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# Senior Azure Security Engineer

- **Company:** Tesco PLC
- **Location:** Welwyn Garden City, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Cyber Security, Windows PowerShell, Software Engineering, Cloud Platform System, Azure Powershell, Restful APIs
- **Published:** May 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/x/37795921/

## About the Role

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.

## 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.


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