Job Title: Security Engineering Lead.
Target Start Date: 16th April 2026.
Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available.
Salary Range: £60,000 - £100,000.
Location: Hybrid, all esure and Ageas locations.
Closing Date for applications: 30th March 2026.
Security Engineering Lead: The Security Engineering Lead is a senior role within the Information Security team, responsible for guiding and developing the organisation’s security engineering and DevSecOps capabilities. The role provides technical direction, supports team growth, and oversees a multi‑disciplinary group that designs, builds, operates, and improves security platforms and controls.
Reporting to the CISO, the Security Engineering Lead ensures that security tooling, automation, and engineering practices support Security Operations, software engineering teams, and the wider Information Security strategy. The role blends hands‑on technical leadership with people management, prioritisation, and strategic alignment to help security scale with the organisation’s growth and risk profile.
Main Responsibilities as the Security Engineering Lead:
- Lead and develop a multi‑disciplinary security engineering and DevSecOps team.
- Set technical standards and direction for security engineering, automation, and platform operations.
- Oversee core security platforms, including SIEM, EDR, vulnerability management, identity, and email security.
- Embed security into CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments, and engineering workflows.
- Drive automation and integration to improve scale, reliability, and consistency.
- Lead adoption of AI‑driven security capabilities and automation tools.
- Guide implementation of security agents, MCP integrations, and AI‑assisted detection and response.