Data Security Engineer: Automation & Policy-as-Code

Just Eat Takeaway.com; St Albans; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Just Eat Takeaway.com seeks a Data Security Specialist to embed data protection into design and operations across cloud-native and enterprise environments.

You will translate standards into scalable implementations, from DLP to encryption pipelines, and drive automated guardrails within CI/CD workflows while partnering with engineering, IT, and business stakeholders to make security a competitive advantage.

Qualifications

• Proven experience implementing and managing data security controls in cloud-native or enterprise environments.
• Strong automation and scripting skills (Python & Bash/Shell).
• Experience translating governance policies into automated remediation workflows and CI/CD security gates.
• Understanding AI/ML data security risks and using AI tools for automation.
• Collaborative mindset to enable development across teams and translate findings into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Oversee deployment and daily management of Enterprise DLP and encryption across environments.
• Manage automated data discovery pipelines to map and protect sensitive information.
• Embed data protection controls and IaC baselines into CI/CD developer workflows.
• Translate data security policies into executable Policy-as-Code and deploy guardrails.
• Build API integrations between security scanners and ticketing systems with automation.
• Provide automated feedback loops and developer-friendly data protection tools.

Skills

Data security

Cloud-native

Automation scripting

GDPR knowledge

Tools

CI/CD tools

Security scanners

API integrations

Job description

Just Eat Takeaway.com seeks a Data Security Specialist to embed data protection into design and operations across cloud-native and enterprise environments.

You will translate standards into scalable implementations, from DLP to encryption pipelines, and drive automated guardrails within CI/CD workflows while partnering with engineering, IT, and business stakeholders to make security a competitive advantage.