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Job title : Cybersecurity Engineer

Location : India

This position will need to have some overlap with US time-zones.

Required Qualifications :


- Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Security, or related field (or equivalent experience).

- 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, architecture, or infrastructure roles.

- Strong understanding of network, endpoint, cloud security, identity and access management, security monitoring and incident response concepts.

- Experience operating in regulated environments

Soft Skills & Attributes :


- Risk-based decision making

- System-level thinking

- Clear written and verbal communication

- Influence without direct authority

- Ability to balance security rigor with business .

Role & Responsibilties :


Security Architecture & Design :


- Define and maintain enterprise security architecture standards and reference architectures.

- Design secure solutions across on-prem and cloud infrastructure, SaaS and custom applications, identity, access, and privileged access, data protection and encryption.

Risk & Compliance Alignment :


- Translate regulatory and contractual requirements into technical controls, including ISO/IEC 27001

- Support audits and assessments by reviewing architecture evidence, ensuring controls are implemented as designed.

- Partner with GRC teams on risk acceptance, control gaps, and remediation strategies.

Security Control Governance :


- Define minimum security baselines for : endpoints and servers, virtual machines and containers, cloud workloads and platforms.

- Review and approve architecture diagrams, solution designs, third-party integrations.

- Participate in security design reviews.

- Review software packages for vulnerabilities and cybersecurity compliance.

Cloud & Platform Security :


- Architect secure usage of public cloud (IaaS, PaaS), SaaS platforms and low-code tools.

- Define guardrails for network segmentation, logging and monitoring, identity federation and conditional access.

- Ensure shared-responsibility boundaries are understood and enforced.

Collaboration & Advisory Role :


- Act as a consultative partner to engineering and application teams, infrastructure and cloud teams, and procurement and vendor management.


- Provide architectural guidance early in project lifecycles to avoid rework.

- Mentor junior architects and security engineers.

Documentation & Communication :


- Produce and maintain architecture standards and patterns, reference diagrams, security decision records.

- Communicate complex security concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.


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