Security Engineering Lead

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.
• Partner with Security Architecture to align controls with design principles and risk appetite.
• Support audits and assurance activities with clear, accurate technical evidence.
• Foster a positive engineering culture focused on quality, learning, and continuous improvement.

Skills and experience you need as the Security Engineering Lead:

• Hands-on experience in security engineering, DevSecOps, or security operations engineering.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop technical security teams.
• Strong knowledge of SIEM, detection engineering, and modern endpoint security tools.
• Experience with vulnerability management, identity platforms, and email security controls.
• Understanding of Secure Service Edge, Zero Trust principles, and cloud security practices.
• Experience embedding security into cloud-native, DevOps, and engineering environments.
• An engineering mindset with strong automation, API, and integration skills.
• Experience supporting audits or assurance frameworks such as ISO 27001.
• Clear communication skills and confidence working with senior stakeholders.
• Interest or experience in emerging technologies, including AI-enabled security capabilities.

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- 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, 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 ex