Lead Consultant - Network Security

Allstate • McCullom Lake, IL

2d • $98,100 - $167,850

About The Position

Allstate is seeking a Vended Application Lead Consultant Engineer to join its Network Security engineering team. The role provides technical leadership for engineering, automation, deployment, and lifecycle management of enterprise network security platforms. It combines a strong foundation in networking and network security with modern software engineering and infrastructure automation practices, including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, Ansible, APIs, and automation frameworks. The position is hands-on and bridges traditional infrastructure engineering with automated management of network security services.

The successful candidate will engineer and improve enterprise firewall and network security infrastructure, develop repeatable automation and deployment practices, and lead technical implementation efforts. They will collaborate across networking, cloud, application, security, and infrastructure teams; troubleshoot complex issues; and guide platform reliability, modernization, and lifecycle activities. Palo Alto Networks experience is preferred, while comparable enterprise firewall experience is also relevant.

The stated annual compensation range is $98,100 to $167,850, based on experience and qualifications. Candidates offered the position must submit to a background investigation. Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

For employees eligible to work from home, Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup and a monthly connectivity reimbursement. A home worker must have a dedicated private workspace, appropriate desk and seating, and reliable internet with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.

Requirements

• Strong background in network engineering and network security.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, routing, subnetting, NAT, DNS, VPN technologies, network segmentation, load balancing, and application connectivity.
• Experience engineering or supporting enterprise firewall platforms, preferably Palo Alto Networks or equivalent technologies.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code concepts, practices, and tooling.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible for infrastructure configuration and automation.
• Experience developing or supporting CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure or application deployments.
• Experience integrating infrastructure platforms through REST APIs or other programmatic interfaces.
• Working knowledge of scripting or programming languages used for automation, such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure problems across multiple technology domains.
• Ability to translate technical requirements into scalable and supportable engineering solutions.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across engineering, operations, application, and security teams.
• Ability to lead engineering efforts, establish standards, mentor others, and drive platform modernization.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, Panorama, or related Palo Alto technologies.
• Experience managing network security infrastructure in public cloud environments such as AWS or Azure.
• Experience with source-control platforms and development workflows such as Git.
• Experience with CI/CD and automation platforms such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps.
• Experience working with enterprise IT service management and change-management processes.
• Experience creating reusable automation frameworks rather than one-off scripts.
• Experience working in an environment adopting product-oriented engineering and DevOps practices.
• Experience modernizing traditional infrastructure platforms through automation and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with comparable enterprise firewall/security platforms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead engineer and technical resource for enterprise network security platforms and vended applications.
• Engineer, maintain, and improve firewall and network security infrastructure across enterprise environments.
• Develop and promote Infrastructure as Code for provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure configuration, validation, testing, and deployment.
• Develop automation using Ansible, APIs, scripting, and related automation technologies.
• Design solutions that reduce manual operational activities and improve the consistency and repeatability of infrastructure changes.
• Provide technical leadership for Palo Alto Networks firewall technologies or comparable enterprise firewall/security platforms.
• Partner with networking, cloud, application, security, and infrastructure teams to design and implement secure connectivity solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex network and security issues across application, network, firewall, and cloud environments.
• Establish engineering standards, reusable automation patterns, and technical best practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve platform reliability, resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Participate in product lifecycle activities, including upgrades, platform modernization, capacity planning, vulnerability remediation, and technology refreshes.
• Lead technical implementation efforts and provide engineering guidance to other team members.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and engineering standards.

Benefits

• Comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse.
• Monthly connectivity reimbursement for employees eligible to work from home.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed