Lead Infrastructure Engineer

State Farm•Dunwoody, GA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Being good neighbors – helping people, investing in our communities, and making the world a better place – is who we are at State Farm. It is at the core of how we operate and the reason for our success. Come join a #1 team and do some good! Qualified candidates must live within a 180-mile radius of a hub location listed below and should plan to spend time working from home and some time working in the office as part of our hybrid work environment. HUB LOCATIONS: Bloomington, IL; Richardson, TX; Atlanta, GA; or Tempe, AZ. Applicants for this position 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.

Requirements

AWS knowledge and expertise with Lambdas/IAM roles
Cloud/On-premise networking (basic understanding, troubleshooting experience, communication across AWS accounts)
Kubernetes knowledge and expertise
Go programming language - API, CLI development
Terraform
CD/CI best practices (experience w/Gitlab)
Entra ID - OIDC/OAuth2
Shell scripting
Knowledge in enterprise application development is plus (not necessarily required)
Spring/Spring Boot
React, Angular, etc. (Front-end Frameworks)
Java / Javascript
In-depth GitOps/ArgoCD knowledge is a plus
SPIFFE/SPIRE/ZTWIM knowledge and expertise is a plus
Team players that can challenge the status quo
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
Ability to build relationships across various levels of the organization
Ability to quickly adapt to a changing environment
Ability to coach and mentor others
Ability to foster innovation, encourage diversity of thought, and incorporate new ideas
Commitment to software practices of continuous integration and automated testing
Experience or comfort working in a relaxed, fun, fast paced, startup environment
Willing to be a self-starter and quick learner
Experience with agile development practices
Ability to navigate the organization and collaborate across teams and departments

Nice To Haves

Knowledge in enterprise application development
In-depth GitOps/ArgoCD knowledge
SPIFFE/SPIRE/ZTWIM knowledge and expertise

Responsibilities

Architect and enhance the ROSA platform to meet product team needs, design for resilience, and minimize enterprise impact during outages.
Lead solution design with attention to risk, mitigation, performance, user experience, and testability.
Participate in sprint planning by estimating and owning development stories.
Support automated testing and development as needed.
Contribute to a cohesive, established team with the right mix of collaboration, ownership, and standout soft skills.
Provide guidance and set direction for the ROSA technology.
Provide automated solutions for manual processes in place today.