At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering for secure, scalable cyber platforms and tools.
- Company: Join Allstate's innovative Cyber Operations & Platforms team.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible working, and great perks.
- Other info: Hybrid work environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in cyber security while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in software or platform engineering; 3+ years leading teams.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
At Allstate, we are hiring multiple Managing Engineers to join our Cyber Platform Engineering organization within Allstate Cyber Operations & Platforms. This posting represents an opportunity to be considered for one of several engineering leadership roles aligned to a shared mission: building secure, scalable, and operationally mature platform capabilities that strengthen cyber operations.
Focus Areas
- Agentic Cyber Platforms (ACP): Build platform services, orchestration capabilities, and guardrails that enable secure, reliable, and scalable AI adoption across cyber operations.
- Tooling & Platform (T&P): Lead engineering for integrated tooling, shared services, and automation capabilities that improve consistency, interoperability, and workflow efficiency.
- Security Data & Observability (SD&O): Engineer telemetry pipelines, observability controls, and data services that support analytics, automation, and AI-enabled decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, delivery, and operation of production‑grade engineering capabilities that support cyber operations at scale.
- Build reliable, secure, and observable services, tools, platforms, or data pipelines aligned to shared engineering standards.
- Own service and platform lifecycle expectations, including reliability, operational readiness, observability, and continuous improvement.
- Partner across product, platform, and engineering stakeholders to shape architecture, integration design, and delivery sequencing.
- Drive platform maturity through automation, reuse, standardization, and strong operational discipline.
- Coach and develop engineers while building high‑performing teams with strong execution and systems thinking.
Essential Skills
- Legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate. Sponsorship not provided.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, data engineering, or distributed systems delivery.
- Minimum 3 years of experience leading engineering teams or technical delivery in product‑based environments.
- Experience operating production systems, services, tools, or pipelines with strong expectations around reliability, observability, security, and maintainability.
- Strong understanding of integration patterns, automation, cloud‑native engineering practices, and scalable platform design.
- Experience building reusable services, workflows, platforms, or data capabilities that support multiple teams or operational use cases.
- Ability to balance technical depth, delivery execution, operational rigor, and people leadership in complex environments.
Desirable Skills
- Additional depth in AI platforms, security tooling, telemetry engineering, or observability, depending on alignment to the specific role.
- Familiarity with cyber operations, security workflows, or high‑sensitivity operating environments.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This role has supervisory responsibilities.
Benefits
- Competitive annual salary.
- 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.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Discounted gym membership.
- Two paid volunteering days each year.
- Cycle to work scheme.
Managing Engineer - Cyber Platform Engineering (Hybrid) employer: Allstate NI
At Allstate, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration within our Cyber Platform Engineering team. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through comprehensive training opportunities, competitive benefits including flexible working options and a corporate bonus scheme, and a strong focus on work-life balance. Join us in a hybrid role where you can make a meaningful impact while enjoying the advantages of a supportive and inclusive environment.
