Cloud Platform Engineer Consultant II

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

Join a dynamic global team managing Allstate’s Kubernetes-based Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) platforms across on-prem (VMware), AZURE and AWS environments. As a Container Platform Engineer, you’ll support and automate infrastructure using tools like Jenkins, YAML, CI/CD, and IaC, collaborating with cross-functional teams including Security, Splunk, Networking, and DevOps. You'll work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment focused on innovation, automation, and continuous learning—helping to design, build, and support enterprise-grade Kubernetes Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Cluster Management: Create, configure, and manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS (EKS) and Azure (AKS), ensuring optimal performance and security.
• Life cycle Activities: Manage all the system lifecycle activities for the  K8s clusters like - Upgrades, System component upgrades, bug fixes
• Experience with Systems, Application and Network performance/availability monitoring and analysis using tools such as tcpdump and wireshark
• Design and implement solutions to continuously deliver an enterprise software system hosted in Kubernetes.
• Maintain cloud resources using industry standard tools and technologies.
• Build, manage and operate the infrastructure and configuration of various components and tools that manage the software development lifecycle with a strong focus on automation and infrastructure as code
• Being a dependable and highly skilled development resource for peers through education and review.
• Having a broad awareness of related projects and industry trends and encourages innovative practices amongst peers.
• Advocates and models coding and collaboration practices, reviews team code, and provides team members with feedback and suggestions for process improvement.
• Collaborates with other team members to establish new best practices and maintainable processes.
• Diagnostic Abilities: Strong problem-solving skills to diagnose issues related to networking, platform, application deployments and cluster performance.
• Debugging Techniques: Proficiency in using kubectl commands and other tools to troubleshoot various components within the Kubernetes environment.
• Security Management: Implement security best practices for Kubernetes environments, including IAM roles, network policies, and access controls and secrets management.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies regarding data security and access.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of the Kubernetes architecture, processes, and procedures for team reference.
• Proven experience working with infrastructure components (operating systems, compute, storage, networking, distributed systems, big data, cloud, containers, etc.) and solid understanding of the rest and how they impact services

Education

• 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)

Experience

• 2 or more years of experience (Preferred)

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job does not have supervisory duties.

Education & Experience (In Lieu)

• In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Primary Skills

Shift Time

Shift B (India)

Recruiter Info

Shriya Kumariskuow@allstate.com

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.