Remote-Eligible Data Security Engineering Lead

Allstate; 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

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