Infrastructure Solutions Engineer Senior Consultant I

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

The Infrastructure Solutions Engineer Senior Consultant I for NOC Operations is an experienced technical professional in our Standard Incident service team, leading the monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolution of infrastructure incidents across our enterprise technology ecosystem. As a strong contributor to our “Zero Wait” customer obsession initiative, this role drives rapid and effective response to system alerts, ensuring the reliability and performance of Allstate’s critical infrastructure. With demonstrated proficiency in UNIX, Storage, and Backup environments, this position also demonstrates broad versatility across Windows, Nutanix, Azure, and AWS platforms.

Working within our product-centric operating model, the Infrastructure Solutions Engineer Senior Consultant I applies deep technical knowledge and operational expertise to collaborate with Digital Product Teams (DPTs) and other Service Teams to optimize service delivery, eliminate friction points, and design automation solutions that enhance system reliability and customer experience.

Technical Leadership

• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex incidents across Storage, UNIX, and Backup technology stacks, providing expert guidance to junior analysts

• Lead incident response during critical outages, coordinating actions across team members and engineering partners to drive rapid resolution

• Coach and mentor Service Analyst I team members, providing technical guidance and supporting career development

• Develop and maintain deep technical expertise across multiple infrastructure domains

• Drive knowledge sharing across the NOC team through documentation, SOPs, and active participation in training and development sessions

Service Excellence

• Lead by example in proactive monitoring and rapid response to alerts across multiple technology stacks, consistently achieving strong Mean Time to Acknowledge (MTTA) and Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR) metrics

• Champion “Zero Wait” principles in incident response, taking immediate and decisive action on Emergency Command Center (ECC) calls without waiting to be prompted

• Critically evaluate and improve Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) while identifying strategic opportunities to enhance processes and automate complex tasks

• Lead shift turnover meetings to ensure seamless 24/7 operational coverage and comprehensive knowledge transfer

• Actively contribute to and help prioritize the Service Improvement Backlog (SIB) with strategic ideas that substantially enhance service delivery and eliminate customer friction points

Technical Operations

• Provide advanced Level 2 support for enterprise infrastructure systems including Storage SAN, NAS and OBS (Brocade, Hitachi, Pure, Scality, Cisco MDS), Linux (RedHat), and Backup (Rubrik) technologies, with minimal escalation required for common and moderately complex issues

• Design and execute incident remediation strategies for both documented and novel problems, applying advanced technical judgment in complex or ambiguous scenarios

• Lead post-incident Retrospective reviews and problem management activities, driving root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures against recurring issues

• Partner closely with engineering teams to implement and validate system changes, providing strong operational perspective and ensuring readiness for production

• Apply advanced techniques with monitoring tools including Netcool, Tivoli, Prism Element / Central, Datadog, and Azure Data Explorer (ADX) to proactively identify, diagnose, and prevent system issues

Continuous Improvement

• Analyze complex incident patterns and trends to architect automation solutions that reduce manual intervention and improve service outcomes

• Develop comprehensive knowledge base strategies and ensure knowledge artifacts meet high quality standards for accuracy and usability across the NOC team

• Present at service reviews and demo sessions with technology partners, showcasing NOC operational improvements and contributions

• Drive the team’s KPI improvements through technical expertise, process optimization, and a continuous improvement mindset<