Senior Security Engineer – Network Products

Job Description:

Senior Security Engineer – Network Products

Salary: From £70,000 Plus 10% yearly bonus and benefits

Contract type: Permanent  

Shift pattern: Full-time – 37.5 hours per week

Location : Hybrid working  / Any Bupa office

Closing date: 24/07/2026

We make health happen

At Bupa, we’re passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives.

Right from the start you’ll become part of our digital strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.

Role Overview

The Senior Security Engineer will shape, implement, and uphold Bupa's enterprise security framework and its related measures. The role involves ensuring and enhancing the functionality of the tools and systems utilised by Bupa Security Operations and the organisation at large. As a key member of the IP&P Product stack, their responsibilities will include the upkeep of security measures and protocols, overseeing the performance of monitoring and reporting devices, and enhancing security strategies, guidelines, and rule sets. Additionally, the role requires the provision of documented proof of enhancements made. 

      
         

How you’ll help us make health happen:

• Configure, implement, and manage security systems, whether core technology components, individual SaaS services or assisting with management of operational elements.   

• Assume responsibility for maintaining accurate documentation and team processes for the allocated tools and services. 

• Craft playbooks, policies, and custom rulesets, perform tool tuning and allow and block listing to enhance security maturity. 

• Contribute to the formulation of strategies for responding to and recovering from internal and external security incidents and breaches. 

• Lead efforts to validate and test both hardware and software solutions, ensuring compliance with security standards. 

• Monitor, manage and improve security systems to ensure optimal performance and timely patching and updates. 

• Act as a subject matter expert, providing technical advice and contributing to the design and implementation of security policies, connectivity and procedures. 

• Collaborate with product management teams to ensure security milestones are met within delivery/sprint timelines with focus on continuous improvement. 

• Understand the business needs, work closely with key stakeholders  

• Knowledge of security policy implementation and deployment; experience of creating technical security standards based on established policy objectives and requirements. 

• Continuously learn and adapt to new technologies, staying up to date with emerging security threats and trends. 

• Design, implement, enforce and tune least-privilege, application aware security policies.

Key Skills / Qualifications Needed For This Role

• Experience of working in a Product based environment is highly desirable as is the ability to demonstrate and evidence Agile working practices. 

• Have an IT and networking background, with substantial experience in both BAU support and project-based environments, across disciplines such as End-User Computing, Hosting, and Networks. 

• Strong interpersonal skills to enable partnership with IT and business stakeholders operating at all levels within the organisation. 

• Proficiency in cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, GCP) is highly beneficial. 

• Proficiency in Firewall management, Zscaler, Palo Alto and SIEM solutions.  

• Skilled in network troubleshooting and issue resolution. 

• Familiarity with intrusion techniques at the perimeter and host level is required. 

• Automation tooling (logic apps, Sentinel Automations) 

• Experience with the following will be considered an advantage: Infrastructure by Code / DLP  / SIEM Tools / Network security tools / AV/EDR Solutions /  M365/Defender 365 / KQL / Firewalls/Proxies / Prisma / Strata Cloud Manager / Scripting abilities 

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. 

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more: 

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available

• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

IT

Locations:

Bupa Place, Kirkstall Forge, Staines - Willow House, Victory House, Brighton