SOC Lead
Project description
Own and ensure the effectiveness of the security monitoring and incident response through managed security service providers (MSSP).
Responsibilities
- Define and drive enterprise cybersecurity architecture aligned with business goals and regulatory frameworks
- Lead design and implementation of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) across cloud, endpoint, identity, and network layers
- Drive SIEM and SOC modernization, enhancing threat detection, visibility, and response efficiency & writing rules & policies for tools like XDR, EDR, threat intelligence & SIEM
- Governance, oversight, and performance management of the MSSP vendor
- Ensure effectiveness of SIEM, SOAR, XDR, EDR and alert triage operations
- Ownership of incident response, cyber crisis management, and escalation
- Integration of threat intelligence and continuous improvement of detection use cases
- Write and articulate cyber security policies and procedure
- Single point of accountability for operational security outcomes
SKILLS
Must have
- 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with strong exposure to BFSI or fintech ecosystems
- Proven experience in cybersecurity architecture roles
- Deep expertise in:
- Zero Trust & Identity-driven security
- Cloud security (CASB, ZTNA, WAF, SASE)
- Endpoint and threat detection (EDR/XDR)
- SIEM and security analytics
- Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks in financial services
- Ability to translate business risk into architectural decisions
- Hands-on familiarity with modern security stacks and integration patterns
Nice to have
N/A