Lead Engineer - Authentication Engineering - Hybrid

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Authentication Lead Product Manager for creation of strategy, roadmaps, prioritization, and implementation of solutions.
• Lead the strategy, architecture, and engineering of enterprise authentication solutions, ensuring they meet business needs while delivering a secure, seamless user experience.
• modernize authentication solutions, including MFA,, PKI, SSO, privileged access management, vaulting
• cloud-native authentication platforms to enable Zero Trust capabilities including passwordless , phishing-resistant authentication, Just-In-Time (JIT) and Just-Enough (JEA) access.
• Drive increased automation and Infrastructure as Code including test driven development practices for validation and control testing Lead large-scale authentication migrations and technology transformations
• continuously improving platforms to reduce user friction and increase adoption.
• Partner with security, infrastructure, cloud, application
• AI teams to deliver scalable, resilient authentication services and support security integration into application d automation, AI workflows
• agentic AI capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership and people development by coaching Managing Engineers, leading technical product design reviews, and providing direction for engineering best practices.
• Influence partners to prioritize for enterprise benefit and risk reduction and assist in driving the adoption of technology solutions that leverage existing patterns, practices, and reference architectures.
• Strengthen the organization’s security posture by implementing and enhancing controls to address gaps and vulnerabilities identified through audits, assessments, red team, penetration testing, vulnerability scanning
• proactive threat modelling.
• Own the reliability, resiliency
• operational excellence of authentication services by defining and achieving SLOs, improving service availability and performance, instrumenting and enhancing observability
• leading incident response efforts to reduce MTTR.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, establish engineering standards and best practices, and provide technical leadership across authentication domains.
• Essential Skills: All applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate.
• Allstate is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy.
• A minimum of 5 years of Information Technology or Engineering experience with authentication engineering accountabilities.
• A minimum of 3 years managing people .
• Experience leading enterprise large-scale projects.
• Strong e xpertise with Active Directory and Entra ID .
• E xperience implementing and securing PKI solutions.
• Experience implementing cloud-based solutions (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP) Experience with automated deployments (Terraform, Ansible, GitHub, Jenkins, etc.) Desirable Skills: Experience with Privileged Access Management and Vaulting solutions ( CyberArk , Hashicorp , Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secrets Manager, etc.) Experience w ith MFA authenticators (Duo, MS Authenticator, etc.) and hardware tokens/smart cards for TOTP, FIDO2, PIV (Duo, Yubikey , Thales, etc.) Strong knowledge of authentication protocols such as SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, Kerberos, LDAP, certificate-based authentication, etc.
• Understanding of authentication attack techniques, threat actors, and exploitation methods and controls to mitigate.
• Scripting experience (PowerShell, Python, etc.) Understanding of Full Stack Java development.
• Understanding security standards and compliance requirements (NIST, ISO, PCI, HIPPA, Sox, etc.).
• Experience leading global teams Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has supervisory duties Posting date: Sunday 16 th August 2026 [11.59pm] #LI-SE1 #LI-Hybrid Skills Accountability, Authentication, Business, Digital Products, Information Technology Management, Software Development Shape the Future of Insurance with Cutting-Edge Tech and a People-First Culture Why join us?
• Allstate NI is proud to be Allstate’s European Digital Centre of Excellence, a hub for innovation and engineering excellence.
• We’re recent winners of Best Place to Work in IT (100+ employees) and Best Use of Cloud Services at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards
• we’ve been recognised for our community and sustainability impact with Platinum in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey.
• We’re a product-driven, cloud-first organisation delivering real outcomes through modern technology, a digital product-centric talent model, and a culture rooted in engineering excellence.
• Our teams work in cross-functional structures, guided by an outcome-based delivery approach that accelerates speed, agility, and value.
• We also invest in you.
• At Allstate NI, your career growth matters.
• You’ll have access to our Continuous Learning Hub, designed to support skills development and professional advancement through tailored learning paths, certifications, and mentoring opportunities.
• Whether you’re deepening technical expertise or exploring leadership roles, we provide the tools and support to help you thrive.
• What do you get in return?
• As well as receiving a competitive annual salary, our reward package includes: Corporate bonus scheme Pension scheme Annual performance-related pay reviews Life assurance and income protection Flexible working options Hybrid working Private medical and dental insurance Access to an employee assistance programme Discounted gym membership Two paid volunteering days each year Cycle to work scheme Be part of a high-performing, socially responsible organisation where your work has purpose
• your growth is supported every step of the way.