Software Engineer Manager

allstate; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Allstate's CEP group seeks a Software Engineering Manager for Infrastructure as Code to lead enterprise automation, define strategy, and drive platform engineering across teams. This role combines people leadership with hands-on technical direction to accelerate AI-assisted infrastructure delivery.

You will coach engineers, establish engineering excellence, and partner with cloud, security, and network teams to build scalable, self-service IaC capabilities that deliver measurable business

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading large engineering teams delivering automation and measurable business outcomes.
• Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code, platform engineering, and modern automation practices.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible, Terraform, Env0, Puppet, Python, and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of engineers for IaC platforms and self-service infrastructure.
• Drive the enterprise IaC strategy, governance, and adoption roadmap across engineering groups.
• Establish engineering excellence including code quality, testing, CI/CD, GitOps, security, and compliance standards.
• Design, build, and productize reusable infrastructure modules, templates, blueprints, APIs, and shared platform services.
• Develop and scale automation using Ansible, Terraform, Env0, Puppet, Python, and related tools.
• Champion AI-assisted engineering, Copilot technologies, and intelligent automation to boost productivity.
• Partner with cloud, security, networking, identity, and platform teams to modernize delivery via automation.
• Drive CI/CD pipeline implementations and policy-as-code, security-as-code, and compliance automation.
• Establish measurable objectives and operational metrics to ensure business outcomes.
• Influence engineering standards and platform-first approaches across large enterprises.
• Create training, documentation, and reference architectures to accelerate IaC adoption.

Skills

Continual Improvement Process

Engineering Practices

Enterprise Infrastructures

Infrastructure Architecture

Software Development

SDLC

SLM

Software Project Management

Technical Direction

Technical Leadership

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Env0

Puppet

Python

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

Core Engineering & Platforms (CEP) group is seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Software Engineering Manager for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to lead the development, adoption, and operationalization of enterprise-scale infrastructure automation capabilities. This role is responsible for leading a high-performing engineering team while driving the strategy, roadmap, and execution of software-defined infrastructure solutions that enable infrastructure to be provisioned, managed, and operated through code.

The ideal candidate has successfully led large-scale engineering organizations, launched enterprise Infrastructure as Code initiatives, and delivered measurable business outcomes through automation, platform engineering, and AI transformation. This leader will establish engineering excellence standards, create reusable infrastructure platforms, drive AI-assisted engineering practices, and foster a culture of accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.

As both a people leader and technical practitioner, the candidate will coach and mentor engineers, provide strategic direction, remove delivery barriers, and ensure successful execution of key initiatives. In addition, it also requires collaborating closely with servers, security, networking, platform, and application engineering teams to build scalable, secure, resilient, and self-service infrastructure capabilities that accelerate business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of engineers responsible for Infrastructure as Code platforms, automation frameworks, and self-service infrastructure capabilities.
• Drive the enterprise Infrastructure as Code strategy, standards, governance model, and adoption roadmap across engineering organizations.
• Establish engineering excellence practices including code quality, testing, CI/CD, GitOps, security, compliance, architecture reviews, and automation standards.
• Design, build, and productize reusable infrastructure modules, templates, blueprints, APIs, and shared platform services.
• Develop and scale automation solutions using technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, Env0, Puppet, Rundeck, Python, and related infrastructure automation platforms.
• Champion AI-assisted engineering, Specification-Driven Design, Copilot technologies, AI agents, and intelligent automation to improve engineering productivity and delivery quality.
• Partner with cloud, networking, security, identity, storage, and platform teams to modernize infrastructure delivery through automation and self-service experiences.
• Drive CI/CD pipeline implementation, deployment automation, policy-as-code, security-as-code, and compliance automation capabilities.
• Establish measurable engineering objectives, KPIs, and operational metrics while ensuring teams consistently deliver business outcomes and expected results.
• Influence engineering organizations to adopt enterprise standards, reusable patterns, and platform-first approaches.
• Create training programs, technical documentation, reference architectures, and enablement materials that accelerate IaC adoption and engineering maturity.
• Balance strategic planning with hands-on technical leadership while removing obstacles, managing priorities, and ensuring successful execution of critical initiatives.

Job Qualifications

• Proven experience building, leading, coaching, and developing high-performing engineering teams while driving measurable business and technology outcomes.
• Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code principles, platform engineering, automation frameworks, and software engineering best practices.
• Experience building AI-native infrastructure platforms incorporating intelligent code generation, automated testing, policy validation, self-healing workflows, and predictive operational capabilities.
• Strong hands-on experience with Ansible, Terraform, Env0, Puppet, Python, or similar infrastructure automation and configuration management technologies.
• Experience integrating LLMs, MCPs, AI agents, Copilot technologies, workflow automation platforms, or AI-assisted engineering solutions into infrastructure delivery processes.
• Demonstrated success establishing and scaling enterprise-wide infrastructure automation and self-service platform initiatives.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, GitOps, API development, version control, cloud platforms, networking, security, identity management, and infrastructure architecture.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction, establish engineering standards, and drive adoption across large enterprise organizations.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational change management skills.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking, technical leadership, people development, and hands-on execution in a fast-paced engineering environment.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Yes, this role requires supervisory duties.

Skills

Continual Improvement Process, Engineering Practices, Enterprise Infrastructures, Infrastructure Architecture, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Lifecycle Management (SLM), Software Project Management, Technical Direction, Technical Leadership

Compensation

Compensation offered for this role is 120,000.00 - 193,725.00 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.

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