Lead Infrastructure Engineer in Bloomington, Illinois at State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Location US-IL-Bloomington;US-GA-Dunwoody;US-TX-Richardson;US-AZ-Tempe
Job Category Technology and UX
Position Type Regular Full Time
Req ID 44445
Overview

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!

HYBRID 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

SPONSORSHIP: 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.

Responsibilities

We’re seeking a highly technical platform engineer with strong communication skills and a DevEx mindset to help make a lasting impact on State Farm’s engineering community. You’ll deliver a PaaS solution for critical business functionality across areas such as ET (CX areas), End User Computing, and Information Security—work that will have long-term downstream effects for Product Teams and engineers. You’ll also contribute to a cohesive, established team with the right mix of collaboration, ownership, and standout soft skills.

In this role, you will architect and enhance the ROSA platform to meet product team needs, design for resilience, and minimize enterprise impact during outages. You’ll lead solution design with attention to risk, mitigation, performance, user experience, and testability; participate in sprint planning by estimating and owning development stories; and support automated testing and development as needed. Key technologies include Go, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS, along with a strong DevOps mindset spanning the product lifecycle from inception to sunset.

Qualifications

Desired Skills:

• 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

Additional Key Skills & Responsibilities:

• We need 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
• Desire to provide guidance and set direction for the ROSA technology
• Commitment to software practices of continuous integration and automated testing
• Desire to provide automated solutions for manual processes in place today
• 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

Our Benefits

Because work-life balance is a priority at State Farm, compensation is based on our standard 38:45-hour work week!

• Potential starting salary range: $115,000 - $190,000
• Starting salary will be based on skills, background, and experience
• High end of the range limited to applicants with significant relevant experience
• Potential yearly incentive pay up to 15% of base salary

At State Farm, we offer more than just a paycheck. Check out our suite of benefits designed to give you the flexibility you need to take care of you and your family!

• Get Paid! On top of our competitive pay, you are eligible for an annual raise and bonus.
• Stay Well! Focus on you and your family’s health with our robust health and wellbeing programs. State Farm pays most of your healthcare premium, and we offer multiple healthcare plan options, including a high deductible plan. All medical plans provide 100% coverage for in-network preventative care, AND you and your family have access to vision, dental, telemedicine, 24/7 mental health professionals, and much more!
• Develop and Grow! Take advantage of educational benefits like industry leading training programs, top-notch tuition assistance programs, employee resource groups, and mentoring.
• Plan Ahead! Plan for those big moments in life with benefits like fertility/IVF/adoption assistance, college coaching, national discount programs, interactive monthly financial workshops, free financial coaching, and more. You can also start a savings account or consider financing through our State Farm Federal Credit Union!
• Take a Little “You” Time! You will have access to our generous time off policies designed so you can plan around holidays, family events, volunteering, or just to take a relaxing day off. With the opportunity to initially earn up to 20 days annually plus parental leave, paid holidays, celebration day, life leave (40 hours/year), bereavement leave, and community service/education support days, there will be plenty of time for you!
• Give Back! We offer several ways to give back through our Matching Gift Program, Good Neighbor Grant Program, and the Employee Assistance Fund.
• Finish Strong! Plan for retirement using free financial advisors and a 401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of your salary.

Visit our State Farm Careers page for more information on our benefits, locations, and the hiring process of joining the State Farm team!