Senior Platform Consultant - Cyber Platforms, Data & Tooling - (Hybrid OR Remote)

Allstate Corporation; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 85.000 - 125.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid working

Private medical and dental insurance

Pension scheme

Corporate bonus scheme

Life assurance and income protection

Cycle to work scheme

Two volunteering days per year

Zusammenfassung

Allstate NI is seeking a Platform Consultant to shape architecture across AI platforms, data, and tooling, and to drive scalable, secure platform adoption. You will translate operational intent into enterprise-scale designs, ensure interoperability, and lead cross-functional teams to reduce fragmentation while maximizing reuse.

You will bring deep experience in cloud-native microservices, multiple programming paradigms, and modern dev practices, guiding engineering teams toward robust RESTful

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years architecting and delivering large scale distributed systems (cloud native microservices).
• 4+ years software engineering in 3 paradigms: OO, procedural, functional.
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes and modern cloud platforms (AWS/Azure).
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence architecture direction.
• Strong Agile/XP, DevOps, TDD, and CI/CD practices.

Aufgaben

• Define architecture patterns, integration standards, and platform APIs across AI, data, and tooling.
• Lead data/AI enablement with high-quality, structured data and governance.
• Design unified tool/platform integration to ensure consistent, AI-ready data.
• Build scalable, reusable platform components and pave roads to adoption.
• Drive build vs. buy vs. integrate decisions with security and governance in mind.
• Collaborate跨 teams (ACP, SD&O, T&P) to align platform strategy.

Kenntnisse

Architecture patterns

Cloud platforms

DevOps

Microservices

Java

JavaScript

Go

Rust

Functional programming

F#

Elixir

Clojure

Haskell

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

TDD

Agile XP

Git

Spring Boot

Tools

IntelliJ

VS Code

GitHub

Spring Boot

Jobbeschreibung

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.

Our role in the team: This role sits within Allstate Cyber Operations & Platforms as part of a set of Digital Product Teams responsible for building and operating a cohesive, scalable Security Operations platform ecosystem. This ecosystem spans: Agentic Cyber Platforms (ACP): Operationalizing AI as a core cyber capability through shared platforms, orchestration patterns, and governance-by-design. Security Data & Observability (SD&O): Engineering and managing the Security Operations Data Plane, enabling high-fidelity telemetry, analytics, and AI-ready data. Tooling & Platform (T&P): Ensuring security tooling is integrated, governed, and aligned as part of a unified platform rather than disconnected solutions. Together, these capabilities enable secure, scalable, and intelligence-driven cyber operations by design. The Platform Consultant defines and drives architecture patterns, integration standards, and ecosystem strategy across AI platforms, security data, and tooling. This role ensures the environment evolves as a coherent, reusable, and governed platform ecosystem, enabling safe, scalable adoption through well-defined “paved roads.” You will translate operational intent into enterprise-scale platform design, ensuring interoperability between AI systems, data platforms, and tooling while minimizing fragmentation and maximizing reuse.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Architecture & Standards – Define architecture, design patterns, and integration standards across AI, data, and tooling. Establish APIs, data models, security controls, and observability requirements.
• Data & AI Enablement – Ensure high-quality, structured data for AI (lineage, consistency, readiness). Set standards for safe AI use (explainability, auditability, controlled actions).
• Tooling & Integration Design – Design unified integration across tools and platforms. Ensure tools produce consistent, high-quality, AI-ready data.
• Paved Roads & Adoption – Build scalable, reusable solutions as the default (“paved roads”). Drive standardization, reduce duplication, and guide adoption.
• Strategy & Decision-Making – Lead build vs. buy vs. integrate decisions. Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and governance-driven.
• Cross-Functional Leadership – Partner across teams (ACP, SD&O, T&P) for platform alignment. Influence teams to drive simplification, reuse, and consistency.

Essential Criteria

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 hands on expertise in architecting and delivering large scale distributed systems, such as cloud native microservices on Docker/Kubernetes, deployed on modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or equivalent), ensuring scalability, high availability, and performance.

A minimum of 4 years software engineering experience in at least 3 programming paradigms to include:

• - Object-oriented (Java & JavaScript wit at least one other language)
• - Procedural / systems (e.g. Go, Rust, C)
• - Functional (e.g. F#, Elixir, Clojure, Haskell)

Experience using modern development tools (e.g., IntelliJ or VS Code, Git/GitHub, Spring Boot) and designing robust RESTful APIs. Demonstrated success as a high impact technical advisor to multiple engineering teams, with proven ability to influence architecture direction and mentor engineers in best practices with proven leadership responsibilities. Expert level knowledge of Agile/XP and DevOps methodologies, including paired programming, test driven development (TDD), and CI/CD automation, with a track record of using these practices to accelerate delivery and improve quality.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience with agentic AI platforms, governance, and safe-action design.
• Familiarity with security operations ecosystems and analyst workflows.
• Experience with:
  • a) Telemetry and observability systems
  • b) Data lineage, metadata, and data quality frameworks
  • c) Canonical data models and analytics-ready datasets
• Background in tooling integration and platform standardization (golden paths/paved roads).
• Experience aligning AI, data, and tooling strategies into a unified platform vision.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job does not have supervisory duties.

Job Posting End Date: Monday 23rd November 2026 (11:59pm) #LI-TR3 #LI-Hybrid Skills Architectural Patterns, Cloud Platform, DevOps, Ecosystems, Microservices Architecture 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.