The world isn’t standing still, and neither is allstateWe’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needsThat’s why now is an exciting time to join our teamYou’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.
You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramountWe empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and liveOur people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.
Everything we do at allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from life’s uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreamsFor more than 89 years we’ve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatever’s coming next – to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they faceWe acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving lawsWe help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowermentWe’ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protectionWe are the good handsWe don’t follow the trendsWe set them.
The opportunity
The data & intelligent systems is a world class organization supporting our data science and analytic research organizations at allstateWe are solving some of today’s most complicated analytical problems though our driving mission to deliver next generation insurance solutions to our customersWe are passionate about learning new ways to get the most value from our massive data resourcesAs a labeling and geospatial support engineer, you will work in partnership with the data science team and enjoy time to innovate, learn, collaborate and teachWe are partnering to incorporate analytics into every aspect of the enterpriseDeveloping ourselves and others is to our successIn order to maintain our place at the forefront of the technological landscape, allstate needs to hire the best and the brightest talent – is that you?
The role
Allstate is looking for mid-level platform devops support engineer with a passion to learn new skills and who are interested in advancementThe labeling and geospatial support engineer works in an agile environment interacting with multiple analytic and technology teams to support the advanced analytics platforms critical for supporting data scienceThe candidate will have a focus on technical responsibilities to aid the data science and analytic teams to leverage internal tooling and data assets to produce business insights, gain deeper understanding and anticipation of end-user data science needs and identify and enhance tactical and strategic decision makingThe engineer will be responsible to collaborate with data science and analytic users to automate, simplify and strategize approaches to develop next generation analytics platformsThis position requires a technical background with familiarity of the business aspects of data science and business analyticsEffective communication and team spirit are important as this individual will be interfacing with different areas including business clients, technology, architecture and infrastructure services.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with data science and analytics groups to evaluate, implement and maintain platforms and custom tooling to support allstate’s data acceleration program.
Work with internal teams, end users and vendors to identify and recommend possible solutions and workarounds to technical scenarios with a focus on automation.
Diagnose, correct and explain software and hardware issues that affect vended, internal and open source software products with a concentration on root cause elimination.
Hands on approach to learn and use new technologies and methodologies across a wide variety of tools and languages to support and develop analytical platforms (eg python, java, scala, spark, r, sql, c++)
Demonstrate high degree of analytic agility to meet fluid and dynamic business needs in an agile environment working individually as well as in groups
Discipline to produce consumable documentation as required
Flexibility to perform additional tasks and duties outside of normal daily activities
Demonstrate technical leadership and provide consultation outside of immediate team
Primary skills
Mandatory: unix proficiency, scripting/automation, python or knowledge of other programming language, strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Optional: ansible, jenkins, aws, docker / kubernetes
Qualifications
3-5 years of relevant experience in a technical support software/application environment troubleshooting software applications.
Must have relevant experience with linux/unix administration along with troubleshooting of issues with below ones
Storage technologies (san, nas, ssd)
Security concepts (authorization, authentication, pii, principal of least privilege, linux groups, acl’s, ldap/ad, etc)
Experience in automating day to day task with any scripting language
Experience/knowledge in python and/or similar third-generation programming language
Experience with docker (or other container technology/orchestration: kubernetes, mesosphere, etc.)
Experience/knowledge with ci/cd and sdlc concepts and tooling (jenkins, maven, etc)
Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgement and demeanor in dealing with user’s technical issues
Strong background in customer service and support
Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audience
Must be able to translate concepts and directions into practical solutions
Experience and understanding of large scale multi-tier environments including design, capacity planning, cluster set up, performance tuning and monitoring
Interest to know more on statistical and probabilistic concepts (any experience or training or certification with more advanced concepts such as regression, linear algebra and exploratory data analysis a plus)
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent follow-up skills
Shift timing
Flexible to work between uk/us shift.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
Good workGood lifeGood hands®.
As a fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginningOur total rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k)Plus, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life - including a generous paid time off policyFor a full description of allstate’s benefits, visit allstate.jobs/benefits/
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