Engineer

American Family Insurance

Entry level Engineer in Datacenter Engineering Group focusing on cloud solutions development using AWS and GCP. Collaborating on infrastructure knowledge and DevSecOps practices.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeMadison • Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $80,000 - $131,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSCloudDNSFirewallsGraphQLLinuxOpenShiftPythonTerraformVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Participate in on-call rotation, perform incident triage, including determining scope, urgency, and potential impact
Make recommendations and build automation that enable expeditious remediation
Proven abilities to learn new technology and processes
Participate in technology evaluations and re-engineering activities to support continuous improvement
Provide consistent documentation for design decisions, estimating assumptions, code modules, and performance metrics
Prepare and participate in platform, code, and documentation walkthroughs
Collaborate with others regarding effectiveness of systems flow, data usage and manual or automated processes
Ensure software development meets standards for programming, design, performance, quality, and security
Identify and recommend areas for improvement in planning, design, development, and testing
Analyze and interpret performance data such as CPU, Memory, Storage
Develop and maintain automation run-books for on-prem & cloud environments using tools such as Terraform & Ansible
Participate in large scale resiliency solutions, data protection and disaster recovery solutions
Understanding and lifecycle management of enterprise operating systems through golden images, patching, and system hardening
Own small-to-medium automation tasks within larger projects with guidance from Senior/Lead Engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need

1 – 3 years of relevant experience, including internships, co-ops, or other verifiable academic projects and work
Working knowledge and experience across hyper-scale platforms such as VMware, AWS, Redhat Openshift, or Google Cloud
Foundational system administration (Operating Systems, configuration, installations, patch management, server maintenance, etc.)
Network Foundations (firewalls, proxies, IP management, routing, DNS)
Understanding of Operating System hardening practices and methodologies for templating deployments
Experience establishing and using integration and communication protocols between applications, databases, and technology platforms
Familiarity with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, micro-services, and similar endpoints
Basic knowledge and understanding of application architecture, design alternatives, and development standards
Demonstrated experience communicating technical information.
Understanding of security best practices, secure coding practices, secrets management, certificates and certificate management.
Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: Python, Linux, Shell, Bash or other programming languages.
Proficiency in Git/Gitlab source code control, branching, bug, and CI/CD pipelines.
Understands resilient system design, high availability, and disaster recovery methodologies to ensure system reliability and business continuity.
Curiosity, humility and open-mindedness with a deep sense of pride in your work.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits
Competitive 401(k) contribution
Pension plan
Annual incentive
9 paid holidays
Paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees)
Student loan repayment program
Paid-family leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonLinuxShellBashTerraformAnsibleGitGitlabRESTful APIsGraphQL

Soft Skills

communicationcuriosityhumilityopen-mindednesscollaborationdocumentationproblem-solvingcritical thinkingadaptabilityattention to detail