Infrastructure Security Engineer, Policy Expert
£55-75k
Hybrid working, 50/50
2+ days a week in office
Digital home & car insurance provider
Posted today
Digital home & car insurance provider
201-500 employees
Posted today
£55-75k
Hybrid working, 50/50
2+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
Policy Expert is a forward-thinking business that loves to get things done. Leveraging proprietary technology and smart data, we offer reliable products and a wow customer experience.
Role
Who you are
- You will thrive on solving complex problems and have a natural curiosity for identifying vulnerabilities before they become threats
- The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, allowing them to think critically and anticipate challenges in rapidly changing environments
- Detail-oriented and methodical, you will leave no stone unturned when securing systems, ensuring that even the smallest risks are addressed
- Proven Experience: Experience in infrastructure security engineering or a related role, ideally within the financial or insurance sectors
- Technical Expertise: Strong knowledge of cloud (Azure, O365, Amazon) and server infrastructure, networks, firewalls, and endpoint systems
- Security Tools & Technologies: Proficiency with security tools such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanners, firewalls, endpoint protection, alert and remediation, and encryption technologies
- Certifications: Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, CEH, or AWS/Azure security certifications are highly desirable
- Scripting & Automation: Experience in automating security tasks using scripting languages (PowerShell)
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and adapt to fast-paced environments
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex security issues into business-friendly language
What the job involves
- As our Infrastructure Security Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the security and resilience of our IT infrastructure
- Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will design, implement, and manage security measures across our cloud and on-premises environments, ensuring that our systems are robust, scalable, and aligned with industry best practices
- Your primary responsibility will be to protect the company’s infrastructure from security threats while supporting growth and operational efficiency
- Infrastructure Security Design & Implementation: Develop, implement, and maintain robust security architectures and controls for cloud and on-premises infrastructures, supporting business growth while ensuring security best practices are followed
- Threat Management: Proactively monitor and respond to security incidents, vulnerabilities, and threats, applying advanced techniques to safeguard systems from cyber-attacks
- System Hardening & Configuration: Ensure that all infrastructure systems (e.g., servers, databases, networks) are securely configured and maintained with the latest security patches and updates, following industry standards like CIS benchmarks
- Network Security: Implement and manage firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and other network security technologies to secure connectivity and prevent unauthorized access across the company’s digital assets
- Incident Response & Remediation:Lead efforts in incident detection, response, and remediation for infrastructure-related security incidents, ensuring rapid mitigation and future prevention
- Collaboration & Integration: Work closely with our IT and software engineering teams to integrate security into system development and provide security guidance where needed
- Compliance & Best Practices: Ensure compliance with relevant data protection laws (e.g., GDPR), security frameworks, and internal policies, contributing to audits and risk assessments where required
- Automation & Optimisation: Identify opportunities for automation within security operations, from threat detection to patch management, to drive efficiency and scalability
- Continuous Improvement: Stay up to date with emerging security trends, vulnerabilities, and technologies, and continually improve security processes and policies to adapt to a dynamic threat landscape
Application process
- We aim to be in touch within 14 working days of your application – you will be notified if successful or unsuccessful
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Policy Expert is a trusted insurance provider, serving more than 1M home and car insurance customers across the UK since its launch in 2011. Policy Expert was the first insurer to be designed for aggregator sites, allowing it to capitalise on the growth of price comparison sites like Compare the Market and GoCompare.
It is a part of QMetric Group, which set out to redesign what an insurer should be, even before 'InsurTech' was a word. It has streamlined how people buy insurance by building its own tech and owning the process end to end. With a strong belief that competition and transparency are key to the future of any market, QMetric launched Policy Expert to meet the changing consumer trends over the past decade.
Since its founding, it has recorded significant year-on-year growth to become one of the UK’s ten biggest home insurance providers while diversifying its proposition by entering the motor market in 2019. Now, with Cinven acquiring a majority shareholder, Policy Expert is in a great position to further accelerate its growth and expand even further in the years to come.
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Company values
- We act with Expertise
- We work as a Team
- We care about People
- We stick to our Principles
- We get things done
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Adam Powell
(Co-Founder & COO)COO at Policy Expert since 2010, prior to which he was the Head of New Markets at Simply Business.
Steve Hardy
(CEO)Previously a Non Executive Director at Roojai, QMetric Group, C-Quence.
People progressing
Paul started as a Business Analyst back in 2019 and has been fundamental in our growth and now Policy Experts Head of Delivery.
Ezgi joined back in 2019 in the Business Analysis team. She has excelled in her work and really contributed to building out the function. In 2023 she was promoted to Head of Business Analysis and in 2025 further promoted to Senior Product Manager.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Policy Expert
- We’re committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where every employee feels welcome, and different perspectives are valued and encouraged. We respect and value people's differences. In fact, we welcome it, as this brings a wider range of ideas, opinions and experience.
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