Software Engineer - Cloud Security

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

Software Engineers with a focus on cloud security have competencies in software engineering, including testing/QA, back-end, and SQL. Most engineers are also skilled in DevOps, including systems administration-style work such as scripting deploys and setting up continuous integration as well as familiarity building custom integrations for cloud services. Pairing engineers with other experienced team members ensures training and knowledge transfer is happening as efficiently as possible without risking the quality of the development.

This role drives quality delivery through:

• Outcome Based Delivery

• Utilizing paired programming

• Leveraging Test-Driven Development

• Daily interactions and open communication channels with you and your Product Manager

• Participation in Iteration Planning, Stand-up and Retrospective meetings

• Ability to facilitate diverse teams, multi-task, and work under pressure to meet aggressive schedule targets

• Ability to work effectively across organizational and geographical boundaries

Key Responsibilities

Expectations for a Software Engineer with a focus on cloud security include:

• Design, develop, and implement innovative and embedded security controls and products for cloud and container ecosystems

• Demonstrate technical skills and aptitude needed to meet/exceed delivery velocity expectations as a software engineer

• Actively learn different technologies as needed for delivery of stories

• Adhere to Allstate best practices (for example, pair programming and test-driven development) and hold others accountable for the same

• Deliver on all phases of development work from initial kick-off, technical setup, application development, and support

• Serve as a leader in all dimensions of the work:  people, process, technology

• Embrace approach of making collaborative, fast, local decisions; then course correct as/if needed (test/learn/iterate)

• Active participation in regular agile meetings (e.g., stand-ups, iteration planning meeting, retrospectives) infusing backlogs with technical input working in close partnership with the product manager

• Actively work to transfer knowledge of Allstate development practices and technical skills to other people (including delivery areas) to grow adoption

• Provide meaningful/thoughtful feedback on others as requested

• Receive constructive criticism and take necessary steps to improve where/when needed

• If there is bench time, leverage it to work on any assigned projects and/or for self-study to advance technical skills

• Developed code should promote principles of 12 factor apps, availability, scalability, maintainability and security

• Maintain positive outlook in handling continuous change and bring a sense of urgency in driving positive change at Allstate (innovation, faster time to market, improved quality)

• Embrace an organization model that is self-directed / self-managed as a team and as individuals

• Satisfy all administrative-type requirements such as timesheets, performance management process, annual compliance, security training, etc.

• Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this job

• This job does not have supervisory responsibilities

Key Qualifications

• 5+ years technology development and implementation experience

• Hands-on experience with the following:

  • AWS and/or Azure services (e.g., Lambda, S3, IAM, Functions, Azure AD)

  • Provisioning cloud resources via Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Knowledge of Agile methodologies (especially Agile XP), including paired programming and Test Driven Development (TDD)

• Excellent Java and/or Python coding background including familiarity with the following tools:

  • Intellij or Visual Studio Code IDE

  • Github

  • Spring Framework

  • Mircrosoft SQL Server

• Basic knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized workloads​

• Familiarity with the following is a plus:

  • Jenkins

  • Env0

  • checkov

• 4 year Bachelor's Degree or Code School Graduate preferred

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Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloud Security, Infrastructure As Code (IaC), Java, Microsoft Azure, Pair Programming, Python (Programming Language), Scripting, Software Engineering, Test Driven Development (TDD)

Compensation

Compensation offered for this role is 95,700.00 - 170,925.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

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.

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