Cloud Database Engineer, Remote
Date Opened: May 9, 2024
Location: Remote, Remote, US
Company: Allstate Insurance Company
The world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.
You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.
Everything we do at Allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from life’s uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreams. For more than 89 years we’ve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatever’s coming next – to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they face. We acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowerment. We’ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protection.
We are the Good Hands. We don’t follow the trends. We set them.
Job Summary:
The Cloud Database Engineer designs and develops Cloud database solutions that balance the need for speed, flexibility, and security of database and supporting infrastructure. This role has the primary accountability of developing, implementing, and operating Allstate’s Cloud Database platforms. It also encompasses developing, building, administering, and deploying self-service tools that enable Allstate developers to build, deploy and operate cloud native applications. As Allstate moves towards the cloud, there is a greater need for use of managed database offerings and SaaS database offerings. This role builds those services using modern practice. This role requires the ability to synthesize radical ideas and the aptitude to define new database strategies in a global environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Works to develop the platform as a service and application hosting environment aligning them with business strategies and requirements.
- Represents developers and key customers in the product design and lifecycle process.
- Champions the engineering practices and helping teams define and setup frameworks for infrastructure as code and automation.
- Works within the strategy and manages complex technical designs in engineering and operating platform infrastructure.
- Works within the strategy and executes engineering roadmaps around infrastructure as a service; executes strategic engineering proof of concepts around infrastructure platforms.
- Defines and develops new products and services that provides functions- as-a-service to developers and customers, championing a seamless user experience for direct customers.
- Develops a strategy for application and infrastructure monitoring for platforms and applications aligning with enterprise strategy and overall industry trends and direction.
- Maintains the high availability designs and engineering for the different platforms across the company.
- Champions technology and open-source technology internal and external to the company.
Functional Skills:
- Experience with Cloud and SaaS databases (AWS Document DB, Mongo Atlas, AWS RDS, or Azure Managed Databases, AWS Aurora databases (Postgres))
- Experience with public Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure);
- Experience migrating from MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB to Cloud solutions.
- Able to mentor different teams across the various engineering practices including product mindset, cloud/as-a-service approach, and infrastructure as code.
- Hands-on style - willingness and competent in producing necessary changes in our infrastructure and processes.
- Able to facilitate 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 support issues.
- Able to communicate effectively across groups of diverse backgrounds.
- Ability to present ideas and solutions.
- DevOps and scripting skills in at least one language (other than Bash), ideally Python and Terraform.
- Demonstrate an ability to bridge technology knowledge gaps between IT staff and corporate staff such as Legal, Compliance and Audit organizations.
- Organized, responsive and highly thorough problem solver, strong communication skills.
Education and Experience:
- 5 or more years of experience (Preferred)
- 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)
- In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
- AWS Certified Database Specialty (Preferred)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Preferred)
- Microsoft Certified Azure Database Associate (Preferred)
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Notes:
Compensation offered for this role is $84,500.00-$149,750.00 per year and is based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
Good Hands. Greater Together. ℠
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 https://www.allstate.jobs/benefits/
Learn more about life at Allstate. Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn or watch a video.#LI-MF1
Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
Effective July 1, 2014, under Indiana House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1242, it is against public policy of the State of Indiana and a discriminatory practice for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on the basis that they are a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the Indiana National Guard or a member of a reserve component.
For jobs in San Francisco, please click “here” for information regarding the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
For jobs in Los Angeles, please click “here” for information regarding the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
To view the “EEO is the Law” poster click “here”. This poster provides information concerning the laws and procedures for filing complaints of violations of the laws with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
To view the FMLA poster, click “here”. This poster summarizing the major provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and telling employees how to file a complaint.
It is the Company’s policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all jobs. Therefore, any discriminatory action taken on account of an employee’s ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race (include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion (including religious dress), sex, or sexual orientation that adversely affects an employee's terms or conditions of employment is prohibited. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, salary administration, promotion, job assignment, benefits, discipline, and separation of employment.