Infrastructure & Cloud Security Engineer

Job Title: Infrastructure & Cloud Security Engineer Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available Salary Range: £37,600 - £56,400 Location: Eastleigh - hybrid Closing Date for applications:  Sunday 30th November

Infrastructure & Cloud Security Engineer: We have an exciting opportunity for an Infrastructure & Cloud Security Engineer to join our Information Security team at Ageas, reporting directly to the Counter Threat Unit Manager.

As an Infrastructure & Cloud Security Engineer, you will play a key role in safeguarding our technology landscape by leveraging your strong background in infrastructure engineering, cloud technologies, and IT security operations. You will manage solutions and tooling across hybrid environments, with a particular focus on Azure cloud platforms, while ensuring robust security practices are embedded throughout Main Responsibilities:

• Support the day-to-day operations of the Counter Threat Unit, ensuring security controls are effectively implemented across infrastructure and cloud environments.
• Configure, maintain, and optimise security tools and solutions (e.g., SIEM, EDR )to protect enterprise systems.
• Monitor systems and networks for anomalies, gather and analyse threat intelligence, and contribute to situational awareness.
• Investigate and resolve security incidents in line with organisational procedures and business continuity plans.
• Identify vulnerabilities and support timely remediation across infrastructure and cloud platforms.
• Produce security metrics, documentation, and share best practices to promote security awareness across the organisation.

Skills and experience:

• Minimum 4 years’ experience within IT Infrastructure Engineering similar roles.
• Strong knowledge of cloud environments, particularly Azure, and experience managing solutions and tooling within these platforms.
• Proven background in infrastructure engineering and/or IT security operations, including incident response and vulnerability management.
• Understanding of network security principles and technologies (firewalls, VPNs, endpoint protection).
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with excellent questioning and listening abilities.
• Familiarity with compliance requirements and data protection processes.

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas: 

Flexible Working- Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

Supporting your Health- Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities –  Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth- Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work- Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family- Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.

Benefits for Them- Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

Get some Tech- Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Getting around- Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

Supporting you back to work- Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas: We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK.Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone . We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements. To find out more about Ageas, see About Us