Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Vitality; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus schemes

Pension up to 12%

Vitality health insurance

Life Assurance

Job summary

Vitality is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to safeguard our technology and member data. You will provide expert security guidance and hands-on engineering support, working with teams-wide to embed secure practices and maintain resilient environments.

This role emphasizes proactive threat management and strong collaboration across IT and business units. In this hybrid 2-days-per-week in Bournemouth setup, you will own security tooling, support incidents, and drive improvements while

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of cloud security across modern environments.
• Hands-on experience with attack methodologies and security testing.
• Experience in penetration testing (application and network), AppSec, vulnerability management.
• Experience implementing and managing security controls (e.g. DLP, patching, RBAC, PAM, AV, DDoS mitigation, web proxy).
• Understanding of information security principles, frameworks and regulatory requirements (ISO27001, FCA, PRA, ICO).

Responsibilities

• Own and champion Vitality's Cloud Security toolsets as SME and second-line support.
• Strengthen and evolve security tooling configuration across cloud environments.
• Liaise between internal teams, third-party suppliers, and product vendors for support and performance of applications and systems.
• Monitor security systems, lead incident response and participate in on-call rota.
• Provide expert advice on security applications and tooling, enabling training and knowledge sharing.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences to drive decisions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for configurations and processes.
• Support design and delivery of new SOC capabilities with architecture teams.
• Coordinate penetration testing activities and remediate findings.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of Vitality's information security posture.

Skills

Cloud security expertise

Security operations & controls

Threat & vulnerability management

Job description

About The Role

Team - Information Security

Hybrid - 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth Office. Full time, 35 hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Cloud Security Expertise
• Security Operations & Controls experience
• Threat & Vulnerability Management

What this role is all about:

We're looking for a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to join us here at Vitality. You will play a key role in keeping our technology and member data safe. You'll provide expert security guidance and hands‑on engineering support, working closely with teams across the business to embed effective security practices and ensure our environments are well managed and resilient. From strengthening controls to supporting security operations and responding to emerging risks, you'll help drive a proactive, always‑on approach to protecting what matters most.

Key Actions

• Own and champion Vitality's Cloud Security toolsets, acting as the subject matter expert and providing high‑quality second‑line support
• Strengthen and evolve the configuration of security tooling across Vitality's cloud environments, contributing to wider Information Security initiatives and projects
• Be the key liaison between internal Vitality teams, third‑party suppliers, and product vendors to ensure effective support and performance of applications and systems
• Proactively monitor security systems and tools, leading the response to security incidents and issues; support investigations and incident response, including participation in an on‑call security rota when required
• Provide trusted expert advice across Vitality on security applications and tooling best practice, enabling training, knowledge sharing, and capability uplift across Information Security and wider IT teams
• Communicate clearly and confidently with both technical and non‑technical audiences, influencing stakeholders and driving informed decision‑making
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation for system configurations, procedures, and operational processes
• Partner closely with architecture teams to support the design and delivery of new Security Operations Centre (SOC) capabilities
• Support the planning and delivery of penetration testing activities, owning the coordination and remediation of identified findings
• Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of Vitality's Information Security posture, staying current with emerging threats, trends, and industry best practice

What do you need to thrive?

• Strong knowledge of cloud security across modern environments
• Advanced knowledge and hands‑on experience with attack methodologies and security testing
• Experience across penetration testing (application and network), AppSec, wireless security and vulnerability management
• Experience implementing and managing security controls (e.g. DLP, patching, RBAC, PAM, AV, DDoS mitigation, web proxy, vulnerability management)
• Understanding of Information Security principles, frameworks and regulatory requirements (e.g. ISO27001, FCA, PRA, ICO)
• Working knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and build/integration tools (e.g. Maven, Jenkins, Chef, TFS)
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and impacts to non‑technical stakeholders
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and support others in understanding them
• Ability to work both alone and collaboratively within a team

So, what's in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes - A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%- We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance - With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance - Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page.

Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you've ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About Us

We're incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created - recently being named one of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2026, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.

Vitality is a multi‑award‑winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.

We've been a purpose and values‑driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared‑value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives - they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We're successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people - and because we care.

Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Ready to find out if we're the right fit for you? We can't wait.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Vitality, we're committed to diversity and inclusion because it's good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitality's approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page.

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