Platform Consultant Senior Expert (Cloud & AWS Platform Focus)

Allstate • McCullom Lake, IL

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About The Position

The Platform Consultant – Senior Expert (Cloud Focus) designs, operates, and enables enterprise-scale cloud platforms that allow engineering teams to deliver software reliably, securely, and at scale. This role emphasizes AWS-based platform architecture, operational excellence, and reliability. The ideal candidate brings deep experience running production systems in AWS and understands how applications behave within cloud environments—not just how infrastructure is provisioned.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in cloud engineering or platform engineering roles
• Deep hands-on expertise with AWS
• Experience with AWS IAM, AWS Lambda, and core compute services
• Experience supporting production applications running in AWS
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture patterns and operational tradeoffs
• Experience with platform reliability, monitoring, and incident response
• Experience operating in regulated or risk-aware enterprise environments

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to AWS Connect
• Event-driven system or orchestration experience
• Prior software engineering experience (Java, JavaScript, or similar)
• Familiarity with Redis or caching technologies
• Experience supporting shared platforms used by large engineering organizations

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve enterprise-scale cloud platform architectures
• Serve as a senior technical authority for AWS-based platforms and services
• Guide architecture decisions related to scalability, availability, security, and cost
• Own and improve cloud platform reliability, automation, and operational practices
• Partner with application teams, security, and operations on production readiness
• Troubleshoot complex cloud and platform issues
• Provide advisory and enablement support across engineering teams
• Influence cloud governance, identity, and platform standards
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and share insights across the platform community
• Build trust and influence with engineering directors, principal engineers, and design leaders to shape backlogs and engineering practices.
• Apply industry standards and evaluate emerging technologies, sharing relevant insights with the broader engineering community.
• Act as a collaborative thought leader by questioning assumptions and considering downstream implications of technical decisions.

Benefits

• Compensation offered for this role is 160,200.00 - 227,550.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.
• The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed