Managing Engineer - Security - Chicago, IL (60601)

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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.

Job Description Allstate Cybersecurity & Controls (ACC) is advancing its embedded security product strategy by launching three new engineering teams dedicated to building security controls seamlessly integrated into Allstates technology ecosystem.

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Managing Security Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of our next-generation digital security products.

In this role, you will create, foster, and lead a community of engineers dedicated to delivering products focused on securing Allstates digital ecosystem.

You will be focused on inspiring innovation while ensuring the delivery of new products within an agile environment.

This position blends technical depth, people leadership, and strategic influence.

You will manage engineering resources, provide architectural and technical solutions, and ensure high performance through regular coaching and performance reviews.

You are accountable for the end-to-end success of digital products, owning their performance in production and driving outcomes aligned with key KPIs.

Key

Responsibilities Lead and manage a global engineering team of engineers, overseeing recruitment, onboarding, regular one-on-one meetings, performance reviews, and career development.

Inspire and influence peers, direct reports, and stakeholders to achieve businessobjectivesand embrace change.

Influence and innovatenew solutionsto challenging security problems.

Embrace approach of making collaborative, fast, local decisions; then course correct as/if needed (test/learn/iterate).

Provide meaningful/thoughtful feedback on others as requested.

Facilitate andparticipatein agile ceremonies, including daily standups,inceptionand iteration planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.

Collaborate closely with product managers to ensure technical input informs product scope and delivery.

Partner in collaboration and strategy alignment across product portfolios (cross-product) in partnership with product managers, other peers and key stakeholders with the customer needs and wants in mind.

Actively contribute to software development efforts, writing, reviewing, and guiding code to ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure implementations.

Balance technical leadership with hands-on coding to drive project success and mentor the team through example.

Serve as an expert in the domain of information security engineering.

Participate in the effort of shaping the architecture and design of the product; actively helps the team in choosing the right technology, solving technical problems, Satisfy all administrative-type requirements such as timesheets, performance managementprocess, annual compliance, security training, etc.

Essential Skills A minimum of 4 years experiencedelivering secure, scalable technology solutions with measurable impact (e.g., reduced vulnerabilities, improved system uptime).

A minimum of 3 years handson coding experience in production environments (Java, Python, .NET, JavaScript) with contributions that improved performance or security benchmarks.

A minimum of 1yearsexperienceoperatingas a coach partnering & mentoring early in trade software engineer peers acrossa broader technologyorganization.

Experienceof Agile methodologies (especially Agile XP), including paired programming andtest-drivendevelopment.

Experience designing andmaintainingautomated testing andmonitoringframeworks that decreased production incidents.

ExperiencebuildingandoptimizingCI/CD pipelinesfor distributed apps.

Desirable Skills Familiarity with OWASP top 10 and MITRE attack framework.

Familiarity with Threat Modeling or industry threat modeling frameworks such as STRIDE.

Experience and knowledge in web and API security including authentication, authorization, OAuth, OWASP, OpenID, and SAML.

Experience with behavioral driven development.

Knowledge of LLMs and Machine Learning.

Knowledge of AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, Cursor) and ability toleveragethem for productivity gains.

Supervisory

Responsibilities This job has supervisory duties. #LI-JJ1 Skills Agile Methodology, Application Programming Interface (API) Security, CI/CD, Cybersecurity Controls, Java, Large Language Models (LLMs), Microsoft .NET Development, People Leadership, Python (Programming Language), Secure Software Development, Software Engineering Management, Technical Leadership, Test Driven Development (TDD) Compensation Compensation offered for this role is $120,000 195,000 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

Joining our team isnt just a job its an opportunity.

One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level.

One that encourages you to challenge the status quo.

One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you.

Joining our team means being part of something bigger a winning team making a meaningful impact.

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