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
The Vended Application Consultant II successfully delivers product features utilizing vended software, particularly ERP applications, by applying knowledge of the application’s functionality and client business processes. The role contributes to the creation of technical designs for their area and configures vendor software under supervision for new or existing enterprise-wide and business-unit applications.Key Responsibilities- Administer, operate, and support Confluent Kafka clusters (ZooKeeper and/or KRaft)
- Perform Kafka cluster provisioning, upgrades, scaling, and patching
- Monitor cluster health, performance, and capacity using JMX, metrics, and observability tools
- Troubleshoot and debug Kafka issues including:
- Broker failures
- ISR shrink/expand issues
- Leader elections
- Replication lag
- Consumer lag and performance problems
- Manage Kafka components:
- Kafka Brokers
- Kafka Connect
- Schema Registry
- REST Proxy / ksqlDB (if applicable)
- Analyze logs and metrics to perform root cause analysis (RCA) for production incidents
- Work with application teams to support topic design, partitioning, retention, and performance tuning
- Ensure high availability, reliability, and data durability of Kafka clusters
- Implement and maintain security controls (ACLs, TLS, authentication, authorization)
- Automate Kafka operations using scripts and configuration management tools
- Participate in on-call support and incident response rotations
- 3+ years of hands-on experience as a Kafka / Confluent Platform Administrator
- Strong understanding of Kafka architecture and internals:
- Brokers, partitions, replicas, ISR
- Leader election and replication
- ZooKeeper and/or KRaft mode
- Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills
- Strong Linux/Unix experience (processes, networking, file systems, performance tuning)
- Experience with Kafka monitoring and metrics (JMX, Prometheus, Datadog, Grafana, etc.)
- Ability to read and analyze Kafka broker logs and JVM metrics
- Experience working in production environments with high data volume and throughput
- Good scripting skills (Bash, Shell; Python is a plus)
- Experience with AWS services (EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, VPC, MSK or self-managed Kafka on AWS)
- Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform
- Configuration management using Ansible
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of Kafka security best practices
- Experience with disaster recovery and multi-cluster Kafka setups
Primary Skills
Apache Kafka, Defect Resolution, DevOps, ERP Applications, Functional Designs, Integration Testing, Issue Management, Red Hat Ansible, TerraformShift Time
Recruiter Info
Yateesh B G[email protected]About Allstate
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 causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger – a winning team making a meaningful impact.
The Allstate Corporation is one of the largest publicly held insurance providers in the United States. Ranked No. 84 in the 2023 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue, The Allstate Corporation owns and operates 18 companies in the United States, Canada, Northern Ireland, and India. Allstate India Private Limited, also known as Allstate India, is a subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation. The India talent center was set up in 2012 and operates under the corporation's Good Hands promise. As it innovates operations and technology, Allstate India has evolved beyond its technology functions to be the critical strategic business services arm of the corporation. With offices in Bengaluru and Pune, the company offers expertise to the parent organization’s business areas including technology and innovation, accounting and imaging services, policy administration, transformation solution design and support services, transformation of property liability service design, global operations and integration, and training and transition.
Learn more about Allstate India here.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of hands-on experience as a Kafka / Confluent Platform Administrator
- Strong understanding of Kafka architecture and internals (brokers, partitions, replicas, ISR)
- Knowledge of leader election and replication, ZooKeeper and/or KRaft mode
- Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills for Kafka production issues
- Strong Linux/Unix experience (processes, networking, file systems, performance tuning)
- Experience with Kafka monitoring and metrics (JMX, Prometheus, Datadog, Grafana, etc.)
- Ability to read and analyze Kafka broker logs and JVM metrics
- Experience working in production environments with high data volume and throughput
- Good scripting skills (Bash, Shell)
- Python scripting (listed as a plus)
- Implement and maintain security controls (ACLs, TLS, authentication, authorization)
- Automate Kafka operations using scripts and configuration management tools
- Experience with AWS services (EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, VPC, MSK)
- Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform
- Configuration management experience using Ansible
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with disaster recovery and multi-cluster Kafka setups
Allstate Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Allstate and has not been reviewed or approved by Allstate.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company match and a company-funded pension, providing notable long-term value. These features are described as standout components of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is described as generous, with vacation and parental leave available. This breadth of leave supports work-life needs for a range of situations.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work arrangements include options for in-office, remote, or hybrid work. This flexibility is positioned as a meaningful part of the total rewards experience.
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