Graduate Cyber Security Analyst

Here at esure, we’re no strangers to change. As one of the industry leaders in the insurance business, striving to become a world class digital insurer, we’re getting ready for more. It’s creating great new opportunities for innovative and talented industry professionals to join us at a pivotal point in our development.

Are you passionate about cybersecurity and eager to kick-start your career in a dynamic and encouraging environment? We’re excited to offer a graduate opportunity to join our team as a Security Analyst.

This role will enable you to learn from skilled engineers while actively contributing to protecting our information systems and networks from security breaches and cyber threats.

What will my role entail?

• Proactive Monitoring: Regularly keep an eye on security systems to spot potential risks or vulnerabilities. Use pioneering tools to classify and understand any issues.
• Swift Incident Response: Act quickly during security breaches! Be part of the SecOps Team to handle and fix incidents, investigate their causes, and suggest ways to prevent them in the future.
• Enhance Security Tools: Help maintain and improve security tools to ensure they stay effective in detecting threats.
• Stay Ahead of Threats: Stay updated on the latest cybersecurity tactics, like malware, ransomware, and phishing, to help shield the organisation from potential attacks.
• Clear Reporting: Create easy-to-understand reports that highlight security incidents, emerging trends, and the organisation's overall cybersecurity health.
• Policy & Process Development: Assist in shaping security policies, creating helpful guides (runbooks), and conducting audits to ensure everything is secure and compliant.
• Team Collaboration: Partner with service providers and other teams to safeguard networks, systems, and data.

You are a good fit for the role if you possess the following…

• A passion for cyber security and technology
• CompTIA Security+ qualification or similar
• Ability to quickly pick up new skills
• Knowledge of various security methodologies, processes, and technical security solutions (Crowdstrike, Netskope, Zscaler, SIEM, Mimecast, O365)
• Solid grasp of the threat landscape
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to communicate security-related concepts to a broad variety of technical and non-technical staff.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, plus Windows and Linux operating systems

We also strongly encourage you to apply if you have:

• Exposure to at least one programming/scripting language e.g. Python

We’ll help you gain:

• Professional growth and progression opportunities include roles such as Security Operations Lead, Security Engineer.
• Further education, certifications, and experience will open up opportunities as a DevSecOps Engineer and Security architect

This is your opportunity to shape our game-changing journey and be part of something truly special! And to top it off, here are some perks to life at esure…

• A competitive salary that recognises your skills and potential
• A bonus scheme that celebrates your contribution to esure’s success
• Discounts on our insurance products, for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave, plus 8 flex days to be taken as and when suits you
• Benefits just for you: our hub – My Benefits Box – is loaded with perks to choose from, so you can build a personal toolkit to support your health, wellbeing, lifestyle, and finances.
• Grow your career with us: whatever your goals, we’ll support you with hands-on training, mentoring, a LinkedIn Learning licence, access to our exclusive Academies, regular career conversations, and expert partner resources from the likes of Women in Data and Women in Tech.
• Join our communities: our networks give you the chance to connect, learn and share with like-minded colleagues across the business – for work and play. So, it’s no surprise our people consistently rate ‘making friends at work’ one of the highest scorers in our colleague engagement survey
• Live a healthy lifestyle: we offer lots of support, so you feel like the best version of yourself – like specialist advice through our employee assistance programme, wellbeing classes, access to the My Health Advantage app, our Big Team Challenge, and learning sessions on topics like menopause.
• A helping hand to do your bit for a greener and safer world: driving good in the world couldn’t be more important to us. That’s why we encourage colleagues to use volunteering days to support their local communities and have lots of initiatives to help you live a greener lifestyle.
• Everyday appreciation: praise from your colleagues means the world! Our social recognition tool makes it easy to give colleagues the praise they deserve, and you could even be shortlisted for a company-wide ACE Award.

We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. If you are excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, even if you’re not 100% sure we would love to hear from you.