Senior Cyber Security Partner

About the role
As a Senior Cyber Security Partner; you will transform the security maturity of key product areas and teams. You will be the face of security group for them. Everything you do is in the context of the product; roadmap; its risk acceptance level; the technology stack; and its architecture.
You build a comprehensive understanding of the threat landscape and its potential risks to the business. Through effective partnership; you engage the leadership to make well-informed decisions about security and privacy.
You will be responsible for
Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence and have these specific risk responsibilities:
• Provide product and engineering teams with direction and guidance on all security matters. There is a whole security
group to back you up; so it is not as scary as it sounds.
• Engage engineering leadership on security roadmap and oversee security posture of what they build.
• Co-own the security roadmap; discuss; prioritise; and co-develop plans for remediation for the product areas.
• Empower security champions to succeed and creating a strong feedback loop for improvements.
• Represent security in all product and architecture meet-ups. Be part of critical decisions about security.
• Oversee product security activities; from the early development of security requirements; architecture reviews; and
threat modelling; to strengthening application security; mitigating supply-chain risks; securing secrets; pipelines;
reviewing vulnerabilities; and infrastructure security.
• Perform security architecture reviews of third-party services.
• Identify acceptable risk levels and assist with action plan; policy; and procedural changes for risk mitigation.
• Adopt a risk-based approach and guide management in identifying business risks and potential impact to Tesco.
Continuously seek both tactical and strategic solutions to enhance security.
• As the security expert for the product area; engage across the security group to strengthen controls across
identification; protection; detection; response; and recovery.
• Oversee assurance activities like security testing; purple testing; assurance; auditing.
• Reduce security fatigue for engineering and provide faster feedback within existing developer workflows; not adding
another tool for them to check.
• Empower the teams you work with; but also challenge the status-quo.
• As a senior member of the team; engage across the security group on new ideas and initiatives.
• Contribute to strengthen organisation standards and policies; develop cookbooks; secure patterns; take part in
security research and tool evaluations.
• You are committed to continuous improvement; seizing opportunities; and inspire change for the team.
• Mentor others in the team and take part in enhancing their skills and career development.
You will need
To excel in this position, we expect you to have the following:
• Possess experience across multiple sectors and have undertaken diverse roles in engineering and security.
Demonstratable accomplishments of collaborating with leadership and management on security programmes and initiatives.
• Good knowledge of various security domains, and solid experience in architecture practices and design patterns – the technology might have changed but most of the security challenges have not.
• Experience in designing security and privacy controls with sound understanding of standards and regulation.
• Experience in threat modelling, attack trees, vulnerability chaining, applying MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Good understanding of web applications, REST APIs, micro services, eventing, modern application frameworks, and mobile apps.
• Good understanding of software architecture, network topologies, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS (infrastructure as a service).
• Proficient in applying industry standards such as OWASP ASVS (Application Security Verification Standard), OWASP Top
10, CIS (Centre of Internet Security) controls and benchmarks.
• Experience with cloud native and hybrid architectures with an emphasis on containerised workloads and Kubernetes.
• Some development experience is always a plus - Java, cloud, Golang, python. You do not need to “be a developer” but we need you to understand the implications of security on engineering velocity.
• Degree in computer science / information systems or engineering field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with regulations like GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), PCI-DSS is desirable.
• Azure or AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud security certifications is desirable.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and leadership skills.
Whats in it for you?

At Tesco, we are committed to providing the best for you. 
 
As a result, our colleagues enjoy a unique, differentiated, market- competitive reward package, based on the current industry practices, for all the work they put into serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day. 
 
Our Tesco Rewards framework consists of pillars - Fixed Pay, Incentives, and Benefits.  
 
Total Rewards offered at Tesco is determined by four principles -simple, fair, competitive, and sustainable. 
 
Salary - Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment. 
 
Leave & Time-off - Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave (18 days of Earned Leave, 12 days of Casual/Sick Leave) and 10 national and festival holidays, as per the company’s policy. 
 
Making Retirement Tension-FreeSalary - In addition to Statutory retirement beneets, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF. 
 
Health is Wealth - Tesco promotes programmes that support a culture of health and wellness including insurance for colleagues and their family. Our medical insurance provides coverage for dependents including parents or in-laws. 
 
Mental Wellbeing - We offer mental health support through self-help tools, community groups, ally networks, face-to-face counselling, and more for both colleagues and dependents.  
 
Financial Wellbeing - Through our financial literacy partner, we offer one-to-one financial coaching at discounted rates, as well as salary advances on earned wages upon request.  
 
Save As You Earn (SAYE) - Our SAYE programme allows colleagues to transition from being employees to Tesco shareholders through a structured 3-year savings plan.  
 
Physical Wellbeing - Our green campus promotes physical wellbeing with facilities that include a cricket pitch, football field, badminton and volleyball courts, along with indoor games, encouraging a healthier lifestyle. 

About Us
At Tesco, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in treating everyone fairly and with respect, valuing individuality and uniqueness to create a true sense of belonging. Diversity and inclusion are deeply embedded in our values—we treat people how they want to be treated. Our goal is for all colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work, and we are committed to helping them thrive. Across the Tesco group, we are building an inclusive workplace that actively celebrates the cultures, personalities, and preferences of our colleagues, who in turn contribute to the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. 
 
 At Tesco Bengaluru, we are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, highlighting our commitment to creating a supportive environment for individuals with disabilities. We are dedicated to offering equal opportunities for all candidates and encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. Our recruitment process is fully accessible, and we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments during interviews. If you need any accommodations to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know. We are here to ensure that everyone has the chance to succeed. 
 
 We also believe in fostering a work environment where you can excel both professionally and personally. Our hybrid model allows you to work flexibly—spend 60% of your week collaborating in person with colleagues at our office locations or local sites, and the rest of the time working remotely. We understand that everyone’s life journey is unique, whether you are starting your career, pursuing passions, or navigating life changes, and we are here to support you. Flexibility is a core part of our culture, and we encourage open conversations about how we can best accommodate your needs, so talk to us throughout your application process on the support required.