Systems Engineer, Lead Consultant Identity & Authentication – Remote in Winnipeg

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. For more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs.

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(R)" 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.

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:

The Systems Engineer, Lead Consultant Identity & Authentication leads and initiates efforts to research, design, plan and maintain new or existing network hardware and software technology components. The consultant utilizes systems, scripting, and developer skills to execute tasks related to analysis, integration, and moderately to highly complex incidents and problems affecting production systems and multiple applications. This role also helps define and update items in the configuration management plan.

Accountabilities:

• Lead identifying and recommending major and significant changes for moderately complex network hardware and software technology components for purposes of incident avoidance.
• Resolve incidents and perform root cause analysis, escalating high complexity incidents and problems to provide future application, hardware and/or software resiliency.
• Lead efforts to ensure plans integrate effectively with other aspects of the technical hardware and software components.
• Lead the support for production service requests, performing routine administration, and supporting moderately complex network hardware and software infrastructure (i.e., Request Center, Change Order execution).
• Lead the effort to develop and maintain tools for the use of maintaining, modifying, and monitoring hardware and software technology components.
• Lead implementation of moderately complex network hardware and software technology components by analyzing the current system environment and infrastructure, using technical tools and utilities, and performing complex product customizations.
• Lead execution of testing, debugging, performance analysis, and documenting moderately complex hardware and software technology components.
• Collaborate to build consensus with other Engineers to ensure that the modified hardware and software infrastructure interacts appropriately, data conversion impacts are considered, and other areas of impact are addressed and meet business function and performance requirements.
• Lead and initiate the completion of the following activities (concerning moderately complex new network hardware and software technology components or enhancements to existing components): research, analysis, design, selection, planning, and engineering.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions in complex hybrid environments.
• Advanced experience with Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS), Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), and Hybrid Identity.
• Strong proficiency in PowerShell scripting, automation, APIs, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and modern engineering practices.
• Experience with authentication and federation technologies including LDAP, Kerberos, SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), WS-Federation, and certificate-based authentication.
• Experience administering and supporting Group Policy (GPO), Domain Name System (DNS), Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) in enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of identity security, Zero Trust principles, and identity governance.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, and providing technical guidance across cross-functional teams.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with privileged access management, certificate lifecycle management, or cloud identity platforms.
• Experience with GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development, intelligent automation, operational analytics, or emerging AI technologies.
• Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
• Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job does not have supervisory duties.

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.