Azure Cloud Platform Engineer (Remote - US)

Allstate•McCullom Lake, IL

1d•$134,000 - $209,750•Remote

About The Position

The Cloud Platform Engineer Expert is a full stack engineer who architects and builds the cloud application development and hosting platforms for Allstate. This role has the primary accountability of developing and implementing Azure and GCP networking components. The role also has accountability for managing cloud resources (Azure, GCP) and ensuring the reliability, security, and scalability of our cloud environments. As a Cloud Platform Expert, the engineer is a team anchor serving as a thought leader in advocating technology solutions and engineering practices that define product engineering. They evaluate new products, software and projects; and lead the effort to adapt these technologies into the platform. They provide operational support, mentor engineers, model paired programming and test-driven practices, and drive continuous improvement efforts.

Requirements

7 or more years of experience in Azure Cloud
Experience with Azure networking components (Express Route, Azure DNS, routing, etc.)
Knowledge of Prompt Engineering, Agentic and AI open-source ecosystem
Experience with GCP AI services
Experience in Terraform development
Cloud Platforms: Azure, Google Generative AI
Programming Languages: Python
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform (including Tofu/Env0 tools)

Nice To Haves

Azure ExpressRoute
Customer Centricity
Digital Literacy
Generative AI
Inclusive Leadership
Learning Agility
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure DNS
Python (Programming Language)
Results-Oriented
Terraform (Software)

Responsibilities

Leads, architects, engineers and develops the Azure/GCP networking infrastructure for business strategies and requirements
Influences strategy and executes engineering roadmaps around infrastructure as a service; executes strategic engineering proof of concepts around infrastructure platforms
Champions engineering practices and helps teams define and setup frameworks for infrastructure as code and automation
Troubleshoots availability and performance incidents, identify root cause, fix and document problems, and implement preventative measures.
Leads postmortem activities to identify systemic solutions to improve the overall operations of the platform, and recommends and improves technology related policies and procedures
Evaluates performance trends and expected changes in demand and capacity; and establish the appropriate scalability plans
Develops a strategy for application and infrastructure monitoring for platforms and applications aligning with enterprise strategy and overall industry trends and direction
Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, pairing sessions, and hands-on technical leadership.