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

We are seeking a Platform Engineering Manager to lead the design and evolution of our Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation capabilities across a hybrid environment that includes on-premise platforms. This role will focus on enabling engineering teams through scalable, secure, and automated infrastructure solutions, while supporting the modernization of legacy environments. The ideal candidate brings strong and proven automation experience, combined with the ability to operate within a large, regulated enterprise and partner effectively across infrastructure, security, and network teams.

This role leads the transformation of infrastructure through automation and Infrastructure as Code, enabling scalable, secure, and hybrid platforms that support enterprise modernization in a regulated environment.

Work Environment
This role operates within a collaborative, fast-paced engineering environment. The Managing Engineer must be comfortable balancing technical leadership, team management, and partnership with cross-functional teams to support enterprise-wide platforms and initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Platform & Team Leadership

Lead and develop a team of p infrastructure engineers in defining and execute the IaC and platform automation strategy aligned with enterprise modernization goals
Partner with application, security, network, and enterprise architecture teams
Drive adoption of engineering best practices, automation, and platform standardization

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

Lead the implementation and scaling of Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, PowerShell, or equivalent
Develop and maintain reusable modules and templates for on-prem infrastructure
Reduce manual provisioning through automation and self-service capabilities
Promote infrastructure as product mindset across teams

Cloud & Hybrid Platform Engineering

Enable and support infrastructure across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and on-prem environments
Support the transition toward cloud-first infrastructures and hybrid architecture patterns
Collaborate with infrastructure teams managing compute, storage, virtualization, and networking platforms

CI/CD, DevOps & Delivery Practices

Enhance and support CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
Enable teams to deliver infrastructure through versioned, tested, and auditable pipelines
Promote automation across the development and operations lifecycle

Operations, Reliability & Support

Improve platform observability, monitoring, and alerting capabilities
Support incident response and production issue resolution
Drive improvements in resiliency, uptime, and operational efficiency
Balance technical lifecycle activities with ongoing delivery needs

Security, Governance & Compliance

Incorporate security best practices such as least privilege access and secrets management
Ensure infrastructure aligns with enterprise governance and regulatory requirements
Partner with security and risk teams to enable secure-by-design platforms

Essential Qualifications

7 years or more of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering (or equivalent)
2 years or more of leadership or team management experience (or equivalent)
Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform preferred)
Experience working in cloud environments (AWS and/or Azure)
Experience supporting or operating within a hybrid infrastructure environment
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, version control, and automation practices
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, or similar)
Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Desirable Qualifications

Experience working with on-prem infrastructure (e.g., VMware, data center environments) and automating (creating self service) for highly requested services.
Exposure to network and application delivery platforms (e.g., load balancers like F5, ALB, NLB) – partnership-level, not required expertise
Exposure to DNS infrastructure.
Background in platform engineering or internal developer platforms
Exposure to cost optimization initiatives related to automating services.

What Success Looks Like

Infrastructure provisioning is automated, consistent, and repeatable
Engineering teams have access to self-service infrastructure platforms
Systems are resilient, observable, and easier to operate at scale
Infrastructure is managed as version-controlled, auditable code
The organization progresses toward a cloud-forward, modern platform architecture

Experience

• 7 or more years of experience (Preferred)

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job has supervisory duties.

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Skills

Automation Scripting, AWS CloudFormation, Building Architecture, Cloud Networking, Cloud Platform, Containerization, Delivery Management, Deployment Automation, Infrastructure As Code (IaC), Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure, Networking, Platform Architecture, Platform Engineering, Scripting, Team Leadership, Team Management, Technical Solutions, Terraform (Software)

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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