Senior Azure Security Engineer

Tesco PLC
Welwyn Garden City, UK
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time / full-time
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Microsoft Azure Cyber Security Windows PowerShell Software Engineering Cloud Platform System Azure Powershell Restful APIs

Job description

Join as an Azure Cloud Security Engineer within the infrastructure security architecture team. Your core purpose will be acting as the go-to subject matter expert between the wider Technology Security area and Cloud Platform Engineering team for the large Microsoft Azure estate within Tesco, as well as supporting security teams within Technology Security in helping them achieve their security goals, using your knowledge and experience of Azure. Responsibilities

Managing Azure Policy direction and supporting exemptions Ensure design, review and delivery of upcoming Azure Policies and assess viability of upcoming policies / approach. Assess suitability and impact of Azure policy exemptions at the team, environment, or global scale and create exemptions at the appropriate scope. Responsible for providing approvals, upon completion of the suitability assessment. Act as an SME advisor; Assessing impact of upcoming Azure security-related change initiatives and ensuring the compliance with security policies and standards Delivered through proposed/implemented centralised controls, or through reducing the friction of consuming organisationally aligned infrastructure. Working with and supporting key functions of the business to provide security architecture advice and review control appropriateness Working with senior stakeholders with the Cloud Platform Engineering and Infrastructure Architect teams, supporting them with security deliverables as well as assessing upcoming changes with a security lens.

Requirements

Knowledge of Azure best practices and working with teams Demonstrable experience with Azure CLI, PowerShell or Azure Graph REST API required. Minimum 5 years’ experience in a senior Azure architecture or engineer role. Ability to operate independently with limited support and without additional training required, able to communicate and work with experienced infrastructure, security and software development engineers. Azure / Azure Security knowledge:

Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Azure. Knowledge of other cloud platforms may be helpful, especially in relation to mapping capabilities and services between public cloud providers, but not essential.

About the company

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 customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet. Inclusion & Diversity We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We’re committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here. Work Patterns We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

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