Cloud Automation Engineer

Allstate; United States; On-site; USD 98,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Allstate is seeking a Cloud Provisioning Engineer to design, implement, and operate cloud platforms across AWS and Azure. You will work in an XP environment, paired programming, and mentor engineers in infrastructure as code and cloud automation.

Responsibilities include building standardized cloud environments, developing reusable modules, and collaborating with application teams to adopt cloud best practices, while aligning with security policies and business goals.

Qualifications

• Experience in Python development for cloud automation.
• Extensive experience building cloud infrastructure in AWS and/or Azure.
• Hands-on with Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation or similar IaC tools.
• Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain Python apps that automate provisioning and management of cloud environments.
• Build cloud environments and platforms aligned with business and security requirements.
• Design reusable infrastructure modules for AWS and Azure.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud provisioning, security, and deployment issues.
• Partner with application teams to promote cloud engineering best practices.
• Lead technical initiatives and mentor engineers on cloud automation.

Skills

AWS

Cloud Platform

Continuous Delivery

Continuous Improvement

Defect Resolution

ERP Applications

Functional Designs

GitHub

Integration Testing

Issue Management

Jenkins

Microsoft Azure

Public Clouds

Python

Terraform

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

CloudFormation

boto3

Azure SDK

Job description

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

Allstate is looking for Cloud Provisioning 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 Provisioning Engineer

• Write s and maintain s Python applications that automate the provisioning and management of cloud environments.
• 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
• Design s cloud patterns and reusable infrastructure modules for AWS and Azure.
• Troubleshoot s complex cloud provisioning, security, and deployment issues.
• Partner s with application teams to help them adopt cloud engineering best practices.
• Lead s technical initiatives and mentor s other engineers on cloud automation and Infrastructure as Code.
• Will be working primarily in an Extreme Programming environment and must be willing to work in a paired programming/engineering model
• Contributes to the strategy and designs for the continuous integration and continuous delivery frameworks and tools
• Defines and develops new products and services that provides functions- "as-a-service" and are user centric

Technical Skills

• Expert-level Python development experience with the ability to design, build, test, and maintain production-grade cloud automation systems.
• Extensive experience building cloud infrastructure solutions in AWS and/or Azure.
• Deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles including hands-on experience with Terraform, OpenTofu , CloudFormation, or similar platforms.
• Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines that provision, configure, and manage cloud infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity and access management, security controls, compute , storage, and platform architecture.
• Proven ability to diagnose and solve complex technical problems across application , infrastructure, and cloud domains.
• Experience developing reusable automation frameworks, APIs, libraries, and tooling such as boto3 and the Azure SDK
• Ability to lead technical discussions, mentor engineers, establish engineering standards, and drive adoption of cloud engineering best practices.

Additional Skills Preferred

• 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

Skills

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Cloud Platform
• Continuous Delivery
• Continuous Improvement
• Defect Resolution
• ERP Applications
• Functional Designs
• GitHub
• Integration Testing
• Issue Management
• Jenkins (Software)
• Microsoft Azure
• Public Clouds
• Python (Programming Language)
• Terraform (Software)

Compensation

Compensation offered for this role is 98,100.00 - 167,850.00 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

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