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Protective

Lead Cloud Architect

Birmingham, AL · On-site

$61 - $77.50/hr

We help protect our customers against life's uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the ... solutions atop what we've already established, not starting from zero. Collaborating with ...

Protective

Lead Cloud Architect

Birmingham, AL · Remote

$122K - $150K/yr

We help protect our customers against life's uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the ... solutions atop what we've already established, not starting from zero. Collaborating with ...

Protective

Lead Cloud Architect

Birmingham, AL · On-site +1

$61 - $77.50/hr

We help protect our customers against life's uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the ... solutions atop what we've already established, not starting from zero. Collaborating with ...

Protective

Vice President, APD Controller

Chesterfield, MO · On-site

$200K - $250K/yr

Protective Life Corporation is committed to delivering protection and security through disciplined financial management and innovative solutions. The Vice President, Corporate Controller for the ...

Protective

Vice President, APD Controller

Birmingham, AL · On-site

$200K - $250K/yr

Protective Life Corporation is committed to delivering protection and security through disciplined financial management and innovative solutions. The Vice President, Corporate Controller for the ...

Protective

Installation Technician- StarGard

La Mesa, CA · Remote

$17.75/hr

We help protect our customers against life's uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the ... what solution will be most effective. Essential Functions: * Checks T-Sheet calendar daily for ...

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Do workers at Protective Life get paid breaks?

Yes. Most people get paid breaks.
75% of people say they get paid breaks.
Based on data from 12 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Does Protective Life pay people when they’re sick?

Yes. Most people get paid when they’re sick.
67% of people say they would get paid if they were sick but scheduled to work.
Based on data from 15 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

At Protective Life, are sick days and vacation days separate paid time off?

Sick days and vacation days are used from the same paid time off.
80% of people say they have to use vacation days when they’re out sick.
Based on data from 10 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between October 2025 and July 2026.

Is the health insurance from Protective Life affordable enough for their workers?

Only some people say the health insurance costs are okay.
58% of people say the health insurance costs are okay
Based on data from 12 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between March 2025 and July 2026.

Do people get paid time off at Protective Life?

Most people get paid time off work.
100% of people say they get paid time off.
Based on data from 10 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between October 2025 and July 2026.

How easy is it to get time off at Protective Life?

Most people find it easy to get time off.
86% of people report it’s easy to get time off.
Based on data from 14 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do Protective Life managers change schedules at the last minute?

Most managers don’t change people’s schedules at the last minute.
83% of people say their manager doesn’t change their shift schedule at the last minute.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and April 2025.

Do jobs at Protective Life spill into time workers aren’t paid for?

Rarely. The job doesn't usually spill into unpaid time.
17% of people report that their job takes up time that they don’t get paid for.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and April 2025.

How easy is it to take sick days at Protective Life?

Most people find it easy to take sick days.
93% of people report that it’s easy to take time off if they are sick.
Based on data from 15 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Is working at Protective Life good if you’re a parent or caregiver?

Most parents and caregivers say this is a good place to work.
100% of people who care for a child or other relative report this is a good place to work.
Based on data from 5 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between January 2025 and February 2026.

Do people at Protective Life feel treated with respect by their managers?

Most people feel treated with respect by their managers.
93% of people say they’re treated with respect by their managers.
Based on data from 14 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do people at Protective Life get to take their breaks without interruption?

Most people get breaks without interruption.
88% of people report that they get to take their breaks without interruption.
Based on data from 16 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Is it stressful to work at Protective Life?

Most people feel stressed out here.
71% of people say they often feel stressed out at work.
Based on data from 14 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do people at Protective Life enjoy their jobs?

Most people enjoy their job.
75% of people report they enjoy their job.
Based on data from 12 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between January 2025 and July 2026.

Do people at Protective Life recommend working with their team?

Only some people recommend working with their team.
56% of people report that they wouldn’t recommend working with their immediate team to a friend.
Based on data from 16 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do people get enough training when they start at Protective Life?

Most people got enough training when they started.
73% of people report they got enough training when they started working here.
Based on data from 15 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do people get support to advance at Protective Life?

Only some people are given support to advance their career here.
In the last year, 50% of people report not being given support to advance their career here.
Based on data from 14 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do people think Protective Life’s headquarters understands what’s happening where they work?

Most people think headquarters doesn’t understand what’s happening where they work.
71% of people think that this employer’s headquarters or owners don’t have a good understanding of what’s really happening where they work.
Based on data from 14 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.

Do workers feel well informed about how Protective Life is doing?

Most people feel well informed about how the company is doing.
100% of people feel that they are kept well informed about how the company is doing as a whole.
Based on data from 15 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between December 2024 and July 2026.
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Lead Cloud Architect

Protective

Birmingham, AL • On-site

$61 - $77.50/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 29 days ago

Protective Life rating

8.4

Company rating: 8.4 out of 10

Based on 16 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

116th of 304 rated insurance

Job description

The work we do has an impact on millions of lives, and you can be a part of it.
We help protect our customers against life's uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the company, you'll be helping provide protection and peace of mind when our customers need it most.

Join our cloud infrastructure team, the driving force behind our organization's cloud transformation. We architect, standardize, and engineer resilient Azure environments that fuel enterprise-wide innovation, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability as the "Secure Sandbox" for all cloud activities. Building on our established Azure presence and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices, we partner with Networking, Security, Enterprise Architecture, Operations, and various domain teams (e.g., Data & AI) to create "Paved Roads" for seamless cloud consumption and advanced platforms like Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). As a peer among technical experts, you'll collaborate on collective decisions and innovations that mature our cloud ecosystem.
 
We're looking for a Lead Cloud Architect to evolve our Azure cloud platform in partnership with a team of peer engineers. In this hands-on individual contributor role, you'll leverage your expertise to strengthen resilient infrastructure, refine IaC and CI/CD artifacts, and elevate SRE practices-building on our solid foundation for even greater reliability. Reporting to the Senior Director of Cloud Infrastructure, you'll contribute to platform strategy through shared insights, joint problem-solving, and targeted improvements that advance our cloud maturity. Ideal for a seasoned Azure specialist excited by cloud-native SRE at scale; your work will emphasize enhancements and new solutions atop what we've already established, not starting from zero. Collaborating with Enterprise Architecture and Application Development teams, you'll support the design, implementation, and refinement of Azure and O365 services, delivering innovative IaC, orchestration, and automation while prioritizing top-tier Information Security.
Responsibilities
  • Architect the Cloud Foundation: Partner with peers to refine Azure Landing Zone architectures, weaving in Networking, Security, and Enterprise Architecture needs into our secure platform. Evolve the "Secure Sandbox" for better multi-tenant isolation, compliance, and growth, including networking, monitoring, and automation. Offer senior architecture guidance for onboarding new cloud workloads.
  • Build "Paved Roads" for Cloud Enablement: Collaborate to enhance reusable IaC modules (Bicep, ARM, Terraform) and CI/CD templates (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions). Empower app and domain teams with refined governance, security, and cost controls. Orchestrate automated builds for O365 and cloud platforms company-wide, upholding standards via Azure Policy.
  • Drive Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practices: Team with Operations to define SLOs/SLIs, using tools like Azure Monitor and Application Insights for advanced self-healing, remediation, and strategies (e.g., blue/green, canary). Support production with issue troubleshooting, 24/7 on-call rotation, and resolution of critical cloud incidents.
  • Standardize Advanced Platforms: Optimize AKS and related services with peers, focusing on provisioning, scaling, observability, and security in hybrid/multi-cloud setups, including containers and Blob Storage. Shape the design, roadmap, and support for Azure and O365 applications.
  • Foster Platform Resilience and Scalability: Engage in reviews, tuning, chaos engineering, incident response, and post-mortems to mitigate risks and boost metrics. Integrate security via Azure Defender, Sentinel, and Key Vault into DevOps. Lead disaster recovery planning and multi-site/multi-vendor operations. Apply proactive problem-solving to preempt issues and inform strategic decisions.
  • Contribute to Team Excellence: Exchange knowledge via code reviews, troubleshooting, and sessions to mature practices. Join Agile sprints, standups, blameless post-mortems, and tech radars. Grasp development basics to build/update code for cloud maturity (e.g., Terraform, JSON, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible).
  • Advance DevOps and Automation: Champion CI/CD and release strategies organization-wide. Research and deploy streamlined automations; craft PowerShell/VM scripts for ops support. Integrate monitoring/config services, self-developing as needed. Engage seniors and stakeholders to promote cloud best practices.
  • Innovate with Identity and Emerging Tech: Apply on-prem/cloud IAM expertise for Entra ID, Federation, and Azure B2C. Explore services like Azure Arc or Confidential Computing for PoCs; analyze trends in reporting and forensics for regulated compliance.
Qualifications
  • Required
  • Experience: 8+ years in cloud engineering (5+ in Azure architecture/SRE); hands-on in production-scale environments, high-availability, and root-cause analysis. Background in Cloud Development and Architecture; experience managing projects of varying scale.
  • Technical Expertise:
  •  Proficient in Azure essentials: Landing Zones, AKS, VMs, Container Instances, Blob Storage, VNet, Entra ID, Policy/Blueprints. Design/manage IaaS/PaaS/SaaS (Load Balancers, App Gateways, DNS, Front Door, Storage, Monitor, Security Center, Log Analytics).
  • IaC/CI/CD mastery (Bicep/ARM/Terraform, Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, PowerShell/CLI); 2+ years in automation for CI/CD.
  • SRE core: SLOs/SLIs, error budgets, observability (Azure Monitor/Prometheus/Grafana), automation (Logic Apps/Functions).
  • Security: Defender, Sentinel, Key Vault; IAM depth (Entra ID, AD, Azure AD DS/Connect/B2C, MFA). Enterprise account/security models; Azure Policy implementation; Key Vault/encryption.
  • 2+ years O365 and Azure AD B2C; 2+ years Kubernetes/Docker/Containers; 3+ years Azure (Functions, API Mgmt, Blobs, VMs, SQL, Event Grid), Microservices, .NET Core, PowerApps.
  • Large-scale distributed systems, OSes, secure configs; deep Azure/cloud knowledge.
  • Skills: Complex system problem-solving; container/microservices; requirements-to-architecture translation.
  • Soft Skills: Collaborative communicator for partnerships/influence; agile/blameless culture; change/incident management. Mentor juniors; plan/manage technical implementations.
  • Preferred
  • Certifications: AZ-305, AZ-500, AZ-400, CKAD/CKA; AZ-300 A plus. Industry certs encouraged.
  • Advanced Azure: Arc, AI/ML (e.g., ML on AKS), databases (Cosmos/SQL). Compute/Storage/Networking automation (Azure Automation/CLI/PowerShell).
  • Chaos tools (Gremlin/Litmus), GitOps (Flux/ArgoCD), Ansible; regulated envs (HIPAA/GDPR/SOX).
  • Open-source/internal tooling contributions.
  • Bachelor's in CS/Engineering (or equivalent) strongly preferred 
$122,000 - $150,000 a year
Protective's targeted salary range for this position is $122,000 to $150,000. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors, including but not limited to, job location, skills, and experience. The range listed is just one component of Protective's total compensation package for employees.
 
This position also offers additional incentive opportunities through an annual incentive based on individual and Company performance.
 
 
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Employee Benefits:  
We aim to protect the wellbeing of our employees and their families with a broad benefits offering. In addition to offering comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance, we support emotional wellbeing through mental health benefits and an employee assistance program. Work/life balance is important and Protective offers a variety of paid time away benefits (e.g., paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, and a cultural observance day). The financial health of our employees is just as important as physical and emotional health.  Some of the financial wellbeing benefits include contributions to healthcare accounts, a pension plan, and a 401(k) plan with Company matching. All employees are encouraged to protect their overall wellbeing by engaging in ProHealth Rewards, Protective's platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards.   

Eligibility for certain benefits may vary by position in accordance with the terms of the Company's benefit plans.

Accommodations for Applicants with a Disability:
If you require an accommodation to complete the application and recruitment process due to a disability, please email [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application and recruitment process.

Please note that the above email is solely for individuals with disabilities requesting an accommodation.  General employment questions should not be sent through this process.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to being inclusive and attracting, retaining, and growing an inclusive workforce.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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