Cyber Security Engineer - Tesco Mobile

What’s in it for you

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
• Private medical insurance
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 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
• The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
• 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
• A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

Click Here to read more about the full range of benefits we have available for our colleagues

About the role

We are an Agile business, organised around cross functional end-to-end squads which are then grouped into Tribes and Centres of Excellence (CoE). This is a cyber engineer role with its home in the Cyber Security Chapter, that in turn sits within the Business Integrity CoE, which brings the functions of Legal, Regulatory & Compliance, Cyber Security, and Risk (including Crisis Management) together. This role will report into the Cyber Security Chapter Lead and be a core member of the cyber team.

This role is crucial in safeguarding our customers’ data and ensuring the integrity of our systems. The Cyber Security Engineer will be responsible for implementing and improving security controls across the business in line with recommendations built from the cyber security strategy. Ultimately, being a pivotal colleague in achieving the organisational Objective "Protecting Our Customers & Business Is Non-Negotiable". The Cyber Security Engineer will work collaboratively to prioritise workstreams that deliver the most significant improvements to Tesco Mobile's security posture, including, but not limited to Perimeter, Network, Endpoint, Software, Third Party Risk, Monitoring, and SOC. This role can be based in any of our 3 head offices (Slough, Welwyn Garden City or Manchester). Occasional travel to the other offices may be required and is expensable. Tesco Mobile currently operate a hybrid working arrangement with a minimum of 2 days per week collaborating with colleagues at an office, Store, or Supplier location. This role has potential for career growth or learning opportunities for the right person.

You will be responsible for

As a Security Engineer, you will help to build out our detection capability, develop dashboards for monitoring and compliance of controls using Splunk or other data platforms, automate integrations between platforms and tooling, translate requirements into tasks and code, data correlation and supporting of the vulnerability and incident processes. You will be part of the core cyber chapter supporting the run and operate of cyber security controls to ensure we are effectively protecting the business. You may also be required to evaluate new tools and techniques, being able to articulate their value and impact and help lead the roadmap and strategy for tooling within the cyber chapter. Contribute to resolution of any security incidents, Bug Bounty submissions and external threat intelligence. This role with require you to work closely with cross-functional teams in all aspects of the business.

You will need

4+ years of experience working in the cyber security industry with experience of responding to security incidents in large scale corporate environments. Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language such as Python, Power Shell, Terraform or similar. Experience of platforms like Splunk and writing of SPL. Understanding basic principles of networks, infrastructure, and cloud environments. Experience with vulnerability scanning tools such as Qualys and Tenable etc and to categorise criticality as well as risk of a vulnerability. Keen to cultivate a culture of collaboration, innovation and bringing industry standards to everything we do. Proactive and able to operate independently. Comfortable with ambiguity. You are resilient – you take ownership of seeing issues through to resolution whilst looking after yourself to be at your best. Have a passion for technology and can share that passion with others. Any relevant certifications that would be beneficial, such as CISSP, CEH, or CISM.

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About us

A 50-50 joint venture between Tesco and VMO2 that was established back in 2003, Tesco Mobile has gone from strength to strength as we’ve launched into new services and markets. With more than 5 million customers, we’re the largest mobile virtual network operator in the UK. We’re proud to have an inclusive culture that’s uniquely Tesco Mobile, with a strong sense of community, plus all the benefits of working for one of the shareholders.

We care for human connection and we keep our customers at the heart of everything we do, which is why we’ve embraced the Agile way of working. Agile is more than just a methodology – it’s a liberating journey that puts customers and purpose first. It empowers us to self-organise, collaborate, co-create and rapidly inspect and adapt everything we do – allowing us to respond at pace to our customers’ needs. It encourages variety of thought and enables us to thrive, both individually and collectively.

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.