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Job Summary
Allstate is looking for Cloud Engineers within ATSV Infrastructure Services. Within IS, the cloud engineers are responsible and accountable for the engineering and operation of the Allstate cloud platforms. The cloud platforms are comprised of multiple public cloud environments, continuous integration and continuous delivery tools and pipelines that enforce our security and operational standards.
The Cloud Engineer will design and build opinionated, secure cloud environments and platforms for Allstate. Job responsibilities will include automating public cloud services by building continuous integration and delivery pipelines that are used by infrastructure teams as well as application teams. They will partner with consumers of the cloud platforms to align their applications to our standards and to solicit feedback for the purpose of improving our platforms.
Job Description
⦁ Builds the various opinionated cloud environments and platforms while aligning them with business and security strategies and requirements
⦁ Builds standards, designs, and automates the deployment of software in cloud environments
⦁ Improves engineering practices and guides teams in using frameworks for infrastructure as code and immutable infrastructure concepts
⦁ Manages complex technical designs in engineering and operating cloud platform infrastructure
⦁ Contributes to the strategy and designs for the continuous integration and continuous delivery frameworks and tools
⦁ Contribute to technology strategy and engineering roadmaps around cloud platforms; executes strategic engineering proof of concepts around cloud platforms
⦁ Defines and develops new products and services that provides functions- “as-a-service” and are user centric
⦁ Decides on the appropriate use of open source and commercial technology based upon industry trends and innovative concepts
⦁ Will be working primarily in an Extreme Programming environment and must be willing to work in a paired programming/engineering model
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Experience
⦁ Four year degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related area, or equivalent work experience
⦁ 4+ years of application development and infrastructure engineering experience
⦁ Able to mentor different teams across the various engineering practices including extreme programming, product mindset, cloud/as-a-service approach, and infrastructure as code
⦁ Hands-on style - willingness and competence in producing necessary changes in our infrastructure and processes
⦁ Able to work in diverse teams, multi-task, and work under pressure to meet aggressive schedule targets
⦁ Able to work effectively across organizational and geographical boundaries
⦁ Identify creative solutions for technical challenges
⦁ Able to communicate effectively across groups of diverse backgrounds
⦁ Ability to communicate and present ideas and solutions
Technical Skills
⦁ Demonstrable experience designing and implementing complex applications and distributed systems into public cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc…)
⦁ Experience and solid understanding of complex, multi-region, highly available state-less and state-full deployments
⦁ Solid understanding of security and compliance frameworks, standards and implementation in public cloud environments
⦁ Experience with infrastructure technologies such as network, compute, and storage
⦁ Experience in using DSLs/frameworks for managing infrastructure as code like (or similar to) CloudFormation, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, BOSH, etc…
⦁ Experience in infrastructure programming using languages like Python, Ruby, Go
⦁ Hands on experience using continuous integration/delivery tools like (or similar to) git, Jenkins, Concourse
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands®.
As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life -- including a generous paid time off policy. For a full description of Allstate’s benefits, visit allstate.jobs/benefits/
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