DevSecOps Engineer

Usnoop Limited; Chatham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to enhance their platform's security and efficiency. You will work with AWS, automate infrastructure, and ensure security practices are integrated into all processes. This role offers flexibility and a supportive environment for growth.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Pension contribution up to 10%

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

2 paid volunteering days

LinkedIn Learning access

Private Medical Insurance option

Discretionary annual bonus

Qualifications

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform.
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments.
• Strong scripting skills for automation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating to improve security and promote DevOps principles.
• Developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code.
• Integrating security into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD Pipelines

Cloud Platform Management

Automation Scripting

Containerisation

Monitoring

DevSecOps Practices

Incident Response

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

AWS

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Job Title: DevSecOps Engineer

Contract Type: Permanent, Fulltime

Location: Bradford. Chatham, Petersfield or London

Working Pattern: Hybrid—typically a couple of days a week in the office. Part-time or flexible arrangements are considered to support work-life balance. A fear of losing your current working flexibility shouldn't hinder you from applying for new opportunities, which is why we aim to match your existing flexible working arrangements where possible.

What We Offer:

• Holidays: 25 days holiday up to 30 days (depending on service)

• Pension: We know it is important to save for the future, that is why we willcontribute up to 10%

• Maternity/Paternity: We realise that family time is important, we offer enhanced maternity (after successful completion of probation) and 4 weeks paternity leave

• Volunteering: 2 paid days to ‘give back’ to the charity of your choice

• Development: LinkedIn Learning for all

• Finance: Snoop Premium available to all colleagues

• Medical: Opportunity to opt in forPrivate Medical Insurance

• Bonus: Discretionary annual bonus

The Role:

You and Your Team:

We’re growing the team, and as a result we are looking for a security-focused DevOps/Platform Engineer to help us continue to grow and tune the Snoop Platform.

You’ll primarily be working with AWS at scale to build infrastructure that empowers the wider team to move faster and smarter, with security integrated from the start. Our goal is to enable the organisation to innovate and deliver, without compromising on security or efficiency.

If you're passionate about solving problems, building impactful tech, and creating secure, reliable systems that truly make a difference, we'd love to hear from you!

As a DevSecOps Engineer, some of the key responsibilities are:

• Collaborating across multiple disciplines and teams to foster a culture of continuous improvement in security and to promote DevOps and SRE principles.

• Developing and maintain Infrastructure as Code and scripts for automating infrastructure provisioning and management. Optimizing them with security, scalability, and reliability in mind.

• Contributing to the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines to automate software build, testing, and deployment processes.

• Integrating security practices and tools into CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment processes to identify and address vulnerabilities.

• To set up monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve issues in real-time.

• Implementation of security best practices, including access control, vulnerability scanning, and secure authentication

• Be a subject matter expert on the organisation’s incident response plan and aid in response to security incidents, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact.

• Identify security risks, conduct vulnerability assessments, and implement risk mitigation strategies.

What We’re Looking For:

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Experience with tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, or CloudFormation to manage infrastructure consistently and at scale.

• CI/CD Pipelines: Proficiency in designing, maintaining, and securing continuous integration and deployment workflows (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Jenkins).

• Cloud Platform Management: Hands-on experience with cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, or GCP, including governance, cost optimization, and security configuration.

• Automation Scripting & Tooling: Strong scripting skills (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Bash) to automate workflows and enforce repeatability.

• Containerisation & Orchestration: Experience with Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes or Azure AKS.

• Monitoring & Alerting: Ability to implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor).

• ·DevSecOps Practices & Toolchains: Understanding of secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) and toolsets that integrate security into DevOps (e.g., Snyk, Aqua, SonarQube).

• Security Scanning & Vulnerability Assessment: Knowledge of static and dynamic analysis tools, and the ability to integrate them into pipelines.

• Incident Response: Familiarity with security incident response processes, including detection, containment, eradication, and recovery.

Offers are subject to satisfactory background checks, including credit, fraud, and employment references.

Who We Are:

At Vanquis, we have a simple purpose: to deliver caring banking so our customers can make the most of life’s opportunities. Established in 1880, we’re now a FTSE All Share company and leading specialist bank. We lend responsibly, providing tailored products and services to over 1.75 million UK customers.

We take care of our colleagues as well as our customers, working hard to create a rewarding and supportive work environment. That means competitive salaries, benefits, and a Group-wide recognition scheme. Everyone can enrol in our pension and after six months, you can join our ‘Buy as You Earn’ scheme.

We’re about more than financial rewards though. We give everyone a voice in the business and room to be their authentic self. And we know you’re here to build your career, so we help every colleague with training and development opportunities. Making sure there’s always something new to learn.

Driven by an ambition to make everyone better off, Snoop is an award-winning Open Banking platform that aggregates customers’ payment accounts in one place and provides them with highly personalised, timely and actionable insights. Snoop, a unique capability, empowers our customers to manage their finances effectively and targets savings of up to £1,500 per year for customers.

Why work for us?

Leveraging Snoop’s innovative technology and data capabilities will unlock valuable opportunities for the Group and we’re always looking for passionate and talented people to come and help us change the game. We pride ourselves on a flexible approach to working – because what matters to us is who you are and what you do, not where and how you do it. If you’re someone who wants to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Vanquis Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Here at Vanquis Banking Group, we embrace everyone’s unique strengths and identities to be themselves at work. Regardless of how you identify yourself, your sexual orientation, martial or civil partner status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national background, faith, disability, or age – your experiences and background help enrich our teams, and most importantly help support our customers in the best way possible. At the end of the day, it's our people that help us to fulfil the reason why we’re here in the first place: to help put people on a path to a better everyday life.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available to help. You can contact us [e-mail]