Overview

We are not just offering a job but a meaningful career! Come join our passionate team!

As a Fortune 50 company, we hire the best employees to serve our customers, making us a leader in the insurance and financial services industry. State Farm embraces diversity and inclusion to ensure a workforce that is engaged, builds on the strengths and talents of all associates, and creates a Good Neighbor culture.

We offer competitive benefits and pay with the potential for an annual financial award based on both individual and enterprise performance. Our employees have an opportunity to participate in volunteer events within the community and engage in a learning culture. We offer programs to assist with tuition reimbursement, professional designations, employee development, wellness initiatives, and more!

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

Responsibilities

A Day in the Life of a Software Developer - Big Data Development formerly req13854

We're looking for a knowledgeable Software Developer to join the Test Access and Sensitive Data product team within the Enterprise Technology department's Data area as we advance our capabilities focused on helping the organization to protect and better understand one of its most valuable assets - its data.

Our Detective Controls team is responsible for monitoring State Farms development and test environments for sensitive information and alerting when a potential risk is detected. This is done through the use of two detective controls, Perimeter Monitoring and Data Scanning. Perimeter Monitoring identifies when improper data movement occurs and Data Scanning searches for actual sensitive data so that it can be addressed. Protecting customer, consumer and associate data is the cornerstone of this work.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Knowledgeable in one of the following: Scala, Python Urban Code, GIT/Gitlab-CI

• Jenkins Experience with Linux OS Management (including running PuTTy navigating the file system/checking services,

command line functions

• Knowledgeable with Apache Spark framework

• Intermediate to expert level understanding of databases, data types, and data structures

• Familiarity with Hadoop and the Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, Cloudera Manager, HUE, Oozie, YARN)

• Familiarity with Enterprise RDBMS such as DB2 or Postgres

Qualifications

We Are Looking for Candidates With

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to navigate the organization and collaborate with geographically dispersed teams

• Familiarity with Splunk, including ability to create and support complex searches, alerts, and dashboards

• Familiarity with IBM Mainframe

• Familiarity with testing practices

• Familiarity with AWS and AWS Data Services

• Strong data analytics skills

What You Can Expect

Next Steps: Competitive candidates may be invited to participate in pre-employment testing and/or the interview process (HireVue On-Demand Interview).This is where the excitement begins!

This position will have an 18-month incumbency period, beginning on the effective date of the position, which must be met before the employee can post for any other lateral State Farm position. Employees may be considered for leadership or Technology Engineer openings at any time, and a promotional position within the same job structure (i.e. Professional/Technical or Para-professional/Support) after 6 months from the effective date of the position. In these cases, the remaining incumbency would be waived. The incumbency period does not affect the at-will relationship between State Farm and the employee and does not create an employment contract, nor contractual rights.

Applicants 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.

Office Location: Bloomington, IL where we work hard AND play hard!

What's In It For You

• Competitive Benefits, Pay and Bonus Potential!

• Volunteer opportunities: Get involved and give back to the community!

• Tuition Reimbursement: We support opportunities for you to learn and grow!

• A Learning Culture: Mentoring, Professional Designations, Employee Development, and more!

• 401k Plan!

• Dress Code: Relaxed casual attire..... Dress for your day!

• We embrace Diversity and Inclusion: We are one team and it is simply the right thing to do!

• Learn more about our benefits at State Farm Careers!

What's In It For You

• Competitive Benefits, Pay and Bonus Potential!

• Volunteer opportunities: Get involved and give back to the community!

• Tuition Reimbursement: We support opportunities for you to learn and grow!

• A Learning Culture: Mentoring, Professional Designations, Employee Development, and more!

• 401k Plan!

• Dress Code: Relaxed casual attire..... Dress for your day!

• We embrace Diversity and Inclusion: We are one team and it is simply the right thing to do!

• Learn more about our benefits at State Farm Careers!

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