Team Leader Enterprise Cloud Services - Cloud Connectivity

Wellmark-Blue-Cross-and-Blue-Shiel; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is seeking a senior leader to direct Enterprise Connectivity, ensuring secure, reliable, and scalable services across the technology landscape. You will drive strategy, lifecycle management, and modernization initiatives in collaboration with infrastructure, security, and vendor teams.

The role requires strong cloud, networking, and leadership experience, with a focus on agile practices and cost-aware delivery within a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles.
• Formal or informal leadership experience in agile/SAFe environments.
• Hands-on with AWS, Azure, or GCP services and architecture.
• Experience with Terraform/CloudFormation and Kubernetes.
• Ability to build product roadmaps and align with enterprise strategy.
• Strong collaboration across technology divisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, operation, and lifecycle management of enterprise connectivity platforms.
• Oversee network infrastructure, SD-WAN, VXLAN, cloud connectivity, and security.
• Drive modernization initiatives, governance, and cost optimization.
• Partner with architects, security leaders, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver solutions.
• Foster an inclusive culture and ensure agile execution across teams.

Skills

Leadership

Enterprise networking

Incident response

Vendor management

Analytics & reporting

SAFe / Agile

Strategic planning

Collaboration

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Kubernetes

CloudFormation

Job description

• Full-time
• Department: Technology
• Pay Grade: 26

Company Description

Why Wellmark: We are a mutual insurance company owned by our policy holders across Iowa and South Dakota, and we’ve built our reputation on over 80 years’ worth of trust. We are not motivated by profits. We are motivated by the well-being of our friends, family, and neighbors–our members. If you’re passionate about joining an organization working hard to put its members first, to provide best-in-class service, and one that is committed to sustainability and innovation, consider applying today!

Why Wellmark Technology?Wellmark is building innovative, modern solutions using cutting edge technology. We are driving organizational transformation and business strategy by empowering our technology team to innovate new and elegant solutions to enhance the customer experience. Together, we are leaning into the future, owning the outcome, and driving organizational change to transform how we work.

Job Description

In this formal leadership role, you will lead a high-performingEnterprise Connectivityteam responsible for delivering secure, reliable, and scalable connectivity services across the organization's technology landscape. This role focuses on enabling seamless connectivity between users, applications, data centers, cloud environments, and external partners while ensuring operational excellence, service reliability, and network security.

You will oversee the strategy, operation, optimization, and lifecycle management of enterprise connectivity platforms and services, including network infrastructure,SD-WAN,VXLAN, wireless,cloud platforms, cloud connectivity, and related technologies. The role is accountable formaintaininghighly availableand resilient connectivity solutions that support businessobjectiveswhile balancing performance, security, scalability, and cost effectiveness.

You will partner closely with infrastructure teams, system owners, architects, cybersecurity leaders, vendors, and business stakeholders to evaluate current and future connectivity needs, drive technology modernization initiatives, and ensure connectivity services align with enterprise priorities. A core responsibility of this role is providing leadership and governance for network and connectivity services while enabling operational teams with the tools, processes, and insights needed tomaintainservice reliability, improve performance, and proactively address business demands.

This role develops people, fosters a collaborative and inclusive culture, and ensures the teamoperateseffectively within an agile framework. The successful leader will bring a strategic mindset, strong operational discipline, and a customer-focused approach to delivering enterprise connectivity services that support the organization's evolving technology ecosystem. As a key member of the Enterprise Infrastructure leadership team, this leader will help shape and execute a forward-looking connectivity roadmap.

Qualifications

Preferred:

• Proven leadership experience in enterprise networking, connectivity services, infrastructure operations, or related technology disciplines
• Experience managing large-scale enterprise network environments, including WAN, LAN, wireless, internet, data center, and cloudplatforms
• Strong understanding of network architecture, availability, performance management, and operational best practices
• Experience leading incident response, problem management, and continuous service improvement initiatives
• Ability to evaluate connectivity platforms and services from operational, business value, risk, and cost perspectives
• Experience working in regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, finance)
• Knowledge of network security principles, zero trust architectures, segmentation, and secure access technologies
• Experience managing vendor relationships, service providers, and technology partners
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experienceleveragingoperational metrics and reporting to drive decision-making
• Experience leading technology modernization, automation, and infrastructure transformation efforts

Preferred, Not Required Applicable Certification Library:

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• ITIL Foundation or ITIL Managing Professional
• CompTIA Network+
• CompTIA Security+

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field, or direct and applicable work experience.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles.
• Informal leadership experience typically gained through project management or by coaching/mentoring others by providing guidance and feedback to help an employeeto strengthentheir knowledge and skills.
• Experience leading teams in an agile software development environment. Experience with frameworks in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), supporting Agile Release Trains and aligning designs with Lean-Agile principles.
• Demonstrated ability to build product roadmaps.
• Hands on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP services and architecture.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD infrastructure as code (e.g.Terraform, CloudFormation) and container orchestration (e.g.Kubernetes).
• Strong collaboration skills withabilityto build relationships across technology divisions.
• Proven experience leading platform/shared service teams, either informally or formally, and delivering enterprise-scale solutions. Ability to think strategically and effectively communicate strategy and direction to a team.
• Staysinformed on emerging technology trends and skillsets. Proven experience implementing change initiatives and supporting a culture of innovation and creativity. Encouragesteamto accept and resolve challenges.
• Ability to think strategically to communicate, organize, and implement/accomplishlong-range goals.
• Effective consulting, critical thinking, andproblem solvingskills. Uses data effectively anddemonstratessound judgment and decision making to drive positive outcomes.
• Demonstrated successinfluencing atall levels of the organization. Builds trust, alignment, commitment, and action from others.
• Prior experience measuring and evaluating work processes to achieve organizational goals.
• Proven abilityto be adaptableto unexpected changes or situations. Adjusts effectively to work within work structures, business processes, workrequirementsand culture.
• Travel required up to 5%.

Additional Information

a.Provide leadershipand day-to-day management of financial and human resources,primarily focusingon employee coaching, development, performance improvement, coordination and budgeting for staff and team specific services. Support businessobjectivesand produce results that are effective,accurate, andtimelyand on target to meet HR team and stakeholder needs.

b. Ensure the team delivers incremental value aligned to cloud strategy, product roadmaps, and stakeholder needs. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to remove impediments and improve delivery velocity.

c. Translate businessobjectivesinto actionable cloud initiatives and resourcing plans.

d. Oversee delivery of cloud solutions using AWS,Azureor GCP, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and security standards.

e. Partner with architects to review designs and ensure solutions meet performance, cost, and compliance requirements.

f. Champion automation, infrastructure-as-code, and DevOps practices to improve efficiency and reliability.

g. Monitor cloudspend, capacity, and performance, proactively addressing risks and cost optimization opportunities.

h. Serveas a liaison between the cloud engineering teams and senior technology leadership.

i.Otherduties as assigned.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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At this time, Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please refer to the following resources:Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

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