At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead engineering teams to build secure, scalable cyber platforms and tools.
- Company: Join Allstate, a leader in innovation and engineering excellence.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, hybrid work, and extensive professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of a socially responsible organisation with a focus on career growth.
- Why this job: Shape the future of insurance with cutting-edge technology and a people-first culture.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in software or platform engineering and 3+ years leading teams.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
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 hiring multiple Managing Engineers to join our Cyber Platform Engineering organisation 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:
- 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 5 years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, data engineering, or distributed systems delivery.
- A minimum of 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 is strongly valued depending on alignment to the specific role.
- Familiarity with cyber operations, security workflows, or high-sensitivity operating environments is preferred.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This role has supervisory responsibilities.
Why join us?
Allstate NI is proud to be Allstate’s European Digital Centre of Excellence, a hub for innovation and engineering excellence. We’re recent winners of Best Place to Work in IT (100+ employees) and Best Use of Cloud Services at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards, and we’ve been recognised for our community and sustainability impact.
We’re 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. You’ll have access to our Continuous Learning Hub, designed to support skills development and professional advancement through tailored learning paths, certifications, and mentoring opportunities.
What do you get in return?
- 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.
Managing Engineer - Cyber Platform Engineering (Hybrid) in Belfast employer: Allstate Northern Ireland Limited
At Allstate NI, we pride ourselves on being a leading employer in the tech industry, recognised for our innovative culture and commitment to employee growth. Our hybrid work model fosters flexibility while our Continuous Learning Hub provides tailored development opportunities, ensuring that you can advance your career in a supportive environment. Join us in Belfast, where you'll be part of a high-performing team dedicated to making a meaningful impact through cutting-edge technology and community engagement.
Contact Details:
Allstate Northern Ireland Limited Recruitment Team
