In-Memory Database Platform Engineer - Redis
First seen by Alion on Nov 13, 2026.
About Allstate:
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. For more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs.
Role Overview:
We are seeking an In-Memory Database Platform Engineer to join the Database Engineering team and help build, operate, and modernize enterprise in-memory database services. This mid-level role will support on-premises Redis deployments and multiple cloud-managed in-memory database offerings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build, deploy, administer, and support production and non-production Redis environments.
- Support managed in-memory database offerings such as Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon MemoryDB, Azure Managed Redis, and Google Cloud Memorystore.
- Configure and support highly available Redis solutions using replication, clustering, and multi-zone capabilities.
- Monitor database availability, memory utilization, latency, throughput, and platform performance.
- Implement and maintain security, authentication, and least-privilege access controls.
- Develop and maintain automation for provisioning, configuration, and routine operations using CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of database administration, database engineering, or related infrastructure experience.
- 4+ years of hands-on Redis administration or engineering experience in production environments.
- Solid Linux administration and troubleshooting skills (RHEL preferred).
- Experience with high availability, backup/recovery, and capacity planning.
- Experience with at least one cloud-managed in-memory database service.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Redis Enterprise, Ansible, Terraform, and observability platforms like Datadog or Prometheus.
- Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQL).
- Exposure to Redis-compatible technologies such as Valkey.
Skills
Redis, Linux, Ansible, Terraform, DBA, AWS, Azure, DB, RDBMS