Senior Cyber & Technology Risk Consultant

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

Business Title: IT Risk Management Senior Consultant II

Team, its deliverables and this role's specific work scope

• This role sits within the Enterprise Risk & Return Management organization, specializing in Cyber and Technology Risk.

• The team operates as a second‑line risk function, partnering closely with digital product, engineering, and security teams across a large enterprise environment.

Team's key areas of focus:

• Assessing cybersecurity and technology controls

• Ensuring controls are well‑designed and operating effectively

• Improving efficiency through process optimization and automation

• Supporting enterprise‑wide risk profiling used by Security, Audit, Compliance, and Regulatory teams

Role Overview

• The Senior Cyber Risk & Controls Consultant will support and execute technology and cybersecurity control assessments across applications, infrastructure, and digital products. This role balances hands‑on control testing with process improvement and automation thinking, helping the team scale efficiently while maintaining strong risk oversight.

• The consultant will work closely with a Lead Consultant and engage regularly with product owners, engineers, and security partners.

Ideal Candidate:

• The ideal candidate is a self-starter, proactive problem solver, and someone able to work with minimal guidance while bringing forward new ideas, improvements, and opportunities to leverage AI and automation.

What You’ll Do - Essential Functions

• Ensure that the controls are appropriately designed, implemented correctly, and functioning effectively in alignment with NIST 800 53, NIST CSF, COBIT, and internal standards

• Perform technology and cybersecurity control operating effectiveness testing

• Collect and assess evidence from product and technology teams

• Identify control gaps, deficiencies, and improvement opportunities

• Support ongoing process improvements to make control testing more efficient and risk‑focused

• Identify opportunities to apply AI tools to streamline testing, evidence analysis, reporting, and continuous control monitoring. 

• Recommend automation and scripting improvements to enhance testing quality, repeatability, and efficiency. 

• Partner with digital product teams to enable efficient, risk‑based testing with minimal disruption

• Prepare and help deliver simple risk reports for senior leadership, ensuring they are aware of key risks 

• Assist in enhancing methodologies, testing templates, control procedures, and documentation standards. 

• Support cyber resilience validation activities, including incident response, disaster recovery, and ransomware readiness. 

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience in IT risk management, cyber risk, technology controls, or audit

• Experience using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) or similar standards

• Strong understanding of technology and cybersecurity controls

• Experience performing control testing, including design, and operating effectiveness

• Ability to analyze processes, ask the right questions, and identify risks and gaps

• Strong communication skills to work with product, engineering, and security teams

Preferred / Nice‑to‑Have Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (cybersecurity, information assurance, computer science, or related discipline)

• Background in financial services, insurance, or other highly regulated industries

• Exposure to control testing automation, scripting, or data‑driven testing approaches

• Professional certifications:  CISSP (highly valued), CISA, CRISC

• Experience with risk profiling models or enterprise risk tools

• Experience working in large enterprise environments but smaller teams with high accountability and ownership

Education & Experience (in lieu): In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Skills

AI for Cybersecurity, Analytical Thinking, Automation, COBIT, Controls Testing, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Controls, Cybersecurity Policy, Cybersecurity Risk Assessment, Digital Security, Information Technology (IT) Risk Management, Internal Control Testing, NIST 800-53, Risk Assessments, Risk Mitigation Strategies, Risk Reporting

Compensation

Compensation offered for this role is 70,100.00 - 121,475.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

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.

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