Platform Consultant - Product Security

Allstate Insurance Co.; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Allstate Insurance Co. seeks a visionary Platform Consultant to fuse engineering excellence with security strategy at scale.

You will partner with engineering teams to embed secure-by-design, perform threat modeling from the ground up, and promote zero-trust architectures across AI, API, and SaaS platforms. You will articulate risk posture to senior leaders, influence cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers while advancing platform reliability and performance in an outcome-based delivery

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering or architecture with leadership.
• Proven advisory experience guiding multiple engineering teams.
• Expertise in Agile/DevOps, CI/CD, TDD, and automated delivery.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to guide secure platform design and implementation.
• Embed secure-by-design principles and threat modeling throughout SDLC.
• Define security posture to leadership and enable informed decisions.
• Lead innovative security controls and drive secure engineering practices.
• Mentor engineers in reusable design, architecture, and outcome-based delivery.

Skills

8+ years experience

Security architecture

Zero Trust

Cloud microservices

Java/JavaScript

CI/CD automation

Threat modeling

Communication skills

Tools

Docker/Kubernetes

AWS/Azure

OpenAPI/Swagger

IntelliJ/VS Code

Git/GitHub

Job description

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.

Product Security is growing. We are engineering enterprise-wide security solutions that start left instead of just shifting left. Our focus spans AI Security, SaaS Security, API Security, Threat Modeling Agents, Apex Threat Modeling, Code Security in the IDE/Pipelines, and more. We are seeking a visionary Platform Consultant with deep engineering expertise and strong security architecture experience. In this senior‑level role, you will act as a strategic advisor to our engineering teams and organizations, guiding them through complex technical challenges and shaping platform strategies in line with Allstate’s outcome‑based delivery culture. You will embed secure‑by‑design principles, including rigorous threat modeling from the outset of development, to fortify our platforms from the ground up. You will make clear, well‑informed architectural decisions and articulate our security posture and recommendations to senior leadership, ensuring clarity and confidence in the integrity of our solutions. As a security‑focused engineering leader, you will collaborate with teams from Security Operations to implement proactive defenses and risk mitigations, to consulting with data scientists to leverage analytics and AI for enhanced platform capabilities. This cross‑functional engagement provides continuous opportunities to influence Allstate’s engineering community. You will mentor teams in modern engineering practices, champion system‑wide best practices (such as Zero Trust architecture and reusable design), and drive the adoption of emerging technologies to improve reliability, performance, and efficiency. The ideal candidate is a forward‑thinking technical leader who seamlessly blends engineering know‑how with security vision, inspiring change and driving strategic progress in a dynamic technology landscape. You are unwilling to accept solutions that compromise either developer experience or security integrity.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted consultant to engineering teams and organizations, guiding secure platform design and implementation across diverse product domains
• Communicate clearly and effectively ensuring business and engineering needs are met
• Foster effective collaborative sessions with teams from different disciplines and leadership levels
• Embed secure‑by‑design principles and deep threat modeling practices into the development lifecycle, ensuring security is foundational—not bolted on
• Define and communicate Allstate’s security posture clearly to technical and business leadership, enabling informed decision‑making
• Lead the ideation and implementation of innovative security controls that challenge the status quo and elevate Allstate’s embedded security maturity
• Drive forward engineering practices that adapt to evolving technologies, enabling scalable, resilient, and efficient platforms
• Mentor engineers and platform consultants in systems thinking, reusable design, and outcome‑based delivery
• Influence cross‑functional teams through Discovery & Framing sessions, architectural reviews, and strategic planning
• Promote and enforce architectural standards, simplification, and reuse across the enterprise
• Actively participate in agile ceremonies and foster a culture of continuous learning and iterative delivery

Job Qualifications

Essential Skills:

• Extensive experience (8+ years) in software engineering, platform development, or architecture roles, with increasing technical leadership responsibilities in complex enterprise environments
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Broad technical proficiency across multiple programming languages and frameworks (especially Java and JavaScript ecosystems), and comfort with modern development tools (e.g., IntelliJ or VS Code, Git/GitHub, Spring Boot) and designing robust RESTful APIs
• Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving skills, combined with excellent communication abilities to clearly convey complex technical and security concepts to both engineering teams and senior business leaders

Desirable Skills

Desirable Skills:

• In‑depth knowledge of industry security frameworks and web/API security standards – e.g., OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATT&CK, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML – to guide secure design and development practices
• Deep expertise in security architecture and secure‑by‑design practices, including advanced threat modeling, robust identity and access management (IAM) strategies, and Zero Trust architectures – with a proven ability to embed these controls at all stages of the development lifecycle
• Broad technical proficiency across multiple programming paradigms – in addition to Java and JavaScript experience, deep experience with procedural (e.g., Go, Rust) and functional (e.g., F#, Elixir, Haskell, Clojure) programming languages is a strong signal of architectural proficiency
• Technical proficiency with AI tools such as running local models, developing MCP servers, using AI powered development tools like cursor/copilot/claude code/codex/etc. to help drive your work more efficiently and test for effective model deployment strategies
• Demonstrated expertise in API‑first design and specification‑driven development (e.g., OpenAPI, Swagger), enabling scalable, discoverable, and reusable services.
• Proven ability to shape developer experience and accelerate delivery through contract‑first approaches, while laying the foundation for AI‑assisted development and automated API governance
• Deep understanding of modern cryptographic principles and protocols (e.g., AES, TLS, Argon2, elliptic curve cryptography), with the ability to evaluate, implement, and advise on secure data protection strategies.
• Skilled in applying cryptographic techniques to strengthen trust boundaries, safeguard sensitive data, and ensure compliance with enterprise and regulatory security standards
• Experience with advanced development and testing practices, such as behavior‑driven development (BDD) and integrating automated security checks into CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with emerging technologies (e.g., AI/ML, knowledge graph solutions, advanced analytics) and their application to improve developer velocity, platform reliability, and security capabilities
• Exposure to specialized security domains like AI Security, SaaS Security, and API Security, with an understanding of the unique challenges and tools in these areas

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job does not have supervisory duties.

Compensation

Compensation Compensation offered for this role is $160,000 – 230,000 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. Effective July 1, 2014, under Indiana House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1242, it is against public policy of the State of Indiana and a discriminatory practice for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on the basis that they are a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the Indiana National Guard or a member of a reserve component. For jobs in San Francisco, please click “here” for information regarding the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For jobs in Los Angeles, please click “here” for information regarding the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. To view the “EEO Know Your Rights” poster click “here”. This poster provides information concerning the laws and procedures for filing complaints of violations of the laws with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. To view the FMLA poster, click “here”. This poster summarizing the major provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and telling employees how to file a complaint. It is the Company’s policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all jobs. Therefore, any discriminatory action taken on account of an employee’s ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race (include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion (including religious dress), sex, or sexual orientation that adversely affects an employee's terms or conditions of employment is prohibited. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, salary administration, promotion, job assignment, benefits, discipline, and separation of employment. 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. It’s easy to search and apply for a new opportunity with Allstate. Simply use the links below to identify the openings that interest you.

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