System Engineer III

Tesco India  •  Bengaluru, Karnataka, India  •  Hybrid  •  Full-Time  •  Permanent  •  Apply by 03-Aug-2025 About the role

As a Systems Engineer III at Tesco Bengaluru, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting network and infrastructure solutions that improve service delivery and business operations. You’ll work with a high degree of technical expertise across networking, automation, and security, contributing to a technology roadmap that directly supports Tesco’s mission to redefine convenience and customer experience.

You will be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team responsible for delivering innovative, high-quality solutions, staying current with emerging technologies, and introducing automation into daily operations. This role is ideal for someone with a strong network engineering background who thrives in a large-scale, complex environment and enjoys cross-functional collaboration.

What is 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.  You will be responsible for

• Designing and delivering network solutions using Tesco’s current and emerging technologies.
• Implementing and establishing best practices for new network technologies.
• Resolving incidents and problems within your area of expertise.
• Contributing to the Tesco Network Services Technology Roadmap.
• Evaluating new tools and techniques for potential adoption and impact.
• Leading design discussions in your area of expertise and presenting to varied audiences.
• Collaborating with cross-functional technical teams to facilitate seamless infrastructure consumption.
• Keeping technical skills and knowledge up to date with industry trends.
• Introducing automation to streamline day-to-day network engineering tasks.
• Producing and maintaining high-quality HLDs and LLDs, ensuring documentation standards are met.
• Supporting global wireless upgrade and expansion initiatives.
• Participating in secure network access control designs, including NAC and 802.1X deployments.

You will need

Essential Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience in designing and deploying infrastructure/network solutions at an enterprise scale.
• Expertise in network access control technologies, including Forescout CounterACT and 802.1X.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTPS, Netflow, Radius, and endpoint access policy management.
• Deep knowledge of routing, switching, wireless, and network security technologies.
• Experience with WLAN Controllers and technologies such as Cisco, Aruba, Meraki, or Juniper Mist.
• Skilled in creating and supporting complex wireless designs, both centralized and distributed.
• Proven track record of automation using Python, PowerShell, or equivalent tools.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills using tools like tcpdump and Wireshark.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities, both written and verbal.
• Experience in creating design documentation and contributing to architecture reviews.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of Cisco ISE, Linux scripting, and PKI.
• Understanding of enterprise protocols such as LDAP, DNS, SMTP, SNMP.
• Hands-on experience with both Windows and Linux/macOS environments.
• Understanding of dynamic routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, RIP).
• Forescout certifications (e.g., FSCE) are a plus.

About us Tesco in Bengaluru is a multi-disciplinary team serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day across markets. Our goal is to create a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agility through technological solutions, and empowering our colleagues to do even more for our customers. With cross-functional expertise, a wide network of teams, and strong governance, we reduce complexity, thereby offering high-quality services for our customers.    Tesco in Bengaluru, established in 2004 to enable standardisation and build centralised capabilities and competencies, makes the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simpler for over 3,30,000 colleagues    Tesco Technology   Today, our Technology team consists of over 5,000 experts spread across the UK, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and India. In India, our Technology division includes teams dedicated to Engineering, Product, Programme, Service Desk and Operations, Systems Engineering, Security & Capability, Data Science, and other roles.    At Tesco, our retail platform comprises a wide array of capabilities, value propositions, and products, essential for crafting exceptional retail experiences for our customers and colleagues across all channels and markets. This platform encompasses all aspects of our operations – from identifying and authenticating customers, managing products, pricing, promoting, enabling customers to discover products, facilitating payment, and ensuring delivery. By developing a comprehensive Retail Platform, we ensure that as customer touchpoints and devices evolve, we can consistently deliver seamless experiences. This adaptability allows us to respond flexibly without the need to overhaul our technology, thanks to the creation of capabilities we have built.