Insurance F-1 STEM OPT Sponsorship Jobs in North Carolina
F-1 STEM OPT insurance jobs in North Carolina are concentrated in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Greensboro, where carriers like Allstate, Nationwide, and Lincoln Financial maintain technology and analytics operations. North Carolina's growing insurtech sector and major university pipeline create real demand for STEM-designated roles in actuarial science, data analytics, and risk modeling.
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Location
Cary, North Carolina
Alternative Location(s)
Posting Location: Bridgewater, New Jersey
Posting Location: Cary, North Carolina
* Posting Location: New York, New York
Working Schedule
Full-Time
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Travel Required
10%
Relocation Assistance Available
No
Posted Date
04-May-2026
Job ID
17175
Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
When you join MetLife’s Global Technology team, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You’ll develop, maintain and support technology applications and delivery, leveraging AI, automation, and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes, improve tech resiliency, and ensure high-performing, seamless solutions that power life’s most important moments. In this dynamic environment, you’ll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions, expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.
The Opportunity
The Senior Platform Engineer is responsible for serving as the enterprise platform owner for citizen developer platforms, translating architectural direction and governance guardrails into secure, scalable, and compliant platform configurations that enable innovation while protecting the enterprise across MetLife’s global technology landscape. This role supports platform configuration, operational controls, and technical governance implementation across regions and environments globally. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and operate foundational platforms at enterprise scale, guiding federated teams worldwide and ensuring MetLife’s citizen developer ecosystem grows securely, consistently, and sustainably.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the enterprise super administrator for Microsoft Power Platform and other approved citizen developer platforms, providing deep, hands-on expertise across platform capabilities and configurations.
- Own and manage global platform configuration and operational controls, ensuring environments, policies, permissions, and settings comply with established security, privacy, and compliance guardrails.
- Partner with the Lead Platform Architect to translate architectural standards into enforceable platform configurations, controls, and governance mechanisms.
- Evaluate, design, and implement platform configurations that balance security, scalability, usability, and regional requirements while maintaining a consistent global posture.
- Guide and enable federated and regional platform engineering teams through expert advisory support, documented patterns, runbooks, PoCs, and onboarding of new capabilities and regions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, with 3+ years of relevant professional experience, including 2+ years implementing Power Platform and other citizen-developer platforms.
- 1+ years of hands-on experience in administering Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio), including environments, policies, connectors, licensing, and administrative controls within a global enterprise environment.
- Strong understanding of platform configuration and administration, including the impact of settings and policies on security, compliance, scalability, and user experience.
- Experience leading technical proofs-of-concept to evaluate platform capabilities, configuration tradeoffs, and operational implications.
- Excellent technical communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose configuration or policy-driven issues and guide platform engineers and administrators across regions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven ability to translate architectural guardrails and standards into enforceable platform configurations, controls, and operational practices.
- Experience implementing and operating Microsoft Power Platform and other citizen-developer platforms in an enterprise environment, including multi-region or federated models.
- Hands-on experience with additional citizen-developer or AI platforms (e.g., Claude CoWork) and familiarity with related technologies such as cloud platforms, databases, and security.
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $100,000 - $130,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”). If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
General Information
Location
Cary, North Carolina
Alternative Location(s)
Posting Location: Bridgewater, New Jersey
Posting Location: Cary, North Carolina
* Posting Location: New York, New York
Working Schedule
Full-Time
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Travel Required
10%
Relocation Assistance Available
No
Posted Date
04-May-2026
Job ID
17175
Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
When you join MetLife’s Global Technology team, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You’ll develop, maintain and support technology applications and delivery, leveraging AI, automation, and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes, improve tech resiliency, and ensure high-performing, seamless solutions that power life’s most important moments. In this dynamic environment, you’ll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions, expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.
The Opportunity
The Senior Platform Engineer is responsible for serving as the enterprise platform owner for citizen developer platforms, translating architectural direction and governance guardrails into secure, scalable, and compliant platform configurations that enable innovation while protecting the enterprise across MetLife’s global technology landscape. This role supports platform configuration, operational controls, and technical governance implementation across regions and environments globally. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and operate foundational platforms at enterprise scale, guiding federated teams worldwide and ensuring MetLife’s citizen developer ecosystem grows securely, consistently, and sustainably.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the enterprise super administrator for Microsoft Power Platform and other approved citizen developer platforms, providing deep, hands-on expertise across platform capabilities and configurations.
- Own and manage global platform configuration and operational controls, ensuring environments, policies, permissions, and settings comply with established security, privacy, and compliance guardrails.
- Partner with the Lead Platform Architect to translate architectural standards into enforceable platform configurations, controls, and governance mechanisms.
- Evaluate, design, and implement platform configurations that balance security, scalability, usability, and regional requirements while maintaining a consistent global posture.
- Guide and enable federated and regional platform engineering teams through expert advisory support, documented patterns, runbooks, PoCs, and onboarding of new capabilities and regions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, with 3+ years of relevant professional experience, including 2+ years implementing Power Platform and other citizen-developer platforms.
- 1+ years of hands-on experience in administering Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio), including environments, policies, connectors, licensing, and administrative controls within a global enterprise environment.
- Strong understanding of platform configuration and administration, including the impact of settings and policies on security, compliance, scalability, and user experience.
- Experience leading technical proofs-of-concept to evaluate platform capabilities, configuration tradeoffs, and operational implications.
- Excellent technical communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose configuration or policy-driven issues and guide platform engineers and administrators across regions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven ability to translate architectural guardrails and standards into enforceable platform configurations, controls, and operational practices.
- Experience implementing and operating Microsoft Power Platform and other citizen-developer platforms in an enterprise environment, including multi-region or federated models.
- Hands-on experience with additional citizen-developer or AI platforms (e.g., Claude CoWork) and familiarity with related technologies such as cloud platforms, databases, and security.
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $100,000 - $130,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law (“protected characteristics”). If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
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Which insurance companies sponsor F-1 STEM OPT visas in North Carolina?
North Carolina-based and regional insurance employers with a track record of STEM OPT sponsorship include Allstate's Charlotte technology hub, Nationwide's regional offices, Lincoln Financial Group, and Erie Indemnity. Larger carriers tend to have established OPT and STEM OPT processes through their HR and legal teams, particularly for actuarial, data science, and software engineering roles tied to STEM-designated degree programs.
Which cities in North Carolina have the most insurance F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship jobs?
Charlotte leads the state for insurance STEM OPT roles, driven by its concentration of financial services and insurance carrier headquarters. Raleigh and Durham follow closely, supported by Research Triangle Park's analytics and insurtech presence and proximity to NC State, Duke, and UNC. Greensboro also has a meaningful cluster of insurance operations, particularly in underwriting and claims analytics functions.
What types of insurance roles typically qualify for F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship?
Roles that qualify for STEM OPT must be tied to a STEM-designated degree program listed on the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List. In insurance, this typically covers actuarial analyst positions, data scientist and predictive modeling roles, software engineers building policy or claims platforms, quantitative risk analysts, and business intelligence developers. General underwriting, sales, or account management roles without a technical degree requirement usually do not qualify.
How do I find insurance F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship jobs in North Carolina?
Migrate Mate filters insurance jobs in North Carolina by employers with verified F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship history, so you can search specifically for roles where the employer has already supported OPT or STEM OPT extensions rather than guessing at willingness. Focus your search on Charlotte, Raleigh, and Greensboro, and filter for actuarial, data science, and analytics job titles that align with STEM-designated degree programs.
Are there any North Carolina-specific considerations for F-1 STEM OPT insurance sponsorship?
North Carolina does not impose state-level restrictions on F-1 STEM OPT employment beyond federal requirements. However, insurance roles requiring a North Carolina Department of Insurance license, such as licensed adjuster or producer positions, may involve additional credentialing steps that employers need to factor into onboarding timelines. STEM OPT roles at employers participating in E-Verify, as required by USCIS for STEM OPT authorization, are the only eligible positions for the 24-month extension.