Security Engineer

Allstate • McCullom Lake, IL

130d • $61,000 - $106,210

About The Position

The Security Engineer 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.

Requirements

• 2+ years technology development and implementation experience
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies (especially Agile XP), including paired programming and test driven development
• Excellent Java and/or JavaScript coding background including familiarity with the following tools: IntelliJ, IDEA, Github, Spring Framework, AngularJS or ReactJS, Microsoft SQL Server or MongoDB

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Threat Modeling
• Familiarity with Security Testing
• Familiarity with Jenkins
• Familiarity with nodeJS
• Undergraduate degree in software engineering or computer science
• Entrepreneurial with a strong technical skill
• Passionate about technical topics such as computer languages and frameworks, mobility and Internet of Things
• Able to translate complex user stories into a good technical code and deliver it effectively

Responsibilities

• Actively learn different technologies as needed for delivery of stories
• Adhere to Allstate best practices (for example, pair programming and test-driven development) and hold others accountable for the same
• Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices
• Deliver on all phases of development work from initial kick-off, technical setup, application development, and support
• Serve as a leader in all dimensions of the work: people, process, technology
• Embrace approach of making collaborative, fast, local decisions; then course correct as/if needed (test/learn/iterate)
• Active participation in regular agile meetings (e.g., site standup, product team standup, iteration planning meeting, retrospective, lunch & learns)
• Actively work to transfer knowledge of Allstate development practices and technical skills to other people (including delivery areas) to grow adoption
• Receive constructive criticism and take necessary steps to improve where/when needed
• If there is bench time, leverage it to work on any assigned projects and/or for self-study to advance technical skills
• Developed code should promote principles of 12 factor apps, availability, scalability, maintainability and security

Benefits

• Compensation offered for this role is $61,000.00 - 106,210.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree