About the role
This role sits within the workplace
Identity team which is part of the Tesco Workplace Technology engineering team,
part of a global engineering function delivering secure, scalable, and modern
workplace solutions for Tesco colleagues. As a senior engineer and domain
expert in Identity technologies, you will lead the full technology
lifecycle — from strategy and design through to engineering, testing, and
delivery — for the services that underpin our digital colleague experience.
You will be responsible for
Strategic Leadership
- Act as a senior engineer for
Identity within the Workplace Technology team, setting the direction,
roadmap, and architectural standards for core identity services
including Active Directory, Entra ID, PKI, and modern
authentication protocols.
- Align identity strategy to Tesco's
broader digital workplace vision, collaborating closely with architects,
product managers, security, and infrastructure teams.
- Stay ahead of market trends and
emerging technologies in identity and access management, advocating for
their adoption where beneficial.
Engineering
& Delivery
- Design and deliver secure, scalable
identity platforms that support global business needs and enable modern
digital workplace capabilities.
- Engineer solutions across the
identity lifecycle: concept, evaluation, prototyping, testing, production
deployment, and service transition.
- Implement automation, codification
(IaC), and integration with CI/CD practices to drive efficiency and
resilience.
- Act as a senior escalation point for
complex issues related to authentication, replication, certificate
lifecycle, hybrid identity, and directory services.
Operational
Excellence
- Build systems that are secure,
stable, and easy to operate, with monitoring, alerting, and lifecycle
planning embedded by design.
- Champion remediation of legacy
identity components and uplift the security and operational posture of all
identity services.
- Ensure knowledge is well documented
and transitions smoothly into operational support with clear SLAs and
handover practices.
Governance
& Security
- Drive adoption of Zero Trust
principles, secure admin tiering, modern auth standards, conditional
access, and multifactor authentication.
- Own the health, design, and policy
of PKI infrastructure and associated services (including certificate
templates, CRLs, and HSMs).
- Work closely with the Security and
Risk teams to ensure compliance with internal controls, regulatory
obligations, and audit findings.
Leadership
& Influence
- Represent Workplace Technology
Identity Engineering across Tesco Technology and into broader
cross-functional initiatives.
- Lead by example in engineering
excellence, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring of less experienced
engineers.
- Promote a culture of simplification,
technical rigour, and continuous improvement.
You will need
Required
Skills & Experience
- Deep expertise in:
- Active Directory: design, hardening, replication, domain controller lifecycle,
GPOs, admin tiering.
- Azure AD / Entra ID: hybrid identity, conditional access, MFA, identity
protection, SSO, SCIM.
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): policy, lifecycle, templates, automation, CRL/OCSP, HSMs.
- Authentication protocols: OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML, Kerberos, NTLM, WS-Fed.
- Demonstrated ability to design and
deliver identity platforms in large, complex environments.
- Understanding of identity's role in
enterprise security frameworks and compliance requirements.
- Proficiency with scripting and
automation tools (PowerShell, Terraform, etc.).
- Familiar with monitoring, backup,
recovery, and DR practices for identity systems.
- Ensure identity services are
designed with built-in resilience, supporting high availability, fault
tolerance, and fast recovery across hybrid environments.
- Contribute to and maintain Business
Continuity Plans (BCPs), ensuring critical identity components are
documented with clear recovery priorities.
- Design and validate Disaster
Recovery (DR) strategies for directory services, authentication systems,
and PKI, with regular failover testing and documented RTO/RPO.
- Define and verify backup and
recovery plans for identity infrastructure, including domain controllers,
certificate authorities, and configuration artifacts.
- Estimate engineering effort and
support the costing of identity-related projects, including resource
planning, licensing, infrastructure, and delivery timelines.
- Partner with Workplace Technology
leadership to shape and manage budgets, forecasts, and business cases for
new identity initiatives.
Nice to Have
- Experience integrating identity
across Linux, SaaS, and multi-cloud platforms.
- Understanding of M365, Microsoft
ecosystem, and their dependency on robust identity infrastructure.
- Exposure to identity governance,
entitlement management, and lifecycle workflows.
Complementary
Skills
- Strong collaboration and influencing
skills across engineering, operations, product, and security domains.
- Commercial and vendor awareness to
support technology selection, licensing decisions, and cost optimisation.
- Strong written and verbal
communication skills, with the ability to engage both engineers and senior
stakeholders.
- A proactive, accountable, and
resilient mindset — aligned to Tesco's values and the mission of the
Workplace Technology team.
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.
