Systems Engineer, Lead Consultant (Identity & Authentication) (Hybrid OR Remote)

Allstate NI; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Corporate bonus scheme

Pension scheme

Annual pay reviews

Life assurance and income protection

Private medical and dental insurance

Flexible working options

Hybrid working

Two volunteering days per year

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Allstate NI is seeking a Systems Engineer Lead Consultant for Identity & Authentication to design, implement and operate enterprise IAM in complex hybrid environments. You will lead and mentor a team, drive incident avoidance, and ensure secure, scalable identity solutions.

The role requires deep experience with AD DS/ADFS, Entra ID, ADCS, and hybrid identity, plus strong scripting, automation, and IaC skills. Hybrid working and a strong, award-winning culture are offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years designing, implementing and supporting enterprise IAM in complex hybrid environments.
• Minimum 1 year leading and mentoring a team in Identity and Authentication.
• Advanced experience with AD DS, ADFS, Entra ID, ADCS and Hybrid Identity.
• Strong PowerShell scripting, automation, APIs, IaC and modern engineering practices.
• Experience with LDAP, Kerberos, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, WS-Federation and certificate-based authentication.

Responsibilities

• Lead identifying and recommending changes for moderate to complex IAM components to prevent incidents.
• Resolve incidents and perform root cause analysis to improve resiliency.
• Lead integration planning of hardware/software components with other teams.
• Support production service requests and handle routine administration of identity infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain tools for maintaining, modifying, and monitoring IAM components.
• Lead testing, debugging, and performance analysis of IAM components.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure interoperability and data integrity.

Skills

IAM

AD DS/ADFS

PowerShell

IaC

APIs

SAML/OIDC

GPO/DNS/WSUS/SCOM

Hybrid Identity

Tools

AD DS/ADFS

Microsoft Entra ID

ADCS

GitHub

CI/CD

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 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)

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.

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}