructure

DevOps

SRE

Platform engineering

Job description

Brown & Brown, Inc. is seeking a visionary VP, Engineering & Operations in Plano, TX to define and deliver next-gen enterprise engineering, operations, cloud, and infrastructure capabilities.

Reporting to the CITO, this leader will set a bold course for modern technology adoption, operational excellence, and scalable organizations. The role requires building high-performing teams across cloud engineering, infrastructure, and operations while shaping the operating model to accelerate value