Cyber Security and DevOps Specialist

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Cyber Security and DevOps Specialist in London! You will play a pivotal role in enhancing digital capabilities and ensuring the security of cloud-centric platforms. This dynamic position offers the chance to lead a dedicated team, develop innovative solutions, and work with cutting-edge technologies. With a competitive salary and generous benefits, including a robust pension scheme and flexible working arrangements, this is an exciting opportunity for those passionate about technology and security. If you're eager to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply!

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus opportunity

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discounts on Aviva products

Free Aviva shares

Supportive policies

Flexible benefits

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing support tools

Qualifications

• Experience with cyber security and Federation protocols.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Strong leadership and effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the Digital Internet Gateway and Akamai platforms.
• Lead and support team members in engineering platform enhancements.
• Deliver high-quality technical solutions and document designs.

Skills

Cyber Security

Federation protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML)

WAF setup

AWS

Azure

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Packer, Puppet, Ansible)

CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps)

Leadership skills

Effective communication

Tools

Terraform

Packer

Puppet

Ansible

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

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Cyber Security and DevOps Specialist, London

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Client:

Aviva

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

Cyber Security and DevOps Specialist

This is a great job for someone passionate about Cyber Security and DevOps, eager to make a significant impact in a dynamic team!

You will join our dedicated Digital Internet Gateway (DIG) team to deliver its cloud-centric portfolio.

Are you enthusiastic about leading and improving digital platforms?

Do you love developing technical solutions using modern cloud technologies and agile principles? Are you excited to work with the DIG, Akamai, and SFG platforms?

This role is ideal for someone eager to lead and enhance digital capabilities.

About the role:

This position is key to maintaining and improving our Digital Internet Gateway (DIG) and Akamai platforms, ensuring top performance and security.

You will be part of a team dedicated to developing innovative solutions and service improvements.

Your responsibilities include leading and supporting team members, engineering platform enhancements, and promoting best practices in coding and engineering.

You will be responsible for delivering high-quality technical solutions, documenting designs, and proposing innovative approaches to challenges.

Skills and experience required:

• Experience with cyber security and Federation protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML) and WAF setup. Akamai experience is a plus, as is work with multi-tenant platforms (AWS, Azure, on-premises).
• Understanding of Customer Identity and Access Management (inbound and outbound) and related tools. Knowledge of IBM Security stack (ISAM, ISVA, LDAP) or open-source options (Squid) is beneficial, along with Application Server technologies like JBoss EAP and Gateway Security concepts (Networking, CDNs, Firewalls, Load Balancers, VPC Peering, NACLs, Security groups).
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Packer, Puppet, Ansible) and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Willingness to learn new tools and technologies continuously, and manage change, problems, and incidents.
• Strong leadership skills, including managing technical teams and effective communication. Good written and verbal skills are essential.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary: Circa £60,000 nationally, Circa £65,000 in London, depending on skills and experience.
• Bonus opportunity: 10% of annual salary, performance-dependent.
• Generous pension scheme: Up to 14% contribution from Aviva.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, with options to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Discounts on Aviva products and other retailers, up to 40%.
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares annually through our Share Plan, plus participation in the Save As You Earn scheme.
• Supportive policies, including parental and carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits, including sustainability options like cycle to work.
• Paid volunteering days to contribute to communities.
• Focus on wellbeing with various support tools.

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Inclusivity:

We are committed to diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We support flexible working arrangements to suit your needs.