Brown & Brown Insurance
Brown & Brown Insurance
Brown & Brown Insurance is an independent insurance brokerage and risk management company serving individuals and businesses. Founded in 1939, it provides personal and commercial insurance, employee benefits, and national insurance programs through a network of more than 500 locations. With a workforce of more than 10,000 employees, the company operates across the finance and insurance sectors and emphasizes diversity, inclusion, and belonging in its workplace culture. Brown & Brown Insurance is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BRO and has expanded through a disciplined mergers and acquisitions strategy.

Principal Data Architect (Hybrid)

Lead the architecture of Brown & Brown Insurance’s enterprise data and AI platform. Shape cloud, governance, MLOps, and Generative AI capabilities across retail technology.

Description

  • Own the Retail data and AI architecture blueprint spanning ingestion, storage, transformation, serving, governance, and AI/ML deployment.
  • Define target-state architecture for cloud platforms, data products, AI systems, and integration patterns.
  • Lead architecture governance, facilitate design reviews, assess technology proposals, and uphold standards.
  • Convert business strategy and regulatory requirements into practical architectural decisions.
  • Act as the technical bridge between Corporate, Retail IT leadership, and enterprise architecture.
  • Architect and advance the hybrid data platform across Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and Google.
  • Design Medallion and Lakehouse architectures, Delta Lake and Unity Catalog implementations, and Data Mesh-aligned publishing patterns.
  • Oversee the architecture and integrations of the master data management platform.
  • Create API-first, event-driven, and ETL/ELT integration approaches.
  • Define AI/ML architecture for development, training, deployment, monitoring, and governance.
  • Build MLOps capabilities covering CI/CD, feature stores, model registries, MLflow, and model serving.
  • Design Generative AI and LLM solutions using RAG, agentic frameworks, prompt management, and responsible AI controls.
  • Establish frameworks for AI governance, model risk, explainability, auditability, and compliance.
  • Design data governance and security architecture covering catalogs, lineage, classification, quality, stewardship, and access control.
  • Set engineering standards, reusable reference architectures, testing frameworks, CI/CD practices, and documentation expectations.
  • Review architectures and coach senior data, machine learning, and domain architects.
  • Collaborate with business and enterprise technology leaders on solutions, vendor assessments, RFPs, and due diligence.
  • Create executive-level architecture documentation and implementation roadmaps.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, data engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • At least seven years of progressive experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise architecture.
  • Four or more years serving in a senior or lead architect role.
  • Track record of designing and delivering enterprise-scale data platforms in cloud environments.
  • Strong preference for experience with Microsoft Azure, Google, and Databricks.
  • Experience architecting production AI/ML systems, including MLOps pipelines, LLM applications, and agentic frameworks.
  • Substantial experience in financial services, insurance, or another regulated industry.
  • Experience in the broking domain is strongly preferred.
  • Experience advising senior business leaders as a technical authority on architecture.

Benefits

  • Medical and prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
  • Employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), student loan assistance, and tuition reimbursement.
  • Free mental health and enhanced advocacy services.
  • Paid time off.
  • Paid holidays.
  • Preferred partner discounts.

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