Senior Infrastructure & Systems Threat Lead

Allstate Insurance Co.; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tech equipment provided

Home connectivity allowance

Dedicated home workspace configuration

Job summary

Allstate Insurance Co. is recruiting an experienced Exposure Intelligence Analyst – Infrastructure & Systems to lead domain‑aligned risk work across servers, virtualization, containers, Kubernetes and OS hardening.

You will convert technical findings into actionable exposure intelligence and partner with engineering SMEs to accelerate risk reduction. You should bring hands‑on expertise in Windows/Linux, virtualization, containers, and security controls, plus scripting skills (PowerShell, Python,

Qualifications

• 3+ years in security engineering, infrastructure engineering, vulnerability/exposure management, or related cyber operations.
• Hands‑on knowledge of server/OS hardening, virtualization concepts, and container/Kubernetes fundamentals.
• Ability to interpret technical telemetry and translate into actionable risk decisions.

Responsibilities

• Exposure Intelligence (Core) Analyze exposure signals and translate them into exploitable exposure hypotheses. Correlate findings across sources to identify attack paths and high‑impact exposure conditions. Prioritize work based on exploitability, blast radius, and business impact; produce clear remediation guidance.
• Infrastructure & Systems (Domain) Own SME coverage for servers (Windows/Linux), hypervisors, containers, and Kubernetes platforms. Identify systemic risks: insecure baselines, patching gaps, insecure container images, cluster misconfigurations, weak segmentation at the host layer, privilege pathways. Partner with platform teams to validate remediation effectiveness and ensure durable hardening outcomes.

Skills

Cyber Incident Response

Docker (Software)

Kubernetes

Linux

Windows

Operating Systems (OS)

Security Controls

Server Infrastructure

Threat Assessment

Virtualization

Tools

PowerShell

Python

KQL

SQL

Job description

Allstate Insurance Co. is recruiting an experienced Exposure Intelligence Analyst – Infrastructure & Systems to lead domain‑aligned risk work across servers, virtualization, containers, Kubernetes and OS hardening.

You will convert technical findings into actionable exposure intelligence and partner with engineering SMEs to accelerate risk reduction. You should bring hands‑on expertise in Windows/Linux, virtualization, containers, and security controls, plus scripting skills (PowerShell, Python,