Product Engineer – Infra as Code Lead Consultant

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

📋 Description

• Develop and implement the enterprise Infrastructure as Code strategy, along with the associated standards, governance, and adoption roadmap.

• Create, enhance, and sustain scalable infrastructure automation solutions across various hosted platforms.

• Construct reusable modules, templates, blueprints, and self-service automation functionalities.

• Utilize technologies such as Ansible, Terraform/OpenTofu, Puppet, Rundeck, Python, or similar for automation development.

• Incorporate AI-assisted engineering practices and Specification-Driven Design methodologies.

• Enforce responsible AI practices, security measures, governance, and risk management within the enterprise automation frameworks.

• Design and create APIs and integrations for infrastructure orchestration, provisioning, and platform services.

• Propel CI/CD, security, compliance, testing, and deployment automation in infrastructure delivery.

• Collaborate with platform product teams to enhance IaC adoption and develop infrastructure capabilities into products.

• Generate documentation, reference architectures, training materials, and enablement programs.

• Utilize knowledge across compute, networking, storage, security, identity, cloud, and infrastructure services to deliver platform products and enhance operational resilience.

• Work closely with platform, server, security, networking, and application teams to transition from manual to automated, software-defined infrastructure delivery.

• This role does not include supervisory responsibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of Infrastructure as Code principles, patterns, and engineering methodologies.

• Proficient in continuous collaborative pair programming to address technical challenges.

• Significant experience in creating infrastructure automation solutions using Ansible, Terraform/OpenTofu, Env0, Puppet, or similar platforms.

• Proven track record of establishing and scaling enterprise infrastructure automation projects.

• Strong software engineering focus that prioritizes maintainability, testing, version control, and automation.

• Experience in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployments.

• Familiarity with Git-based development workflows, including branching strategies, pull requests, and code review processes.

• Experience in developing reusable modules, templates, and shared automation services.

• Profound understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, identity management, and platform services.

• Demonstrated capability to influence engineering teams and promote adherence to technical standards.

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management abilities.

• Competence in balancing strategic thinking with hands-on technical execution.

• Experience with integrating LLMs, MCPs, AI agents, Copilot technologies, or workflow automation platforms into infrastructure engineering solutions is a plus.

• Experience in building AI-native infrastructure platforms is also a plus.

• Experience in enabling self-service capabilities through platform engineering or developer platforms is advantageous.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience is preferred.

• Candidates selected for the role must undergo a background investigation.

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

• For remote work, a dedicated, private workspace, suitable desk and seating, and reliable internet with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload are mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Allstate offers a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse.

• Employees eligible to work from home will receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to assist with internet expenses.