Cyber Security Engineer

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supermarket chain in Welwyn Garden City is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to enhance its security capabilities. Responsibilities include developing prevention controls and handling cyber incidents. Candidates should have experience with security platforms and knowledge of programming languages. This role offers competitive benefits, including a bonus scheme and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme

25 days holiday plus personal day

Private medical insurance

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Experience with antivirus and endpoint protection platforms is required.
• Ability to work with scripting languages like Python or PowerShell.
• Familiarity with data protection frameworks is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement technical prevention controls across systems.
• Support during cyber security incidents and security testing.
• Work with teams to automate and standardize processes.

Skills

Hands-on experience working with cyber security prevention platforms

Knowledge of programming languages

Familiarity with security frameworks

Knowledge of hardening and compliance frameworks

Understanding of REST APIs

Job description

Tesco UK • Welwyn Garden City • Hybrid • Full-Time • Apply by 30-Oct-2025

As a Cyber Security Engineer, you will develop, implement, and continuously improve Tesco's cyber security prevention capability both day-to-day and strategically for the Tesco Group. You will be required to understand the changing threat landscape, identify opportunities for improvement in existing capability, and ensure appropriate coverage for the organisation. You will work closely with multiple teams, including security operations, detection engineering, risk & compliance and our subsidiary businesses. This includes protecting a large and diverse estate of assets and identities. These are both on-prem and in public cloud, from servers to user workstations.

What is in it for you

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• 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 years\' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining technical prevention controls across endpoint and email systems, with a focus on Data Loss Prevention (DLP), system operating system hardening and secure configuration. You will need to ensure prevention capability is fit for both on-premises and public cloud environments, working at significant scale, and across a diverse range of asset types. In addition, you may provide support during cyber security incidents, security testing, and work with other security teams to deliver automation and standardisation to improve efficiency and data protection strategies.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience working with cyber security prevention platforms (antivirus, endpoint protection platform)
• Working knowledge of at least one programming language, inc scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell or Bash
• Familiarity with security frameworks for data protection and data classification methodologies
• Working knowledge of hardening & compliance frameworks or guidelines (CIS).
• Working knowledge of REST APIs

About us

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.

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.

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.