Cloud Automation Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Design and create well-structured, secure cloud environments and platforms for Allstate.

• Automate public cloud services by establishing continuous integration and delivery pipelines for infrastructure and application teams.

• Collaborate with cloud-platform consumers to ensure applications comply with standards and gather insights for platform enhancement.

• Develop and maintain Python applications that streamline the provisioning and management of cloud environments.

• Construct cloud environments and platforms that align with both business objectives and security strategies.

• Create standards, designs, and automated software deployment processes within cloud environments.

• Design cloud patterns and reusable infrastructure modules for AWS and Azure.

• Resolve complex issues related to cloud provisioning, security, and deployment.

• Assist application teams in adopting best practices in cloud engineering.

• Lead technical projects and mentor engineers in cloud automation and Infrastructure as Code.

• Operate primarily in an Extreme Programming environment, engaging in paired programming/engineering.

• Contribute to the strategy and design of continuous integration and continuous delivery frameworks and tools.

• Define and develop user-centric products and services that offer functions-as-a-service.

⛳️ Requirements

• Expertise in Python development, focusing on designing, building, testing, and maintaining production-grade cloud automation systems.

• Extensive experience in constructing cloud infrastructure solutions within AWS and/or Azure.

• Profound understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles.

• Practical experience with Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation, or comparable platforms.

• Proficiency in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines that provision, configure, and oversee cloud infrastructure.

• Strong grasp of cloud networking, identity and access management, security controls, compute, storage, and platform architecture.

• Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve intricate technical issues across application, infrastructure, and cloud domains.

• Experience in developing reusable automation frameworks, APIs, libraries, and tools such as boto3 and the Azure SDK.

• Capability to lead technical discussions, mentor engineers, establish engineering standards, and promote the adoption of cloud engineering best practices.

• 4+ years of experience in application development and infrastructure engineering.

• Willingness and capability to implement necessary changes in infrastructure and processes.

• Ability to collaborate in diverse teams, manage multiple tasks, and work effectively under pressure to meet tight deadlines.

• Capacity to work efficiently across organizational and geographical boundaries.

• Skill in identifying creative solutions to technical challenges.

• Proficiency in communicating and presenting ideas and solutions effectively.

• Willingness to engage in an Extreme Programming environment and paired programming/engineering model.

• Background investigation required.

• Must have a dedicated, private workspace that is free from distractions while working from home.

• Reliable internet connection is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.

• Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse.

• Monthly reimbursement for connectivity to help alleviate internet costs for employees eligible to work from home.

• Opportunity to work remotely.

• Meaningful work that supports various causes and communities.

• An innovative work environment.

• Requirement for a dedicated, private workspace with appropriate desk and seating.

• Reliable internet requirement with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.