Managing Engineer - Data Security Engineering

Allstate Insurance Company; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Allstate Insurance Company is seeking a Managing Engineer for Data Security Engineering who will lead a team responsible for designing and operating data security products across DLP, data intelligence, and access controls. You will drive technical direction, automate policy workflows, and ensure scalable, reliable security solutions enterprise-wide.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong experience in data protection architectures, and a track record of delivering automated, measurable

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software, data, or security engineering experience, including ownership of production systems and technical products.
• 2+ years of experience leading engineers while remaining actively engaged in technical design, code reviews, and complex engineering work.
• Deep technical knowledge of data protection, including DLP, data discovery and classification, information protection, data access controls, and data governance.
• Comprehensive understanding of cloud, SaaS, CASB, and enterprise data protection architectures.
• Strong scripting and automation proficiency using Python, PowerShell, REST APIs, Terraform, YAML, JSON, or comparable technologies.
• Proven ability to build version-controlled security solutions using policy as code, automated delivery pipelines, APIs, and reusable components.
• Demonstrated success transforming manual, console-based administration into scalable, automated operating models.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing team accountable for engineering data security products and controls.
• Set technical direction and drive execution across architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and production support.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership through code and, solution design, key technical decisions, and critical implementation work.
• Guide the engineering of capabilities across DLP Policy, Data Intelligence or Data Access, including policy automation, data discovery and classification, and access controls.
• Develop and advance policy‑as‑code workflows, reusable control patterns, detection logic, platform integrations, and automated testing and deployment.
• Automate control lifecycle activities, including validation, configuration drift detection, reporting, alert enrichment, and operational health checks.
• Own the reliability, effectiveness, adoption, and continuous improvement of the team’s products and controls.
• Translate complex data security requirements into scalable technical solutions and measurable outcomes.

Skills

Data Security

DLP

Data Governance

Cloud Security

Automation

Python

PowerShell

REST APIs

Terraform

YAML

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Microsoft Purview

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

Product Security Engineering designs, builds, and operates enterprise security controls as software products that integrate directly into cloud platforms, the software development lifecycle, and core enterprise services. The organization applies modern software and cloud engineering practices to deliver scalable, reliable, and developer-friendly security capabilities that enable secure-by-default behaviors across the enterprise.

The Managing Engineer, Data Security Engineering leads a team responsible for designing, building, and operating capabilities across DLP Policy, Data Intelligence, and Data Access. This role combines people leadership, technical direction, and delivery ownership, ensuring the team delivers automated, scalable, and measurable solutions that protect sensitive data while enabling appropriate business use.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing team accountable for engineering data security products and controls.

• Set technical direction and drive execution across architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and production support.

• Provide hands‑on technical leadership through code and, solution design, key technical decisions, and critical implementation work.

• Guide the engineering of capabilities across DLP Policy, Data Intelligence or Data Access, including policy automation, data discovery and classification, and access controls.

• Develop and advance policy‑as‑code workflows, reusable control patterns, detection logic, platform integrations, and automated testing and deployment.

• Automate control lifecycle activities, including validation, configuration drift detection, reporting, alert enrichment, and operational health checks.

• Own the reliability, effectiveness, adoption, and continuous improvement of the team’s products and controls.

• Translate complex data security requirements into scalable technical solutions and measurable outcomes.

Essential Skills

• 5+ years of professional software, data, or security engineering experience, including ownership of production systems and technical products.

• 2+ years of experience leading engineers while remaining actively engaged in technical design, code reviews, and complex engineering work.

• Deep technical knowledge of data protection, including DLP, data discovery and classification, information protection, data access controls, and data governance.

• Comprehensive understanding of cloud, SaaS, CASB, and enterprise data protection architectures.

• Strong scripting and automation proficiency using Python, PowerShell, REST APIs, Terraform, YAML, JSON, or comparable technologies.

• Proven ability to build version-controlled security solutions using policy as code, automated delivery pipelines, APIs, and reusable components.

• Demonstrated success transforming manual, console-based administration into scalable, automated operating models.

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with Microsoft Purview and other enterprise platforms supporting DLP, data discovery and classification, information protection, or data access governance.

• Knowledge of integrating data security capabilities with identity, cloud, SIEM, SOAR, workflow, and enterprise data platforms through APIs and event‑driven architectures.

• Proven ability to influence technical decisions and drive adoption of secure patterns and engineering standards across product areas.

• Demonstrated success mentoring senior engineers and developing emerging technical leaders.

• Understanding of security and operational measures, such as control adoption, detection quality, reliability, and risk reduction, used to evaluate engineering outcomes and guide priorities.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This role has supervisory responsibilities and serves as thefirst levelmanager for a team of engineers.

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Skills

Application Programming Interface (API), Automation, Cloud Security, Data Governance, Data Intelligence, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Data Protection, Data Security, People Leadership, Scripting, Security Controls, Security Engineering, Software as a Service (SaaS), Software Development, Technical Leadership

Compensation

Compensation offered for this role is $120,000 – 195,000 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

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

Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger – a winning team making a meaningful impact.

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

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