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