Senior Azure Security Engineer

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supermarket chain in Welwyn Garden City is looking for an Azure Cloud Security Engineer to manage Azure policies and support security initiatives within a large Microsoft Azure environment. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience and must demonstrate expertise in Azure security and policy management. This position offers a competitive benefits package including a bonus scheme and generous leave policies, fostering an inclusive culture.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20%

Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day

Private medical insurance

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in a senior Azure architecture or engineer role.
• Ability to operate independently with limited support and communicate effectively.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Azure and other cloud platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage Azure Policy direction and support exemptions.
• Design, review, and deliver upcoming Azure Policies.
• Assess suitability and impact of Azure policy exemptions.
• Act as an SME advisor for Azure security-related initiatives.
• Provide security architecture advice to business functions.

Skills

Azure best practices

Azure CLI

PowerShell

Azure Graph REST API

Senior Azure architecture experience

Job description

Tesco UK • Welwyn Garden City • Full-Time • Apply by 05-Dec-2025

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.

We're on the lookout for someone who already has experience working with Azure at an enterprise or equivalent scale engineering led organisation, who understands the nuances of dealing with a large array of engineering and infrastructure stakeholders, and has been responsible for designing and implementing security initiatives and supporting colleagues across the business, with the ability to understand, translate and advise on Azure concepts to people who may lack Azure expertise.

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 6 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

You will be responsible for

• 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.

You will need

• 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 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 many business areas. We will blend office and remote working, with offices as the main hub for collaboration. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you – everyone is welcome at Tesco.