Security Engineer Consultant II

Allstate Insurance Company

$70K — $121K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Illinois, US
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of relevant experience in cybersecurity and IT security operations preferred.
  • Proficiency in Cybersecurity Risk Management and DevOps principles.
  • Experience with vulnerability management and threat detection.
  • Familiarity with security policies and incident management processes.
  • Aptitude for scripting and automation in security contexts.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Senior Security Engineers to develop and implement security solutions.
  • Support security and compliance projects across cloud and on-premise systems.
  • Assist in deploying new security tools to enhance DevOps/SecOps practices.
  • Engage in IT project discussions to promote cloud security best practices.
  • Participate in security engineering activities for IaaS/PaaS/SaaS architecture.
  • Drive communication of changes related to DevOps/SecOps methodologies.
  • Conduct system vulnerability scans and automate processes.
  • Analyze system security vulnerabilities and assess associated risks.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive technology setup including laptop and peripherals.
  • Monthly connectivity reimbursement for eligible remote workers.
  • Flexible work-from-home arrangements with dedicated workspace requirements.
Full Job Description
Job Description
The Security Engineer Consultant II partners in designing and building security solutions that will balance the need for speed and flexibility of the infrastructure and IaaS/PaaS/SaaS applications, with the need to protect Allstate against ongoing and potential security threats. This role needs to have the aptitude to understand new security strategies.

Key Responsibilities
• Work alongside Senior Security Engineers/Architects, and assist in Proof of Concepts and implementation of the security solution
• Assist with security and compliance-based projects involving cloud, operating systems, applications, and database and security issues and requirements
• Provide assistance to engineers to implement new security tools to feed our DevOps/SecOps processes, ensuring the solvency of cloud computing resources
• Participate as an active member of Design & Build IT projects, steering cloud configurations and services towards industry-leading security practices within domain expertise
• Participate in security engineering conversations for our enterprise IT and Business IT teams in IaaS/PaaS/SaaS implementations
• Understand DevOps ideologies with the ability to drive and communicate change supporting DevOps/SecOps methodology within the organization
• Understand software installations, systems monitoring and troubleshooting, account management, and overall efforts to minimize system downtime
• Perform basic system vulnerability scanning using approved software tools and ability to automate
• Understand system security vulnerabilities and associated threats, and assess the overall security risks to the system

Experience
• 2 or more years of experience (Preferred)

Supervisory Responsibilities
• This job does not have supervisory duties.

Education & Experience (in lieu)
• In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

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Skills
Cybersecurity Risk Management, DevOps, Incident Management, IT Security Operations, Scripting, Security Management, Security Policies, Threat Detection, Troubleshooting, Vulnerability Management

Compensation
Compensation offered for this role is 70,100.00 - 121,475.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.

When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.

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