Allstate
Systems Engineer, Lead Consultant (Identity & Authentication) (Hybrid OR Remote)
Key aspects of the role:
- Drive sales growth by engaging with interested prospective customers- all while working remote
- No cold calling— Connect through inbound calls and proactive outbound calls with active insurance shoppers
- Enjoy competitive compensation with a base salary + uncapped performance-based incentives
- Sell reputable products from Allstate and our family of brands
Role overview
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s 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
The Systems Engineer Lead Consultant Systems Engineer, Identity & Authentication leads and initiates efforts to research, design, plan and maintain new or existing network hardware and software technology components. The consultant utilizes systems, scripting, and developer skills to execute tasks related to analysis, integration, and moderately to highly complex incidents and problems affecting production systems and multiple applications. This role also helps define and update items in the configuration management plan.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead identifying and recommending major and significant changes for moderately complex network hardware and software technology components for purposes of incident avoidance.
- Resolve incidents and perform root cause analysis, escalating high complexity incidents and problems to provide future application, hardware and/or software resiliency.
- Lead efforts to ensure plans integrate effectively with other aspects of the technical hardware and software components.
- Lead the support for production service requests, performing routine administration, and supporting moderately complex network hardware and software infrastructure (i.e., Request Center, Change Order execution).
- Lead the effort to develop and maintain tools for the use of maintaining, modifying, and monitoring hardware and software technology components.
- Lead implementation of moderately complex network hardware and software technology components by analyzing the current system environment and infrastructure, using technical tools and utilities, and performing complex product customizations.
- Lead execution of testing, debugging, performance analysis, and documenting moderately complex hardware and software technology components.
- Collaborate to build consensus with other Engineers to ensure that the modified hardware and software infrastructure interacts appropriately, data conversion impacts are considered, and other areas of impact are addressed and meet business function and performance requirements.
- Lead and initiate the completion of the following activities (concerning moderately complex new network hardware and software technology components or enhancements to existing components): research, analysis, design, selection, planning, and engineering.
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 experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions in complex hybrid environments.
- A minimum of 1 year of experience leading and mentoring a team within the field of Identity and Authentication.
- Advanced experience with Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS), Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), and Hybrid Identity.
- Strong proficiency in PowerShell scripting, automation, APIs, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and modern engineering practices.
- Experience with authentication and federation technologies including LDAP, Kerberos, SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), WS-Federation, and certificate-based authentication.
- Experience administering and supporting Group Policy (GPO), Domain Name System (DNS), Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) in enterprise environments.
Desirable Skills/Certifications:
- Experience with privileged access management, certificate lifecycle management, or cloud identity platforms.
- Experience with GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and automation frameworks.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development, intelligent automation, operational analytics, or emerging AI technologies.
- Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This job does not have supervisory responsibilities.
Job Posting End Date: Monday 19th October 2026
Skills
Access Management, Access Management, Active Directory (AD), Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), Analytical Thinking, Authentication, Automation, Automation Frameworks, Certificate Services, Cloud Identity, Collaboration, Complex Network, Debugging, Design, Disaster Recovery (DR), Domain Name System (DNS), Domain Services, Identity Access Management (IAM), Identity Governance, Infrastructure As Code (IaC), Intelligent Automation (IA), Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Microsoft Server Administration, Microsoft System Center Suite {+ 13 more}
Shape the Future of Insurance with Cutting-Edge Tech and a People-First Culture
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 with Platinum in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey.
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. Whether you’re deepening technical expertise or exploring leadership roles, we provide the tools and support to help you thrive.
What do you get in return?
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.
Keys to Success
At Allstate, it’s all about teamwork, flexibility, and thinking ahead. We all contribute to the bigger picture, combining unique ideas to design innovative, more affordable protection solutions for customers.
We look for candidates with these skills to help us achieve that goal:
Learning agility
Quickly adapt to new situations, continually build new skills, experiment, and embrace new ways of doing things
Customer centricity
Deliver exceptional experience with a customer-first mindset and human-centered design
Digital literacy
Discover and apply emerging digital technology tools, data and insights.
Results-oriented
Start with measurable outcomes and drive results with speed
Inclusive leadership
Integrate diverse viewpoints into decision-making processes to enhance creativity and innovation
Together, we’re all working toward Our Shared Purpose, using our strengths to make a real difference for our people, our customers, our company, and the world around us.
Working in Sales
What We Do:
As an expert on our products and services, you can give customers personalized attention and innovative solutions to make their lives easier.
How We Support You:
Starting day one, you’ll have access to resources and incentives to keep you feeling challenged and excited about your careers.
Make An Impact:
As a member of our sales team, you’ll bring a sense of ease and support to customers looking for a better understanding of their protection options. Whether in the field or talking to customers over the phone, you’ll continue to build trust in who we are and what we do.
Working together
You’re in Good Hands® is more than a promise we make to our customers. It’s a promise we make to our employees, too.
We want you to love where you work. That starts with the freedom to be yourself. Our workplace flexibility and focus on individuality means everyone is seen, heard and respected.
When you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to push your skills to the next level with access to development programs to support your career aspirations – whatever that means for you. Because as you learn and grow, so do we.
Working here also means getting the chance to make a real impact in your community. We have been driving change for over 90 years, but the mark we leave on the world can be even greater when we work together.
Role overview
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s 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
The Systems Engineer Lead Consultant Systems Engineer, Identity & Authentication leads and initiates efforts to research, design, plan and maintain new or existing network hardware and software technology components. The consultant utilizes systems, scripting, and developer skills to execute tasks related to analysis, integration, and moderately to highly complex incidents and problems affecting production systems and multiple applications. This role also helps define and update items in the configuration management plan.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead identifying and recommending major and significant changes for moderately complex network hardware and software technology components for purposes of incident avoidance.
- Resolve incidents and perform root cause analysis, escalating high complexity incidents and problems to provide future application, hardware and/or software resiliency.
- Lead efforts to ensure plans integrate effectively with other aspects of the technical hardware and software components.
- Lead the support for production service requests, performing routine administration, and supporting moderately complex network hardware and software infrastructure (i.e., Request Center, Change Order execution).
- Lead the effort to develop and maintain tools for the use of maintaining, modifying, and monitoring hardware and software technology components.
- Lead implementation of moderately complex network hardware and software technology components by analyzing the current system environment and infrastructure, using technical tools and utilities, and performing complex product customizations.
- Lead execution of testing, debugging, performance analysis, and documenting moderately complex hardware and software technology components.
- Collaborate to build consensus with other Engineers to ensure that the modified hardware and software infrastructure interacts appropriately, data conversion impacts are considered, and other areas of impact are addressed and meet business function and performance requirements.
- Lead and initiate the completion of the following activities (concerning moderately complex new network hardware and software technology components or enhancements to existing components): research, analysis, design, selection, planning, and engineering.
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 experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions in complex hybrid environments.
- A minimum of 1 year of experience leading and mentoring a team within the field of Identity and Authentication.
- Advanced experience with Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS), Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), and Hybrid Identity.
- Strong proficiency in PowerShell scripting, automation, APIs, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and modern engineering practices.
- Experience with authentication and federation technologies including LDAP, Kerberos, SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), WS-Federation, and certificate-based authentication.
- Experience administering and supporting Group Policy (GPO), Domain Name System (DNS), Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) in enterprise environments.
Desirable Skills/Certifications:
- Experience with privileged access management, certificate lifecycle management, or cloud identity platforms.
- Experience with GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and automation frameworks.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development, intelligent automation, operational analytics, or emerging AI technologies.
- Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This job does not have supervisory responsibilities.
Job Posting End Date: Monday 19th October 2026
Skills
Access Management, Access Management, Active Directory (AD), Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), Analytical Thinking, Authentication, Automation, Automation Frameworks, Certificate Services, Cloud Identity, Collaboration, Complex Network, Debugging, Design, Disaster Recovery (DR), Domain Name System (DNS), Domain Services, Identity Access Management (IAM), Identity Governance, Infrastructure As Code (IaC), Intelligent Automation (IA), Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Microsoft Server Administration, Microsoft System Center Suite {+ 13 more}
Shape the Future of Insurance with Cutting-Edge Tech and a People-First Culture
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 with Platinum in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey.
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. Whether you’re deepening technical expertise or exploring leadership roles, we provide the tools and support to help you thrive.
What do you get in return?
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.
Keys to Success
At Allstate, it’s all about teamwork, flexibility, and thinking ahead. We all contribute to the bigger picture, combining unique ideas to design innovative, more affordable protection solutions for customers.
We look for candidates with these skills to help us achieve that goal:
Learning agility
Quickly adapt to new situations, continually build new skills, experiment, and embrace new ways of doing things
Customer centricity
Deliver exceptional experience with a customer-first mindset and human-centered design
Digital literacy
Discover and apply emerging digital technology tools, data and insights.
Results-oriented
Start with measurable outcomes and drive results with speed
Inclusive leadership
Integrate diverse viewpoints into decision-making processes to enhance creativity and innovation
Together, we’re all working toward Our Shared Purpose, using our strengths to make a real difference for our people, our customers, our company, and the world around us.
Working in Claims
What We Do:
Your ability to quickly and calmly make smart decisions can make a huge difference in how confident customers feel throughout the claims process. And as you support our customers, we’re there to support you.
How We Support You:
We empower your success starting day one. You’ll have access to everything you need to grow professionally while helping our customers get their lives back on track.
Make An Impact:
Helping customers with their claims is about learning their stories, not just processing their paperwork. You can take pride in the fact that you’re providing invaluable guidance and helping to build continued trust in our company.
Working together
You’re in Good Hands® is more than a promise we make to our customers. It’s a promise we make to our employees, too.
We want you to love where you work. That starts with the freedom to be yourself. Our workplace flexibility and focus on individuality means everyone is seen, heard and respected.
When you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to push your skills to the next level with access to development programs to support your career aspirations – whatever that means for you. Because as you learn and grow, so do we.
Working here also means getting the chance to make a real impact in your community. We have been driving change for over 90 years, but the mark we leave on the world can be even greater when we work together.
Role overview
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s 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
The Systems Engineer Lead Consultant Systems Engineer, Identity & Authentication leads and initiates efforts to research, design, plan and maintain new or existing network hardware and software technology components. The consultant utilizes systems, scripting, and developer skills to execute tasks related to analysis, integration, and moderately to highly complex incidents and problems affecting production systems and multiple applications. This role also helps define and update items in the configuration management plan.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead identifying and recommending major and significant changes for moderately complex network hardware and software technology components for purposes of incident avoidance.
- Resolve incidents and perform root cause analysis, escalating high complexity incidents and problems to provide future application, hardware and/or software resiliency.
- Lead efforts to ensure plans integrate effectively with other aspects of the technical hardware and software components.
- Lead the support for production service requests, performing routine administration, and supporting moderately complex network hardware and software infrastructure (i.e., Request Center, Change Order execution).
- Lead the effort to develop and maintain tools for the use of maintaining, modifying, and monitoring hardware and software technology components.
- Lead implementation of moderately complex network hardware and software technology components by analyzing the current system environment and infrastructure, using technical tools and utilities, and performing complex product customizations.
- Lead execution of testing, debugging, performance analysis, and documenting moderately complex hardware and software technology components.
- Collaborate to build consensus with other Engineers to ensure that the modified hardware and software infrastructure interacts appropriately, data conversion impacts are considered, and other areas of impact are addressed and meet business function and performance requirements.
- Lead and initiate the completion of the following activities (concerning moderately complex new network hardware and software technology components or enhancements to existing components): research, analysis, design, selection, planning, and engineering.
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 experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions in complex hybrid environments.
- A minimum of 1 year of experience leading and mentoring a team within the field of Identity and Authentication.
- Advanced experience with Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS), Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), and Hybrid Identity.
- Strong proficiency in PowerShell scripting, automation, APIs, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and modern engineering practices.
- Experience with authentication and federation technologies including LDAP, Kerberos, SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), WS-Federation, and certificate-based authentication.
- Experience administering and supporting Group Policy (GPO), Domain Name System (DNS), Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) in enterprise environments.
Desirable Skills/Certifications:
- Experience with privileged access management, certificate lifecycle management, or cloud identity platforms.
- Experience with GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and automation frameworks.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development, intelligent automation, operational analytics, or emerging AI technologies.
- Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This job does not have supervisory responsibilities.
Job Posting End Date: Monday 19th October 2026
Skills
Access Management, Access Management, Active Directory (AD), Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), Analytical Thinking, Authentication, Automation, Automation Frameworks, Certificate Services, Cloud Identity, Collaboration, Complex Network, Debugging, Design, Disaster Recovery (DR), Domain Name System (DNS), Domain Services, Identity Access Management (IAM), Identity Governance, Infrastructure As Code (IaC), Intelligent Automation (IA), Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Microsoft Server Administration, Microsoft System Center Suite {+ 13 more}
Shape the Future of Insurance with Cutting-Edge Tech and a People-First Culture
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 with Platinum in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey.
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. Whether you’re deepening technical expertise or exploring leadership roles, we provide the tools and support to help you thrive.
What do you get in return?
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.
Keys to Success
At Allstate, it’s all about teamwork, flexibility, and thinking ahead. We all contribute to the bigger picture, combining unique ideas to design innovative, more affordable protection solutions for customers.
We look for candidates with these skills to help us achieve that goal:
Learning agility
Quickly adapt to new situations, continually build new skills, experiment, and embrace new ways of doing things
Customer centricity
Deliver exceptional experience with a customer-first mindset and human-centered design
Digital literacy
Discover and apply emerging digital technology tools, data and insights.
Results-oriented
Start with measurable outcomes and drive results with speed
Inclusive leadership
Integrate diverse viewpoints into decision-making processes to enhance creativity and innovation
Together, we’re all working toward Our Shared Purpose, using our strengths to make a real difference for our people, our customers, our company, and the world around us.
Working together
You’re in Good Hands® is more than a promise we make to our customers. It’s a promise we make to our employees, too.
We want you to love where you work. That starts with the freedom to be yourself. Our workplace flexibility and focus on individuality means everyone is seen, heard and respected.
When you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to push your skills to the next level with access to development programs to support your career aspirations – whatever that means for you. Because as you learn and grow, so do we.
Working here also means getting the chance to make a real impact in your community. We have been driving change for over 90 years, but the mark we leave on the world can be even greater when we work together.
Benefits
Experience the benefits that make Allstate a great place to work.
*Benefits vary based on position.
Health
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- HSAs and FSAs
- Wellbeing programs
- Free therapy sessions
Retirement
- 401(k) plan
- Pension plan
- Free financial counseling
Work-life balance
- Paid time off
- Work flexibility
Career development
- Talent shares
- Tuition reimbursement
- Learning opportunities
For a full description of Allstate’s benefits visit our benefits page
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