Senior Security Engineer - Security Automation
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Role Overview
As a Security Engineer, you will use your knowledge and expertise to define, implement, and enhance capabilities to detect, prevent, and respond to security threats and incidents. You will enable a faster and more effective response by designing and implementing automated security processes.
About the Cyber Security Team
Our cyber security team are the eyes and ears of our organisation. We use pioneering technology to increase visibility and protection of systems, services, and data. We need to stay ahead of the latest threats and continuously improve our tooling, techniques, and processes.
We’re working to improve security capabilities to better protect our customers and colleagues across the UK, Europe, and Asia, and we’re looking to add talented individuals to our growing team.
We value skilled and passionate people, support continual development, and recognize the importance of keeping up with technological and threat landscape changes.
Key Responsibilities
* Define, design, and implement security automations to enhance detection, prevention, and response capabilities.
* Drive the security automation roadmap based on team feedback, research, testing, and development.
* Collaborate with analysts and engineers to improve workflows and enable colleagues to focus on their core tasks.
* Design and develop security automations across SOAR platforms and other security tools.
* Create custom integrations with third-party tools using REST APIs and Python.
* Work with existing security automation and platform engineers to optimize playbooks and automations.
Minimum Requirements
* Self-motivated, ambitious, and flexible with a proactive attitude.
* Willing to learn and build strong relationships with peers and leadership.
* Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
* Proven hands-on experience with Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platforms.
* At least 2 years of experience using Python for development.
* Understanding of REST APIs and ability to interact with third-party APIs.
* Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework or similar and threat actor tactics.
Preferred Skills and Certifications
* Curiosity, passion, and proactive security mindset.
* Good interpersonal and communication skills, ability to collaborate effectively.
* Relevant certifications such as SANS SEC573, SEC598, SEC673 are desirable.
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including an annual bonus of up to 20%, holiday entitlement starting at 25 days plus a personal day, private medical insurance, parental leave, and mental health support services.
About Us
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and sustainability, creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We support flexible working arrangements and are dedicated to accessible recruitment processes.
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