Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Overview

We are not just offering a job but a meaningful career! Come join our passionate team!

As a Fortune 50 company, we hire the best employees to serve our customers, making us a leader in the insurance and financial services industry. State Farm embraces diversity and inclusion to ensure a workforce that is engaged, builds on the strengths and talents of all associates, and creates a Good Neighbor culture.

We offer competitive benefits and pay with the potential for an annual financial award based on both individual and enterprise performance. Our employees have an opportunity to participate in volunteer events within the community and engage in a learning culture. We offer programs to assist with tuition reimbursement, professional designations, employee development, wellness initiatives, and more!

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Work Arrangement

HYBRID: Qualified candidates (in or near hub locations listed below) should plan to spend time working from home and some time working in the office as part of our hybrid work environment.

Hybrid work arrangement for Enterprise Technology is defined as residing with a 180 mile radius of the Hubs and Corporate.

HUB LOCATIONS: Dunwoody, GA; Richardson, TX; Tempe, AZ; or Bloomington, IL

State Farm Employees already classified as remote are eligible to apply.

Incumbency: This position will have a 12-month incumbency period, beginning on the effective date of the position, which must be met before the employee can post for any other lateral State Farm position. Employees may be considered for leadership or Technology Engineer openings at any time, and a promotional position within the same job structure (i.e. Professional/Technical or Para-professional/Support) after 6 months from the effective date of the position. In these cases, the remaining incumbency would be waived. The incumbency period does not affect the at-will relationship between State Farm and the employee and does not create an employment contract, nor contractual rights.

SPONSORSHIP: Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g., H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Responsibilities

Are you ready to revolutionize the world of technical recovery and business continuity? Do you thrive on pushing boundaries and embracing cutting-edge technologies? Look no further because State Farm has the opportunity for you!

Join the Recovery and Continuity Empowering Resiliency Suite (RACERS) winning team and help create and execute an Enterprise future state recovery strategy that guides recovery efforts and solution enablement.

This lead infrastructure engineer will be responsible for automating cyber resiliency and recovery methods in cloud and on-premises infrastructure with the goal of creating expertise and best practices for resiliency recovery and availability for all platforms including Cloud and SaaS. This will require collaborating with the development community, product and platform owners and vendors to ensure resiliency and recovery needs are met. RACERS envision a future where the enterprise has unwavering confidence in our ability to navigate any disruption seamlessly.

Qualifications

Ideal candidates will have the following skills/experiences

Required Skills

Experience in any programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, or JavaExperience with developing solutions on AWS or other distributed compute platformsExperience in CI/CD: (ex: Gitlab)Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g.: Terraform, Cloud Formation)Ability to conduct research and integrate industry best practices into processes and potential solutionsStrong understanding of large enterprise systems and engineering practicesCritical thinking skills to challenge current thinking and apply right technology to solve problemsAbility to learn and adopt new technologies and languagesThe passion to advocate and educate othersStrong communication skills and ability to collaborate with others

Preferred Skills

Experience with AWS (Lamdas, DynamoDB, S3, OpenSearch, QuickSight, API Gateway, Route53, etc.) JavaScript (ex: Ember, ReactJS, NodeJS)Experience with Credential Management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, etc.)Experience with Logging, Tracing, and Reporting (Splunk, Dynatrace, AWS Cloud Watch, etc. Experience with API development and usageAbility to learn and adapt to new technologies

SPONSORSHIP: Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g., H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

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