IT Manager, Cloud & Automation Engineering

VOYA Financial Inc. • Hartford, CT

50d

About The Position

We are seeking a technically proficient and strategically minded IT Manager to lead a high-performing team focused on Infrastructure as Code (IaC), cloud automation, and resilience engineering. This role will oversee initiatives that drive automation, standardization, and operational efficiency across cloud platforms and infrastructure services.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud engineering, or DevOps.
• Proven leadership experience managing technical teams in a matrixed environment.
• Hands-on expertise with Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, Packer, and Azure cloud services.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code, automation lifecycle, and cloud provisioning.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and inform senior leadership.
• Experience developing strategy, executing with excellence, and building metrics/KPIs for executive visibility.
• High standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and iterative delivery models.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing hybrid cloud environments and automation at scale.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow integrations and enterprise change management workflows.
• Certifications in Azure, AWS, or relevant DevOps technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers specializing in IaC, automation frameworks, and cloud-native tooling.
• Oversee delivery of automation pipelines using Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, and Packer.
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code principles across engineering and shared services teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define automation strategies and prioritize backlog items.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise standards for cloud image builds and deployment automation.
• Facilitate recurring technical syncs and steerco meetings to align on progress, blockers, and roadmap.
• Partner with product and platform teams to integrate automation into CI/CD workflows.
• Support enterprise-wide monitoring and observability using Dynatrace, Foglight, and SolarWinds.
• Lead/develop disaster recovery automation and ransomware recovery planning, including tabletop exercises and orchestration validation.
• Oversee modernization of backup infrastructure with features like immutability and anomaly detection.
• Develop and execute automation and cloud engineering strategy aligned with enterprise goals.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics that feed into leadership dashboards.
• Present data-driven narratives to senior leadership, clearly articulating impact, progress, and opportunities.
• Operate with integrity and transparency in all aspects of team leadership and stakeholder engagement.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan - with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan - employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off - including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time - 40 hours per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees