At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.
Job Description The Cloud Platform Engineer Expert is a full stack engineer who architects and builds the cloud application development and hosting platforms for Allstate. This role has the primary accountability of developing and implementing Azure and Google Cloud Platform networking components. The role also has accountability for managing cloud resources (Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and ensuring the reliability, security, and scalability of our cloud environments.
As a Cloud Platform Expert, the engineer is a team anchor serving as a thought leader in advocating technology solutions and engineering practices that define product engineering. They evaluate new products, software and projects; and lead the effort to adapt these technologies into the platform. They provide operational support, mentor engineers, model paired programming and test-driven practices, and drive continuous improvement efforts.
Key Responsibilities - Leads, architects, engineers and develops the Azure/Google Cloud Platform networking infrastructure for business strategies and requirements
- Influences strategy and executes engineering roadmaps around infrastructure as a service; executes strategic engineering proof of concepts around infrastructure platforms
- Champions engineering practices and helps teams define and setup frameworks for infrastructure as code and automation
- Troubleshoots availability and performance incidents, identify root cause, fix and document problems, and implement preventative measures.
- Leads postmortem activities to identify systemic solutions to improve the overall operations of the platform, and recommends and improves technology related policies and procedures
- Evaluates performance trends and expected changes in demand and capacity; and establish the appropriate scalability plans
- Develops a strategy for application and infrastructure monitoring for platforms and applications aligning with enterprise strategy and overall industry trends and direction
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, pairing sessions, and hands-on technical leadership.
Experience - 7 or more years of experience in Azure Cloud
- Experience with Azure networking components (Express Route, Azure DNS, routing, etc.)
- Knowledge of Prompt Engineering, Agentic and AI open-source ecosystem
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform AI services
- Experience in Terraform development
Technical Skills - Cloud Platforms: Azure, Google
- Programming Languages: Python
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform (including Tofu/Env0 tools)
Supervisory Responsibilities - This job does not have supervisory duties.
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Skills Azure ExpressRoute, Customer Centricity, Digital Literacy, Generative AI, Inclusive Leadership, Learning Agility, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure DNS, Python (Programming Language), Results-Oriented, Terraform
Compensation Compensation offered for this role is 134,000.00 - 209,750.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.
Joining our team isn't just a job - it's an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger - a winning team making a meaningful impact. Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
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Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.
When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.
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