Junior DevSecOps Engineer - esure Group : Job Details

Here at esure, we’re no strangers to change. As one of the industry leaders in the insurance business, striving to become a world class digital insurer, we’re getting ready for more. It’s creating great new opportunities for innovative and talented industry professionals to join us at a pivotal point in our development.

Join our dynamic cybersecurity team at esure Group, where you will play a key role in safeguarding our information systems and networks from security breaches and cyber threats. You’ll be at the forefront of our defence strategy by actively responding to security events, driving continuous improvements, and conducting detailed security assessments. Your expertise will help ensure the resilience and protection of our digital assets in an ever-evolving threat landscape.

Here at esure, we encourage and priorities professional development. We are looking for an individual who is eager and take advantage of the impressive learning opportunities on offer.

The day to day:

• Act as a core member of an impactful DevSecOps team, responsible for managing security integrations across Esure.
• Support security initiatives, incident response, and resolution across esure.
• Assist in maintaining and supporting IT operations, business-as-usual activities, and ongoing projects.
• Contribute within an Agile environment, using tools like Jira and Jira Service Management.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive network documentation, including run books and diagrams.
• Monitor network infrastructure and cloud environments (PRTG, SNMP, Prometheus) to ensure robust security operations.
• Improve automation through scripting and infrastructure management using AWS, Azure, OCI, Python, and Terraform.
• Write and maintain scripts in Python, Bash, and other languages to integrate and optimize security tools.
• Support business continuity planning and disaster recovery efforts.
• Deliver training and education programs to raise information security awareness and promote standard processes across the organisation.

You are a good fit for the role if you have the following

• Continual passion to learn and inspire.
• Ability to learn / upskill on cloud networking and cloud security technologies.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills
• You will need to have a basic understanding cloud networking and cloud security.
• You will need to have a basic understanding about security in an enterprise setting.

We’d also like to hear if you have

• Past experiences of security automation including roles like security engineering and security operations. Past security internships are also considered

We’ll help you gain

• Professional growth and progression opportunities include roles such as Security Architecture and Senior DevOps or Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Why choose us?

This is your opportunity to be at the forefront of our game-changing journey and be part of something truly special! And to top it off, here are some perks to life at esure…

• A competitive salary that recognises your skills and potential
• A bonus scheme that celebrates your contribution to esure’s success
• Discounts on our insurance products, for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave, plus 8 flex days to be taken as and when suits you
• Benefits just for you: our hub – My Benefits Box – is loaded with perks to choose from, so you can build a personal toolkit to support your health, wellbeing, lifestyle, and finances.
• Grow your career with us: whatever your goals, we’ll support you with hands-on training, mentoring, a LinkedIn Learning licence, access to our exclusive Academies, regular career conversations, and expert partner resources from the likes of Women in Data and Women in Tech.
• Join our communities: our networks give you the chance to connect, learn and share with like-minded colleagues across the business – for work and play. So, it’s no surprise our people consistently rate ‘making friends at work’ one of the highest scorers in our colleague engagement survey
• More flexibility for you: we’re a proud supporter of the ABI’s Make Flexible Work campaign and welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. Our hybrid working approach also puts you in the driving seat of how and where you do your best work.
• Live a healthy lifestyle: we offer lots of support, so you feel like the best version of yourself – like specialist advice through our employee assistance programme, wellbeing classes, access to the My Health Advantage app, our Big Team Challenge, and learning sessions on topics like menopause.
• A helping hand to do your bit for a greener and safer world: driving good in the world couldn’t be more important to us. That’s why we encourage colleagues to use volunteering days to support their local communities and have lots of initiatives to help you live a greener lifestyle.
• Everyday appreciation: praise from your colleagues means the world! Our social recognition tool makes it easy to give colleagues the praise they deserve, and you could even be shortlisted for a company-wide ACE Award.

We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. If you are excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, even if you’re not 100% sure we would love to hear from you.