Detection Engineer: AI-Driven Security & Monitoring

Tesco PLC; Welwyn Garden City; Híbrido; GBP 75.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Annual bonus up to 20%

25 days holiday + personal day + bank)

Private medical insurance

Maternity & adoption leave

24/7 virtual GP and EAP

Descripción de la vacante

Tesco PLC is seeking a Security Engineer to join the Detection Engineering team in the UK. You will design and deploy advanced security monitoring, apply secure development practices, and drive automation to protect Tesco’s global retail ecosystem.

Join a team focused on proactive threat detection, cloud and on‑premises hardening, and collaboration with SOC, Threat Intelligence, and platform engineering to deliver customer‑first security outcomes.

Formación

• Experience designing and deploying security controls and detection logic.
• Hands-on work with SIEM/EDR for threat detection and response.
• Strong understanding of secure coding practices and SDLC.

Responsabilidades

• Engineer and deploy robust security controls and detection logic to mitigate cyber threats.
• Apply secure, test-driven development to build resilient security solutions.
• Leverage automation and AI to improve detection accuracy and reduce false positives.
• Hardening cloud and enterprise environments with innovative detection mechanisms.
• Collaborate with SOC, Threat Intelligence, and platform teams for integrated security outcomes.
• Learn from incidents and translate insights into better detection coverage.

Conocimientos

Security engineering

SIEM

EDR

Automation

Cloud security

Secure SDLC

Threat detection

Herramientas

GitHub

Jira

Zendesk

xMatters

SPL

KQL

SQL

Descripción del empleo

Tesco PLC is seeking a Security Engineer to join the Detection Engineering team in the UK. You will design and deploy advanced security monitoring, apply secure development practices, and drive automation to protect Tesco’s global retail ecosystem.

Join a team focused on proactive threat detection, cloud and on‑premises hardening, and collaboration with SOC, Threat Intelligence, and platform engineering to deliver customer‑first security outcomes.