Java Full Stack Managing Engineer (Hybrid) in Belfast

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.

Your role in the team

We are seeking a DevOps Automation Managing Engineer to lead and drive the design, implementation, and maintenance of secure and scalable infrastructure automation solutions. You will be responsible for integrating security best practices into DevOps workflows, managing automation pipelines, and leading a team of engineers focused on infrastructure as code, CI/CD security, and cloud-native security tooling. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader with a deep understanding of DevOps principles, infrastructure automation, and cybersecurity.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Security and DevOps Automation Engineers, providing coaching, mentorship, performance feedback, and career development.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including DevOps, Security, Development, and IT to align automation efforts with security and business goals.
• Drive adoption of DevSecOps principles across the organisation.
• Influence design and architecture conversations.
• Design and implement automated security checks in CI/CD pipelines (e.g., static/dynamic analysis, secret scanning, policy enforcement).
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using tools like Infrastructure as code or Ansible, ensuring security is embedded from the start.
• Integrate and manage security tools (container scanners, vulnerability management, code scanning) into build and deploy processes.
• Establish monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks with a security-first approach (e.g., CloudTrail, SIEM, Prometheus/Grafana).
• Support incident response efforts and ensure audit-readiness across environments.
• Contribute to security policies, risk assessments, and compliance initiatives (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA).
• Ensure automation solutions align with regulatory and internal compliance requirements.

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.
• At least 5 years’ experience as a DevOps engineer within a full stack Java environment (Ansible, Powershell, Python).
• At least 2 years’ in a leadership or team management position.
• Experience within CI/CD platforms (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI).

Desirable Skills

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, and containerization and container orchestration.
• Prior understanding of security infrastructure.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has supervisory duties.

Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity.

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

Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities

Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants. This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability. We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit.

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