Senior Security Engineer – Security Automation
Join Tesco’s cyber security team as a Senior Security Engineer – Security Automation. In this role you will design, implement and enhance automated security processes to improve detection, prevention and response to threats across the global Tesco Group.
Responsibilities
* Define, design, and implement security automations to enhance detection, prevention and response to security threats and incidents, enabling faster and more effective response.
* Drive the security automation roadmap based on team feedback and your own research, testing and development.
* Collaborate with analysts and engineers across multiple teams to improve workflows and optimise resource utilisation.
* Design and develop security automations across SOAR platforms and other security products and tooling.
* Integrate tooling using REST APIs and Python development.
* Work with existing security automation and platform engineers to improve upon existing playbooks and automations for optimal platform performance.
* Develop and run security processes on a day‑to‑day basis for the Tesco Group.
Qualifications
Technical Skills
* Proven hands‑on experience with Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platforms.
* 2+ years of proven hands‑on experience using Python for development.
* Understanding of REST APIs and ability to interact with third‑party REST APIs.
* Understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework (or equivalent) and emerging threat‑actor tactics, techniques and procedures.
Soft Skills
* Demonstrable curiosity, passion and proactive attitude towards security and personal development.
* Good interpersonal, written and oral communication skills; self‑motivated.
* Effective teammate and independent worker, relationship builder.
* Ability to collaborate closely with domain experts, key customers and colleagues at all levels.
Desirable Certifications
Ideally one or more relevant certifications, such as: SANS SEC573, SEC598, SEC673.
Benefits
* Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
* Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus bank holidays).
* Private medical insurance.
* 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year’s service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of statutory maternity pay or statutory adoption pay; 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
* Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to experts for mental wellbeing.
About Tesco
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer’s favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our planet a little better every day’. We are proud of an inclusive culture where everyone feels able to be themselves, celebrate diversity and provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
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