Lead Engineering, Authentication Engineering; Senior Manager

Position: Lead Engineering, Authentication Engineering (Senior Manager)
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 Who is Allstate:
Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to reassure both customers and employees with its “You’re in Good Hands®” promise and is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years.
Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism.
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Role Designation:
Remote
Benefits to joining Allstate
Flexible Work Arrangements.
Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services).
Good Office program (receive up to $400 back after purchasing office equipment).
Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans.
Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions.
Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing.
Personal days.
Tuition Reimbursement.
Working within the community and giving back.

Job description:

We are seeking a highly technical and innovative Lead Engineering, Authentication Engineering (Senior Manager) to lead the design, implementation, and advancement of enterprise authentication platforms. Multiple Managing Engineering’s for authentication teams will report to this role. This role will provide technical leadership for authentication solutions, including directory infrastructure, multi-factor authentication (MFA), PKI, privileged access management and vaulting solutions and an in-house developed application for password and MFA management.

The successful candidate will partner closely with Product Management, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Engineering, Application Teams, and Operations to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient authentication capabilities that align with strategic directions including AI enablement, Zero Trust, Infrastructure as Code, and automation. Accountabilities:
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. Design, implement, and modernize authentication solutions, including MFA,, PKI, SSO, privileged access management, vaulting, and 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, while continuously improving platforms to reduce user friction and increase adoption. Partner with security, infrastructure, cloud,…