Product Engineer Lead Consultant

Allstate Insurance Company; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; 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 in Belfast seeks a hands-on Lead Product Engineer for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to design, build, and productize scalable automation that lets engineering teams provision, manage, and operate infrastructure via code. You will establish standards, create reusable modules, and drive self-service capabilities across the organization.

The role collaborates with platform, server, security, networking, and application teams to accelerate IaC adoption, implement CI/CD pipelines, and

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience with Infrastructure as Code principles and practices.
• Experience building scalable infrastructure automation solutions.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployments.
• Knowledge of Git-based development workflows, branching strategies, pull requests, and code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise IaC strategy, standards, governance, and adoption roadmap.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation across omni-hosted platforms.
• Build reusable modules, templates, blueprints, and self-service automation.
• Develop automation using Ansible, Terraform/OpenTofu, Puppet, Rundeck, Python, or related technologies.
• Apply AI-assisted engineering and Specification-Driven Design to improve delivery speed and quality.
• Ensure security controls, governance, and risk management in enterprise automation.
• Design and develop APIs and integrations for infrastructure orchestration.
• Drive CI/CD, security, testing, and deployment automation for infrastructure delivery.
• Collaborate with platform product teams to accelerate IaC adoption.

Skills

IaC

Ansible

Terraform/OpenTofu

Puppet

Rundeck

CI/CD

Git workflows

Cloud/infrastructure

Automation frameworks

Tools

Env0

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

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

Core Engineering & Platforms (CEP) group is seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Lead Product Engineer for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to drive the development and adoption of enterprise-scale infrastructure automation capabilities. This role is responsible for designing, building, and productizing reusable infrastructure solutions that enable engineering teams to provision, manage, and operate infrastructure through code. The ideal candidate may have successfully launched large-scale IaC initiatives and can translate strategic objectives into practical, scalable engineering solutions.
As a technical acumen and practitioner, the candidate will establish engineering standards, build reusable modules and automation frameworks, implement CI/CD pipelines, and drive self-service infrastructure capabilities across the organization. Also, the candidate will collaborate closely with platform, server, security, networking, and application teams to transform infrastructure delivery from manual processes into a resilient, automated, and software-defined operating model.

Key responsibilities:

• Accountable for the enterprise Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategy, standards, governance, and adoption roadmap.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable infrastructure automation solutions across omni-hosted platforms.
• Build reusable modules, templates, blueprints, and self-service automation capabilities for infrastructure teams.
• Develop automation using Ansible, Terraform/OpenTofu, Puppet, Rundeck, Python, or related infrastructure automation technologies.
• Apply AI-assisted engineering and Specification-Driven Design practices to improve delivery speed, consistency, and automation quality.
• Understanding of responsible AI practices, security controls, governance, and risk management within enterprise automation platforms.
• Design and develop APIs and integrations that enable infrastructure orchestration, provisioning, and platform services.
• Drive CI/CD, security, compliance, testing, and deployment automation for infrastructure delivery.
• Partner with platform product teams to accelerate IaC adoption and productize infrastructure capabilities.
• Create documentation, reference architectures, training materials, and enablement programs for IaC tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering best practices.
• Leverage cross-domain infrastructure knowledge spanning compute, networking, storage, security, identity, cloud, and infra services to deliver curated consumer-facing platform products and improve operational resilience.

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 working with Infrastructure as Code principles, patterns, and engineering practices.
• Experience with continuous collaborative pair programming to solve technical challenges.
• Strong experience building infrastructure automation solutions using tools such as Ansible, Terraform/OpenTofu, Env0, Puppet, or equivalent platforms.
• Demonstrated success in establishing and scaling enterprise infrastructure automation initiatives.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployments.
• Knowledge of Git-based development workflows, branching strategies, pull requests, and code review practices.
• Experience building reusable modules, templates, and shared automation services.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, identity management, and platform services.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience integrating LLMs, MCPs, AI agents, Copilot technologies, or workflow automation platforms into infrastructure engineering solutions.
• Experience building AI-native infrastructure platforms that incorporate intelligent code generation, automated testing, policy validation, self-healing workflows, and predictive operational insights.
• Experience enabling self-service capabilities through platform engineering or developer platforms.

Job Posting End date: 3rd September 2026

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Skills

Application Infrastructure, IT Infrastrcuture Project Management, Solution Analysis, Solution Engineering, Solutioning, Solutions Management, Strategic Collaborations, Technical Knowledge, Web Infrastructure

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.