Big Data Engineer
Allstate Insurance Company testThe world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’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 paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our 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 dreams. For 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 face. We acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowerment. We’ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protection. We are the Good Hands. We don’t follow the trends. We set them.
Job Summary
Job Family Summary
Data Science incorporates techniques across many disciplines – including mathematics/statistics, computer programming, data engineering and ETL, software development, and high performance computing – with traditional business expertise with the goal of extracting meaning from data to optimize future business decisions. Individuals in this field should be an expert/fluent in several of these disciplines and sufficiently proficient in others to effectively design, build, and deliver end to end predictive analytics products to optimize future decisions. Individual demonstrates sufficient analytic agility to quickly develop new skills across these disciplines as those disciplines evolve. The Big Data Engineer job family is accountable for end to end engineering of data solutions which includes designing and building systems for data storage and analytics that enable Allstate analysts to make better decisions to achieve Allstate’s goals.
Job Summary
This role is responsible for providing input on tracks of work to deliver Big Data solutions enabling advanced data science and analytics. This includes working with the team on new Big Data systems for analyzing data; the coding & development of advanced analytics solutions to make/optimize business decisions and processes; integrating new tools to improve descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. This role contributes to the structured and unstructured Big Data / Data Science tools.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Executes basic to moderately complex functional work tracks for the team.
Partners with ATSV teams on Big Data efforts.
Partners closely with team members on Big Data solutions for our data science community and analytic users.
Provides support to team on development of basic to moderately complex technical solutions using Big Data techniques in data & analytics processes.
Develops innovative solutions to Big Data issues and challenges within the team
Provides support to team on the development of basic to moderately complex prototypes and department applications that integrate big data and advanced analytics to make business decisions.
Uses new areas of Big Data technologies, (ingestion, processing, and distribution) that can solve business problems.
Job Qualifications
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Experience
0 - 2 Years of experience or equivalent skills & ability
Bachelors or Master’s preferred in a quantitative or scientific field such as computer science, computer engineering or equivalent experience.
Understanding of using software development to drive data science & analytic efforts.
Experience with database & ETL concepts.
Experience with various data types (e.g. Relational, Unstructured, Hierarchical, and Linked “Graph” Data).
Experience in working with statistical software such as SAS, SPSS, MatLab, R, CART, etc.
Ability to code and develop prototypes in languages such as Python, Perl, Java, C, R, SQL, XSLT.
Ability to communicate and present technical topics to technical audiences.
Level Guide: Please refer to the Allstate Level Guide on MyHr Knowledge
Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this job.
Compensation Data
Salary range is $74,000 to $90,000. Salary conmensurate with exprience.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
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As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginning. Our 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 policy. For a full description of Allstate’s benefits, visit allstate.jobs/benefits/
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