Managing Engineer (Network & Application Delivery)

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.

Your role in the team
We are seeking an experienced Managing Engineer (Network & Application Delivery) with extensive hands-on expertise in F5 technologies and Infoblox DDI platforms. This role requires engineering experience, along with the ability to lead technical initiatives, guide engineering standards, and manage a team responsible for critical network and application delivery services. The position blends deep technical proficiency with leadership responsibilities to ensure performance, reliability, and operational excellence across the enterprise.

This role operates within a collaborative, fast-paced engineering environment. The Managing Engineer must be comfortable balancing technical leadership, team management, and partnership with cross-functional teams to support enterprise-wide platforms and initiatives. We're looking for individuals with sharp analytical skills, a proactive approach to problem solving, and the confidence to communicate clearly across teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of network and application delivery engineers, providing direction, mentorship, and performance guidance.

• Oversee the design, implementation, and optimization of F5 application delivery services, including load balancing, traffic management, SSL offloading, and performance tuning.

• Manage and administer Infoblox DNS, DHCP, and IPAM platforms, ensuring scalable, resilient, and secure DDI services.

• Provide technical leadership during major incidents, directing troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and resolution activities.

• Partner with security, cloud, and infrastructure teams to maintain compliant, secure, and high-performing network architectures.

• Guide the development and maintenance of configuration standards, documentation, diagrams, runbooks, and operational processes.

• Lead lifecycle management efforts including upgrades, patches, capacity planning, and platform modernization.

• Drive initiatives related to modernization, cloud integrations, automation, and service improvements.

• Participate in or lead an on-call rotation and support critical incident response.

Essential Skills

• All applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate. Allstate is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy.

• A minimum of 5 years' experience in network engineering or network application delivery roles.

• A minimum of 2 years' experience managing global teams.

• Advanced hands-on experience with F5 technologies (LTM, GTM/DNS, ASM, APM, iRules).

• Strong expertise in Infoblox DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) administration and architecture.

• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, routing protocols, firewalls, NAT policies, and end-to-end traffic flows.

• Experience using network monitoring, diagnostic, and performance analysis tools.

• Familiarity with automation and scripting (Python, Bash, Ansible, or similar).

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical efforts and collaborate across engineering, security, and operations teams.

Desirable Skills

• Cloud networking experience within AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Experience with SDN technologies, cloud load balancing, or hybrid network architectures.

• Relevant certifications such as F5 CA/CTS or Infoblox NIOS.

• Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job has supervisory responsibilities

Job Posting End Date: Friday 10th April 2026 [11.59pm]

Skills
Accountability, Building Architecture, Collaboration

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.

Why join us?

Allstate NI is proud to be Allstate's European Digital Centre of Excellence-recent winners of 'Best Use of Cloud Services' at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards 2024, and recognised for our community and sustainability impact at the 2024 Business in the Community Awards and Gold accreditation for Environmental Responsibility.

We're a product-driven, cloud-first organisation delivering real outcomes through modern technology, a digital product-centric talent model, and a culture rooted in engineering excellence. Our teams work in cross-functional structures, guided by an outcome-based delivery approach that accelerates speed, agility, and value.

We offer:

A generous, flexible benefits package including annual leave, healthcare and dental cover, pension, and lifestyle discounts

Access to world-class learning platforms and award-winning L&D

Clear career paths, internal mobility, and a strong focus on growth

A people-first culture with flexible working options

Be part of a high-performing, socially responsible organisation where your work has purpose, and your growth is supported every step of the way.

Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities

Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants. This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants should note Allstate NI complete AccessNI background checks on all candidates offered a position.

Client-provided location(s): Belfast, United Kingdom

Job ID: allstate-151677677

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-04-03T18:57:31