Managing Engineer, Data Security Engineering

At Allstate great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from lifes uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts air bags and graduated driving laws to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication telematics and more recently device and identity protection.

Your role in the team

Product Security Engineering designs builds and operates enterprise security controls as software products that integrate directly into cloud platforms the software development lifecycle and core enterprise services. The organization applies modern software and cloud engineering practices to deliver scalable reliable and developer-friendly security capabilities that enable secure-by-default behaviors across the enterprise.

The Managing Engineer Data Security Engineering leads a team responsible for designing building and operating capabilities across DLP Policy Data Intelligence and Data Access. This role combines people leadership technical direction and delivery ownership ensuring the team delivers automated scalable and measurable solutions that protect sensitive data while enabling appropriate business use.

Key responsibilities:

• Build and lead a high-performing team accountable for engineering data security products and controls.
• Set technical direction and drive execution across architecture design implementation deployment and production support.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through code and solution design key technical decisions and critical implementation work.
• Guide the engineering of capabilities across DLP Policy Data Intelligence or Data Access including policy automation data discovery and classification and access controls.
• Develop and advance policy-as-code workflows reusable control patterns detection logic platform integrations and automated testing and deployment.
• Automate control lifecycle activities including validation configuration drift detection reporting alert enrichment and operational health checks.
• Own the reliability effectiveness adoption and continuous improvement of the teams products and controls.
• Translate complex data security requirements into scalable technical solutions and measurable outcomes.

Essential Skills:

• All applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate. Allstate is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy.
• A minimum of 4 years of professional software data or security engineering experience including ownership of production systems and technical products.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience leading engineers while remaining actively engaged in technical design code reviews and complex engineering work.
• Deep technical knowledge of data protection including DLP data discovery and classification information protection data access controls and data governance.
• Comprehensive understanding of cloud SaaS CASB and enterprise data protection architectures.
• Strong scripting and automation proficiency using Python PowerShell REST APIs Terraform YAML JSON or comparable technologies.
• Proven ability to build version-controlled security solutions using policy as code automated delivery pipelines APIs and reusable components.
• Demonstrated success transforming manual console-based administration into scalable automated operating models.

Desirable Skills:

• Familiarity with Microsoft Purview and other enterprise platforms supporting DLP data discovery and classification information protection or data access governance.
• Knowledge of integrating data security capabilities with identity cloud SIEM SOAR workflow and enterprise data platforms through APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Proven ability to influence technical decisions and drive adoption of secure patterns and engineering standards across product areas.
• Demonstrated success mentoring senior engineers and developing emerging technical leaders.
• Understanding of security and operational measures such as control adoption detection quality reliability and risk reduction used to evaluate engineering outcomes and guide priorities.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job does have supervisory duties.

Job Posting End Date: Monday 5th October 11:59pm

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Skills

Data Security Security Engineering

Why join us
Allstate NI is proud to be Allstates European Digital Centre of Excellence a hub for innovation and engineering excellence. Were recent winners of Best Place to Work in IT (100 employees) and Best Use of Cloud Services at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards and weve been recognised for our community and sustainability impact with Platinum in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey.

Were a product-driven cloud-first organisation delivering real outcomes through modern technology a digital product-centric talent model and a culture rooted in engineering excellence. Our teams work in cross-functional structures guided by an outcome-based delivery approach that accelerates speed agility and value.

We also invest in you. At Allstate NI your career growth matters. Youll have access to our Continuous Learning Hub designed to support skills development and professional advancement through tailored learning paths certifications and mentoring opportunities. Whether youre deepening technical expertise or exploring leadership roles we provide the tools and support to help you thrive.

As well as receiving a competitive annual salary our reward package includes:

• Corporate bonus scheme
• Pension scheme
• Annual performance-related pay reviews
• Life assurance and income protection
• Flexible working options
• Hybrid working
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Access to an employee assistance programme
• Discounted gym membership
• Two paid volunteering days each year
• Cycle to work scheme

Be part of a high-performing socially responsible organisation where your work has purpose and your growth is supported every step of the way.