Lead AWS Security Engineer

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. We're moving with urgency to become a Next Gen Good Neighbor, with technology that strengthens human connections and enhances the customer experience.

As an employee, you'll spend less time navigating systems and more time applying judgment, empathy, and expertise in the moments that matter most.

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.

Bloomington, IL or Richardson, TX

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

Are you ready to join a group of passionate information security professionals focused on State Farm's safe adoption of public cloud infrastructure? In this role you will be able to showcase your knowledge of various ways application infrastructure can be attacked in the cloud and the configurations that can be used to prevent it. You will be challenged to think "outside the box" in creating detections for these situations and will work across multiple product teams within the enterprise to create consumable security solutions

• Help maintain and enhance a python-based detection tool, hosted in the cloud.
• Partner with technical teams across the enterprise to develop and test cloud-based detection rules.
• Research new cloud services and determine new detection rules.
• Communicate change to cloud-based vulnerability management. This could be new detections, expanding the scope of monitoring, etc.
• Participate in rotating on-call assignments.

Required technical skills/experiences:

• 6 plus years experience in application/infrastructure development and support in AWS
• Experience with various software development tooling and techniques (e.g. Python, Git Lab, Terraform)
• Knowledge of information security industry standards and practices
• Current threats and trends impacting the information security threat landscape

Other required skills/education:

• Passion for solving problems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative agile team environment
• Ability to quickly adapt to a changing environment

Additional skills/experiences benefiting someone in this role:

• Experience using cloud native container services
• Relevant information security or public cloud certification(s)
• Experience creating and supporting application dashboards
• Experience troubleshooting applications via log review

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: $107,000 - $163,000. 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,…