Product Engineer - Cloud Security (Multiple Levels) (Hybrid/Remote)

Allstate NI; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Job summary

Allstate NI is seeking a Cloud Product Security Engineer to design, build, and operate cloud-native security controls across cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and application services. You will own CSPM, DLP capabilities, and integrate controls with CI/CD pipelines and SIEM tools.

The role emphasizes hands-on security engineering, cloud-native architectures, and collaboration with platform engineers, product teams, and security partners to deliver scalable, reliable safety controls in cloud

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software or security engineering experience, including ownership of production systems in cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience engineering security controls within public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS and/or Azure).
• Background building or integrating CSPM, data protection, or DLP capabilities as engineered solutions.
• Understanding of cloud-native architectures and services and how security controls integrate into them.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, automated testing, CI/CD, and operational feedback loops.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate cloud-native security controls as software products across cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and application services.
• Engineer and maintain CSPM and DLP capabilities to continuously detect, assess, and reduce risk in cloud environments.
• Build preventative, detective, and responsive security controls that integrate into cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and shared enterprise services.
• Integrate cloud security controls with SIEM and security tooling to generate signals for detection, investigation, and incident response.
• Support incident handling and response by engineering detection logic, automation, and response mechanisms to improve containment and recovery.
• Apply modern cloud and software engineering practices to ensure security controls are reliable, scalable, and maintainable.
• Collaborate with platform engineers, application teams, and Digital Product Managers to align cloud security controls with architectures and developer workflows.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Security engineering

Python

CI/CD

Cloud platforms AWS/Azure

Security controls

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

SIEM

Job description

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 Product Security Engineering designs, builds, and operates enterprise security controls as software products that integrate directly into cloud platforms, the SDLC, and core enterprise services. The organization applies modern software and cloud engineering practices to deliver scalable, reliable, and developer-friendly security capabilities for cloud-hosted workloads.

The Cloud Product Security Engineer is a hands-on security engineer responsible for building, integrating, and operating security controls within cloud environments. This role focuses on engineering preventative, detective, and responsive security capabilities across cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and application services. It includes building and operating cloud security posture management (CSPM) and data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities to continuously detect, assess, and reduce risk in cloud environments. Engineers in this role own the full software development lifecycle from design and implementation through deployment and production support and are accountable for the reliability, adoption, and effectiveness of cloud security controls, including their role in incident detection, response, and recovery.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate cloud-native security controls as software products across cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and application services
• Engineer and maintain cloud security posture management (CSPM) and data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities to continuously detect, assess, and reduce risk in cloud environments
• Build preventative, detective, and responsive security controls that integrate directly into cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and shared enterprise services
• Integrate cloud security controls with SIEM and security tooling to generate high-quality signals for detection, investigation, and incident response
• Support incident handling and response by engineering detection logic, automation, and response mechanisms that improve containment and recovery
• Apply modern cloud and software engineering practices (e.g., infrastructure as code, automated testing, CI/CD) to ensure security controls are reliable, scalable, and maintainable.
• Collaborate with platform engineers, application teams, and Digital Product Managers to align cloud security controls with architectures and developer workflows.

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 3+ years of professional software or security engineering experience, including ownership of production systems in cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience engineering security controls within public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS and/or Azure), spanning infrastructure, platform services, or application-level integrations.
• Background building or integrating cloud security posture management (CSPM), data protection, or data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities as engineered solutions.
• Understanding of cloud-native architectures and services (e.g., identity, networking, storage, compute) and how security controls integrate into them.
• Capability to engineer preventative, detective, and responsive security capabilities, including detection logic, automation, or response workflows.
• Practical application of modern engineering practices such as infrastructure as code, automated testing, CI/CD, and operational feedback loops.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with platform engineers, application teams, and security partners to deliver cloud security outcomes.

Desirable Skills

• Working knowledge of cloud service provider security services and patterns (e.g., identity, networking, encryption, logging) and their use in real-world cloud architectures.
• Practical exposure to advanced CSPM techniques, including policy-as-code, drift detection, and automated remediation.
• Experience with data classification, data handling, or data protection strategies that support DLP in cloud-hosted systems.
• Familiarity with security telemetry, logging pipelines, and SIEM platforms used for detection, investigation, and incident response.
• Hands-on involvement in incident response or post-incident analysis from an engineering perspective (e.g., improving detections, controls, or recovery mechanisms).
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code and cloud automation tooling used to deploy, configure, and secure cloud resources at scale.
• Understanding of secure design principles for cloud-native and distributed systems, including identity-centric and least-privilege approaches.
• Demonstrated interest in continuously improving cloud security controls through learning, experimentation, and collaboration.
• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript), with the ability to write, review, and maintain production-quality code.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job does not have supervisory duties.

Posting Closing date

Friday 16th October (11:59pm)

Skills

• Agile Methodology
• Cloud Engineering
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Cloud Platform
• Cloud Security
• Product Security
• Python (Programming Language)
• Security Engineering
• Security Practices
• Security Software
• Software Engineering Practices
• Vulnerability Management

Shape the Future of Insurance with Cutting-Edge Tech and a People-First Culture

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. At Allstate, we work hard to help people live a good life every day. Allstaters are dedicated to serving clients, customers, and communities, which allows employees to find meaning and value in their work. Allstate offers an environment that fosters innovative thinking where you'll be able to explore your ideas and feel proud of the work you do. Allstate helps protect nearly 16 million households with auto, home, life, and retirement products. We want every professional connected to Allstate to be committed to giving our customers the best and that means finding the best talent. We want you to be our next great addition.