Job Overview
Location
London - Commercial
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Cybersecurity
Date Posted
April 21, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • The DevSecOps Engineer role is critical to safeguarding The Economist Group’s digital infrastructure across its four business units, ensuring secure delivery of insights to a global audience.
- • Day-to-day responsibilities include conducting penetration tests and risk assessments, designing secure architectures, auditing embedded code for vulnerabilities, leading security engineering initiatives, coordinating incident response, and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines using tools like CircleCI and AWS.
- • The Economist Group is a globally recognised organisation delivering analysis and insights through The Economist, Economist Impact, Economist Intelligence, and Economist Education, serving subscribers in 170 countries with a commitment to innovation, independence, and rigour.
- • In this role, you will deepen your expertise in cloud security, secure software development, threat modelling, and compliance frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, CIS), while gaining influence as a trusted security advisor across engineering and executive teams.
🎯 Requirements
- • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or a related field, or equivalent proven skills with practical software engineering experience.
- • Proven experience in cybersecurity, including penetration testing, vulnerability management, and secure architecture design.
- • In-depth knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS Controls.
- • Proficiency in cloud security and development, with AWS as a prerequisite, and experience with CI/CD best practices (CircleCI).
- • Strong investigative, analytical, and problem-solving skills, plus excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
- • Experience with vulnerability management tooling (code scanning, IaC), cryptography, exploit development, and auditing code and features.
🏖️ Benefits
- • Highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan and private health insurance.
- • 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources via the Employee Assistance Program.
- • Work From Anywhere program allowing up to 25 days per year of remote work from any legally permissible location.
- • Generous annual and parental leave, plus dedicated days off for volunteering and moving home.
- • Free access to all The Economist content, including online subscription, apps, podcasts, and more.
Skills & Technologies
About The Economist Group Limited
The Economist Group is a global leader in international affairs, business, and finance. Its flagship publication, The Economist magazine, provides in-depth analysis and opinion on global events. Beyond the magazine, the Group operates a diverse portfolio of businesses. These include Economist Impact, which offers data-driven insights and advisory services for businesses and governments; Economist Intelligence, providing economic forecasting and political risk analysis; and Economist Education, offering executive education programs. The company aims to help individuals and organizations understand the forces shaping the world and make better decisions.
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