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State Farm (Dunwoody, GA) seeks a Lead Data Engineer to design and build out cloud-based data analytic capabilities for monitoring and reporting utilizing a mix of vendor supplied and custom developed application tooling.
Specific duties include: understand how technology solutions meet business outcomes and offer a range of solutions for business partners; participate in sprint planning, providing work estimates to deliver product stories and owning development stories; complete required coding to satisfy acceptance criteria and deliver desired outcomes;participate in solution design, considering risks, mitigations, performance, user experience, and testability; assist in the development of automated testing and support code as necessary; complete required documentation to communicate information to deployment, maintenance, and business teams; utilize agile software development practices, data and testing standards, code reviews, source code management, continuous delivery, and software architecture; participate in the full software development cycle, including coding, testing, implementation, support, and sunset; design, develop, test, and support software in support of product objectives; consider applying emerging technology solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness; resolve problems that result in decreased time to market, improved quality, and enhanced flexibility; provide input into the overall testing plan, and contribute to the test approach and scenarios for requirements; exhibit a DevOps mindset, where the team is accountable for the product from inception to sunset. Must be certified in one of the following: Splunk Power User, Hadoop, AWS CCP or CCA, Microsoft Azure, Good Cloud Professional, or similar Cloud based certification. Must take and pass pre-hire Python coding test. Option to work in a hybrid environment with required travel to one of the following hub offices once a quarter for planning sessions and other team/area meetings: Bloomington, IL, Atlanta, GA, Dallas, TX, or Phoenix, AZ. Must live within 180 miles of one of these hub offices.

Position requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field of study, plus 5 years of experience the job offered, or as a Programmer Analyst, or similar position in software development and data analysis. In the alternative, will accept a Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field of study, plus 2 years of experience the job offered, or as a Programmer Analyst, or similar position in software development and data analysis. Specific experience must include: working with NodeJS, Python or Java backend service languages; using multiple operating systems such as Windows Server, Linux/Unix including Virtual Machine setup and configuration management; using industry tools, frameworks, and languages such as Java, J2EE, Spring Framework (Spring, Spring Boot, etc.), SQL, JavaScript, SOAP, REST, XML, WSDL, CXF, JSON, Junit, Mockito, EasyMock, Splunk, Redis, LDAP, Vault, Swagger, React, Node.js, Spark, or Python; working with DevOps using Git and software pipelines; creating pipelines/automation to deploy changes to production with quality and DevOps best practices (GIT, GitOps, etc.), resiliency, alerting and monitoring; using databases and tooling, including DB2, IMS, SQL, PostgreSQL, pgAdmin, including Cloud based database services such as RDS, DynamoDB or MongoDB; developing and enhancing Machine Learning based applications; working with CI/CD Continuous Delivery Pipeline (Gitlab, CI/Jenkins/Urban Code); using Splunk, Quicksight dashboard development or Dynatrace reports for monitoring; and working with Spark, Scala, Hadoop or similar data analytics capability tooling. Must be certified in one of the following: Splunk Power User, Hadoop, AWS CCP or CCA, Microsoft Azure, Good Cloud Professional, or similar Cloud based certification. Must take and pass pre-hire Python coding test. Option to work in a hybrid environment with required travel to one of the following hub offices once a quarter for planning sessions and other team/area meetings: Bloomington, IL, Atlanta, GA, Dallas, TX, or Phoenix, AZ. Must live within 180 miles of one of these hub offices.

Full time position. Apply by submitting resumes at https://jobs.statefarm.com/main/jobs, Job ID: 40074

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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.

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