Attack Surface Management Service Lead Consultant - Exposure Intelligence Team

Allstate Foundation; Illinois; On-site; USD 100,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Connectivity reimbursement

Job summary

Allstate is seeking a Lead Consultant to establish and grow the Attack Surface Management capability within the cybersecurity organization. You will discover, monitor, and govern the enterprise's internet-facing exposure, partnering with asset owners to drive remediation that reduces exploitable risk.

You will own SME coverage for external attack surface discovery using EASM tools, extend visibility to third-party footprints, and collaborate with Penetration Testing, Product Security, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years in attack surface management or related security domains.
• Strong understanding of internet-facing infrastructure and misconfigurations.
• Ability to translate findings into business risk and remediation actions.
• Hands-on experience with Censys or similar EASM platforms.
• Familiarity with asset inventory/CMDB processes, cloud provider connectors, and third-party risk practices.

Responsibilities

• Translate external findings into exposure intelligence and prioritize risk.
• Identify attack paths from internet-facing assets and misconfigurations.
• Produce remediation guidance and partner with asset owners to close gaps.
• Own SME coverage for external attack surface discovery and monitoring using EASM.
• Extend visibility to third-party, subsidiary, and cloud footprints and collaborate with security teams.

Skills

Attack Surface Management

External Attack Surface Management

Asset Discovery

Cloud Security

Network Security

Vulnerability Management

Cyber Threat Hunting

Threat and Vulnerability Assessment

Stakeholder Management

IT Security Operations

Tools

Censys

Qualys

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.

Job Description

Team and overall work scope

• The team operates within a newly established Exposure Management function in the broader cybersecurity organization, focused on modernizing how the enterprise identifies, prioritizes, and mitigates security vulnerabilities shifting from traditional patch approaches to a more strategic focus on true business risk and exploitability
• Individual Contributor/ Lead Consultant roles are designed to bring in deep respective domain expertise (network, endpoint, cloud, identity, infrastructure, Databases & Data Stores, Applications, API's, Attack Surface Management etc.) to bridge the gap between security insights and practical remediation strategies
• The Lead Consultant - Attack Surface Management is the SME responsible for discovering, monitoring, and governing the enterprise's internet-facing attack surface, including unknown and unmanaged assets, external exposures, and third-party and subsidiary footprints. As the founding member of the capability, the role establishes ASM practices, applies CTEM principles to tie external findings to real attack paths, and partners with asset owners to drive remediation that measurably reduces exploitable exposure.

Success Measures

• Expanded and validated coverage of the external attack surface, with fewer unknown or unowned internet-facing assets.
• Reduced time from discovery of a new external exposure to an assigned owner and completed mitigation.
• Higher signal quality in external findings, with fewer false positives and more accurate prioritization.

Key Responsibilities (Core + Domain)

Exposure Intelligence (Core)

• Translate external attack surface findings into exposure intelligence and exploitability-based prioritization.
• Identify attack paths that start from internet-facing assets, such as exposed services, misconfigurations, expired or weak certificates, and exposed admin interfaces.
• Produce clear remediation guidance and partner with asset owners to validate closure.

Attack Surface Management (Domain)

• Own SME coverage for external attack surface discovery and monitoring using EASM and scanning platforms (e.g., Censys, Qualys).
• Establish asset governance practices, including attribution, ownership assignment, inventory reconciliation, and detection of shadow IT and orphaned assets.
• Extend visibility to third-party, subsidiary, and cloud-hosted footprints, and partner with Penetration Testing, Product Security, and Exposure Response to operationalize findings.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years in attack surface management, vulnerability management, security operations, or exposure management.

• Strong understanding of internet-facing infrastructure, including DNS, IP space, certificates, cloud hosting, and common external misconfigurations.
• Ability to translate technical findings into business risk and practical remediation actions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Censys or comparable EASM platforms, and with Qualys or similar vulnerability scanning tools.
• Familiarity with asset inventory/CMDB processes, cloud provider connectors, and third-party risk practices.
• Ability to build a new capability from the ground up, including processes, metrics, and stakeholder buy-in, as the first person in the function.

Skills

• Attack Surface Management
• External Attack Surface Management (EASM)
• Asset Discovery
• Asset Inventory Management
• Cloud Security
• Network Security
• Third-Party Risk Management
• Vulnerability Management
• Threat and Vulnerability Management
• Asset Inventory Management
• Attack Surface Analysis
• Cyber Incident Response
• Cyber Threat Hunting
• IT Security Operations
• Network Security
• Penetration Testing
• Stakeholder Management
• Threat and Vulnerability Assessment
• Threat and Vulnerability Management
• Vulnerability Management

Compensation

Compensation offered for this role is 100,000.00 - 170,500.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

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Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.

When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.

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