Full-Time

Manager - Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering

Posted on 10/3/2025

Encova

Encova

Provides commercial, auto, and home insurance

Compensation Overview

$121.9k - $195k/yr

+ Bonus

Columbus, OH, USA

Hybrid

This is a hybrid role with expectation of in-office days each week. Candidates must reside in specific U.S. states, including Ohio.

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure (1)
Required Skills
CloudFormation
AWS
Terraform
DevOps
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, required.
  • Minimum of 6-8 years of experience in leading infrastructure engineering teams in a transformation or modernization context
  • Strong knowledge of AWS services and experience working within a PaaS model in infrastructure space.
  • Hands-on understanding of IaC, CI/CD, and DevOps principles.
Responsibilities
  • Mentor and guide a team of infrastructure engineers through the transition to platform engineering roles.
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning, cloud-native thinking, and automation-first mindset.
  • Set clear goals and development plans to help team members gain proficiency in PaaS, IaC, and cloud services.
  • Act as a coach to support emotional and professional adaptability during the transformation.
  • Lead the evolution from traditional infrastructure delivery to Infrastructure as a Platform.
  • Collaborate with architecture and cloud teams to define and implement the PaaS operating model.
  • Drive standardization, automation, and reusability across compute, storage, network, and middleware layers.
  • Promote self-service and DevOps-friendly platforms to enhance speed, scalability, and user experience.
  • Work closely with the Application and Architecture teams to ensure alignment with enterprise AWS cloud strategy.
  • Guide adoption of IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and cloud-native services.
  • Ensure operational excellence, security, and compliance across all platform components.
  • Monitor performance and continuously improve reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency of the platform.
  • Apply AWS FinOps principles to manage and optimize cloud spend across infrastructure services.
  • Implement cost tracking, tagging, budgeting, and reporting mechanisms aligned with engineering initiatives.
  • Proactively identify and remediate cost inefficiencies in AWS usage (e.g., rightsizing, reserved instances, savings plans).
  • Educate the team on cloud cost awareness and embed cost accountability into engineering practices.
  • Act as a bridge between engineering teams and architecture, security, DevOps, and application teams.
  • Communicate progress, risks, and roadblocks effectively to senior leadership.
  • Align infrastructure platform capabilities with business and developer needs.

Encova Insurance offers commercial, auto, and home insurance sold through more than 2,000 independent agencies in the Midwest, Northeast, and South. Its policies are underwritten, priced, and administered by the mutual carrier, with premiums, reserves, and assets backing claims and policy obligations. It stands apart from competitors as a top-25 mutual insurer with a strong A (excellent) rating from AM Best and a large regional agency network. Its goal is to provide dependable insurance solutions to policyholders across its regional footprint while maintaining financial strength and local market alignment.

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Headquarters

Columbus, Ohio

Founded

1899

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Lingala drives large-scale IT transformations enhancing operational efficiency.
  • Sapiens empowers 2,000 agents' business decisions without IT dependency.
  • Ivans integrations boost real-time agency management and partnerships.

What critics are saying

  • Laska's advisory role through 2025 creates knowledge gaps disrupting projects.
  • Lingala's big-firm experience stalls Encova's smaller-scale digital efforts.
  • CIO reliance risks agent attrition to Next Insurance in 6-12 months.

What makes Encova unique

  • Encova centralizes decision intelligence via Sapiens Decision on agent portal.
  • Ramu Lingala leads IT with 25+ years from Liberty Mutual and State Auto.
  • Encova wins 2025 Ivans Spark gold for digital agent tools like Ask Kodiak.

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Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Wellness Program

Flexible Work Hours

Company News

FF News
May 15th, 2025
Encova Insurance Appoints Ramu Lingala As Chief Information Officer

Encova Insurance has named Ramu Lingala as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, succeeding longtime CIO Tony Laska, who will retire at the end of this year.Lingala officially assumed the role on May 1 after joining the company in February to become familiar with its operations and culture.Laska, who has held key leadership roles at BrickStreet, Motorists, and Encova, will remain with the company in an advisory capacity through the end of 2025.“I want to congratulate Tony on a successful career and thank him for his unmatched contributions to BrickStreet, Motorists and now Encova,” said Encova President and CEO TJ Obrokta Jr. “I still remember recruiting him many years ago and the remarkable impact he had during the early years of BrickStreet. With that said, we are very excited to have Ramu join our senior leadership team as Tony’s successor. Under Ramu’s IT leadership, we will continue improving our systems and strengthening our capabilities as we strive to be the carrier of choice for our agents and policyholders.”As CIO, Lingala will oversee Encova’s technology teams, ensuring seamless operations for associates, customers, and partners. He will also work closely with business teams to advance the company’s enterprise strategy and collaborate with IT leaders to guide technology roadmaps and execution.Lingala brings more than 25 years of experience in information technology leadership. Prior to joining Encova, he served as Vice President of Business Lines Technology at Liberty Mutual, where he led large-scale transformation programs and restructured IT operating models.Encova’s leadership transition highlights the company’s continued focus on innovation and operational excellence as it moves into a new chapter of digital transformation

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