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Lead Engineering, Authentication Engineering (Senior Manager)

@ Allstate

Toronto, Ontario

$122k–$172k/yrRemoteFull-time5+ years experienceBilingual
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Pay:

$121,800–$171,800 a year

Responsibilities:

  • Lead strategy and architecture of enterprise authentication solutions
  • Design and modernize MFA, PKI, SSO and privileged access systems
  • Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code
  • Coach Managing Engineers and lead design reviews
  • Own reliability, SLOs and incident response for authentication services

Requirements summary:

  • 5 to 10+ years of authentication or engineering experience
  • 3+ years of management experience
  • Expertise with Active Directory and Entra ID
  • Experience with PKI and multifactor authentication solutions
  • Experience with CI/CD and automation tools
  • Strong English communication skills

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Benefits mentioned

Retirement planPaid time offTuition supportWellnessEmployee discount
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2026-08-24
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2026-10-14
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2026-10-21

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Job details

SeniorityManager
DepartmentIT
Experience5+ years
Management experience3+ years
Manages peopleYes
Hours per week40 (estimated)
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingHome
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish
Perks mentionedFlexible hours, Retirement plan, Tuition support, Employee discount, Wellness, Home office allowance

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At Allstate, we're advocates for peace of mind and a good life. And that comes through in everything we do. From building innovative teams that truly understand our customers' needs, to challenging each other to develop our careers in a meaningful way, and finally to the incredible results we're able to achieve together. See how we’re creating a better future through innovation, advocacy, and empowering people and communities.

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At Allstate, we're advocates for peace of mind and a good life. And that comes through in everything we do. From building innovative teams that truly understand our customers' needs, to challenging each other to develop our careers in a meaningful way, and finally to the incredible results we're able to achieve together. See how we’re creating a better future through innovation, advocacy, and empowering people and…

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IndustryInsurance
Company size10,001+ employees
HeadquartersNorthbrook, Illinois
Organization typePublic Company
Year founded1931
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Job description

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. To learn more, visit www.allstate.ca. For safety tips and advice, visit www.goodhandsadvice.ca.

Through our Employee Value Proposition, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do.

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, application, and AI teams to deliver scalable, resilient authentication services and support security integration into application d automation, AI workflows, agentic AI capabilities.
  • Provide technical leadership and people development by coaching Managing Engineerings, leading technical product design reviews, and providing direction for engineering best practices.
  • Influence clients and partners to prioritize for enterprise benefit and risk reduction and assist in driving the adoption of technology solutions that leverage existing patterns, practices, and reference architectures.
  • Strengthen the organization’s security posture by implementing and enhancing controls to address gaps and vulnerabilities identified through audits, assessments, red team, penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, and proactive threat modeling.
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  • Own the reliability, resiliency, and operational excellence of authentication services by defining and achieving SLOs, improving service availability and performance, instrumenting and enhancing observability, and leading incident response efforts to reduce MTTR.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, establish engineering standards and best practices, and provide technical leadership across authentication domains.

Qualifications:.

Experience

  • 5-10+ years of Information Technology or Engineering experience with authentication engineering accountabilities.
  • 3+ years management experience.
  • Experience leading enterprise large-scale projects.

Technical Skills

Strong technical expertise and enterprise experience with majority of the following:

  • Strong Expertise with Active Directory and Entra ID
  • Experience with PKI solutions such as Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS); Hashicorp, Entrust, Sectigo, DigiCert, etc.
  • Experience with multifactor solutions such as Microsoft Authenticator, Duo, etc.
  • Experience implementing on-prem and cloud authentication solutions (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP)
  • Experience with automation of authentication solutions and processes
  • Experience deploying configurations leveraging CI/CD pipelines utilizing technologies like GitHub, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Teraform, Ansible, etc

Bonus Qualifications:

  • Experience with Privileged Access Management and Vaulting solutions (CyberArk, Hashicorp, Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secrets Manager, etc.)
  • Experience with hardware tokens/smart cards for TOTP, FIDO2, PIV (Duo, Thales, Yubikey, etc.)
  • Strong knowledge of authentication protocols such as SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, Kerberos, LDAP, certificate based authentication, etc.
  • Understanding of authentication attack techniques, threat actors, and exploitation methods and controls to mitigate.
  • Scripting experience (PowerShell, Python, etc.)
  • Understanding of Full Stack Java development.
  • Understanding security standards and compliance requirements (NIST, ISO, PCI, HIPPA, Sox, etc.).

If you are applying for a position open to candidates across Canada, unless otherwise indicated, strong English communication skills are required, as the role involves regular interaction with clients, advisors, or employees across the country.

Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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À propos d’Allstate :
Allstate du Canada, compagnie d’assurance est un chef de file dans le domaine des assurances automobile et habitation; elle offre à ses clients des produits et services de prévention et de protection qui conviennent à toutes les étapes de la vie. Au service des Canadiens depuis 1953, l’entreprise met tout en œuvre pour que non seulement ses clients, mais aussi ses employés soient en bonnes mainsMD, comme en fait foi sa présence au palmarès des Employeurs de choix au Canada pendant neuf années de suite. Allstate du Canada tient à contribuer au mieux-être des communautés dans lesquelles elle exerce ses activités au moyen de partenariats avec des organismes caritatifs et de programmes misant sur la générosité de ses employés. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le www.allstate.ca. Pour connaître nos conseils en matière de sécurité, consultez le blogue Allstate Assurance au blogue.allstate.ca.

À Allstate, nous avons conscience que la qualité de nos produits découle directement du niveau de satisfaction du personnel à l’égard de l’entreprise. C’est pourquoi nous misons sur le maintien d’une culture où les employés se sentent valorisés et où ils peuvent poursuivre une carrière passionnante. Notre proposition de valeur aux employés permet ainsi de s’épanouir de façon unique.

Désignation du rôle : télétravail

Les avantages offerts par Allstate

  • La flexibilité des modalités de travail;
  • Des rabais d’employé (15 % sur les assurances automobile et habitation, ainsi que des rabais sur de nombreux autres produits et services);
  • Le programme Bureau en bonnes mains (jusqu’à 400 $ sont octroyés pour se procurer de l’équipement de bureau nécessaire à domicile);
  • Un programme de paiement de contrepartie pour le remboursement des prêts étudiants aux programmes gouvernementaux;
  • Un régime d’épargne-retraite complet prévoyant des cotisations de contrepartie de l’employeur;
  • Une allocation annuelle couvrant des dépenses effectuées pour améliorer sa santé et son bien-être;
  • Un Jour de réflexion personnelle;
  • Le remboursement de droits de scolarité;
  • Une implication dans la vie communautaire.

Description du poste :

Nous sommes à la recherche d’une personne hautement qualifiée sur le plan technique et novatrice pour occuper le poste d’ingénieur·e en chef, authentification (gestionnaire principal∙e), et diriger la conception, la mise en œuvre et l’évolution des plateformes d’authentification de l’entreprise. Plusieurs gestionnaires en ingénierie responsables d’équipes d’authentification relèveront de cette personne. Celle-ci assurera le leadership technique des solutions d’authentification, notamment l’infrastructure d’annuaire, l’authentification multifacteur (AMF), l’infrastructure à clés publiques (ICP), la gestion des accès privilégiés, les solutions de coffres-forts ainsi qu’une application développée à l’interne pour la gestion des mots de passe et de l’AMF.

La personne retenue collaborera étroitement avec les équipes de gestion de produits, de cybersécurité, d’ingénierie des infrastructures, d’applications et d’exploitation afin d’offrir des capacités d’authentification sécuritaires, évolutives et résilientes, qui cadrent avec les orientations stratégiques, notamment l’intégration de l’intelligence artificielle (IA), le modèle de sécurité Zéro confiance, l’infrastructure en tant que code et l’automatisation.

Responsabilités :

  • Collaborer avec la personne responsable principale de la gestion de produits d’authentification afin d’élaborer la stratégie et les feuilles de route, d’établir les priorités et de mettre en œuvre les solutions.
  • Diriger la stratégie, l’architecture et l’ingénierie des solutions d’authentification de l’entreprise afin qu’elles répondent aux besoins opérationnels tout en offrant une expérience utilisateur sécuritaire et fluide.
  • Concevoir, mettre en œuvre et moderniser les solutions d’authentification, notamment l’AMF, l’ICP, l’authentification unique (SSO), la gestion des accès privilégiés, les coffres-forts et les plateformes d’authentification infonuagiques natives, afin de soutenir les capacités Zéro confiance, dont l’authentification sans mot de passe et résistante à l’hameçonnage ainsi que les accès juste-à-temps (JIT) et juste suffisants (JEA).
  • Accroître l’automatisation et l’utilisation de l’infrastructure en tant que code, notamment en appliquant des pratiques de développement piloté par les tests à la validation et à la mise à l’essai des contrôles.
  • Diriger des migrations de systèmes d’authentification et des transformations technologiques à grande échelle, tout en améliorant continuellement les plateformes pour simplifier l’expérience utilisateur et favoriser leur adoption.
  • Collaborer avec les équipes de sécurité, d’infrastructure, d’infonuagique, d’applications et d’IA afin d’offrir des services d’authentification évolutifs et résilients, et d’intégrer la sécurité à l’automatisation des applications, aux flux de travail fondés sur l’IA et aux capacités d’IA agentique.
  • Assurer le leadership technique et le perfectionnement du personnel en encadrant les gestionnaires en ingénierie, en dirigeant les examens de conception technique des produits et en orientant l’application des pratiques exemplaires en ingénierie.
  • Amener les clients et les partenaires à établir les priorités en fonction des avantages pour l’entreprise et de la réduction des risques, et contribuer à favoriser l’adoption de solutions technologiques qui tirent parti des modèles, des pratiques et des architectures de référence existants.
  • Renforcer la posture de sécurité de l’organisation en mettant en œuvre et en améliorant des contrôles pour corriger les lacunes et les vulnérabilités relevées lors d’audits, d’évaluations, d’exercices d’équipe rouge, de tests d’intrusion, d’analyses de vulnérabilités et d’activités proactives de modélisation des menaces.
  • Assumer la responsabilité de la fiabilité, de la résilience et de l’excellence opérationnelle des services d’authentification en définissant et en atteignant les objectifs de niveau de service (SLO), en améliorant la disponibilité et le rendement des services, en instrumentant et en renforçant l’observabilité, et en dirigeant les interventions en cas d’incident afin de réduire le temps moyen de rétablissement (MTTR).
  • Évaluer les technologies émergentes et les tendances du secteur, établir des normes et des pratiques exemplaires en ingénierie, et exercer un leadership technique dans l’ensemble des domaines de l’authentification.

Exigences :

Expérience

  • De 5 à 10 ans ou plus d’expérience en technologies de l’information ou en ingénierie, avec des responsabilités en ingénierie de l’authentification.
  • Au moins trois (3) ans d’expérience dans un ou des postes de gestion;
  • Expérience de la direction de projets d’envergure à l’échelle de l’entreprise.

Compétences techniques

Solide expertise technique et expérience en entreprise dans la plupart des domaines suivants :

  • Solide expertise d’Active Directory et de Microsoft Entra ID.
  • Expérience des solutions d’ICP, comme les services de certificats Active Directory (AD CS), HashiCorp, Entrust, Sectigo et DigiCert.
  • Expérience des solutions d’authentification multifacteur, comme Microsoft Authenticator et Duo.
  • Expérience de la mise en œuvre de solutions d’authentification sur place et dans le nuage (AWS, Azure ou Google Cloud Platform [GCP]).
  • Expérience de l’automatisation des solutions et des processus d’authentification.
  • Expérience du déploiement de configurations au moyen de pipelines d’intégration et de déploiement continus (CI/CD), à l’aide de technologies comme GitHub, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform et Ansible.

Atouts :

  • Expérience des solutions de gestion des accès privilégiés et de coffres-forts (CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager, etc.).
  • Expérience des jetons matériels et des cartes à puce pour les mots de passe à usage unique fondés sur le temps (TOTP), FIDO2 et les cartes de vérification d’identité personnelle (PIV), notamment Duo, Thales et YubiKey.
  • Connaissance approfondie des protocoles d’authentification, comme SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, Kerberos, LDAP et l’authentification par certificat.
  • Compréhension des techniques d’attaque visant l’authentification, des auteurs de menace, des méthodes d’exploitation et des contrôles d’atténuation.
  • Expérience des langages de script, comme PowerShell et Python.
  • Compréhension du développement Java à pile complète.
  • Compréhension des normes de sécurité et des exigences de conformité, notamment NIST, ISO, PCI, HIPAA et SOX.

Si vous postulez pour un poste ouvert aux candidats à travers le Canada, sauf indication contraire, de solides compétences en anglais sont requises pour une communication efficace régulière avec les clients, les conseillers ou les employés à l'échelle nationale.

Le Groupe Allstate du Canada dispose de politiques et de pratiques permettant d’offrir des mesures d’adaptation en milieu de travail. Si nécessaire, nous établirons avec vous les mesures qui doivent être prises pour répondre à vos besoins.

Compétences : Gestion des accès, gestion des accès, intelligence artificielle (IA), techniques d’intelligence artificielle, authentification, protocoles d’authentification, déploiements automatisés, AWS Secrets Manager, besoins d’affaires, services de certificats, informatique, gestion de la relation client (CRM), conception, pratiques d’ingénierie, authentification unique d’entreprise (SSO), GitHub, GitHub Actions, gestion des technologies de l’information, infrastructure en tant que service (IaaS), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ingénierie de l’infrastructure, opérations de sécurité des TI, fabrication juste-à-temps (JAT), production juste-à-temps (JAT), Kerberos, ainsi que plus de 30 autres compétences connexes.

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Skills

Access Management, Access Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence Techniques, Authentication, Authentication Protocols, Automated Deployments, AWS Secrets Manager, Business Needs, Certificate Services, Computer Science, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Design, Engineering Practices, Enterprise SSO, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Information Technology Management, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Infrastructure As Code (IaC), Infrastructure Engineering, IT Security Operations, Just-in-Time (JIT) Manufacturing, Just in Time (JIT) Production, Kerberos {+ 30 more}

Compensation

Expected compensation for this role ranges from $ 121,800.00 - 171,800.00 annually. Actual salary offered to successful candidates will vary based on their skills and experience.

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.

Allstate Canada Group uses AI technology tools to assist in screening, selecting, assessing, and scheduling interviews with candidates as part of the recruitment process.

This job posting is for a current open role within the organization.

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