SOC Lead

Project description

Own and ensure the effectiveness of the security monitoring and incident response through managed security service providers (MSSP).

• 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

• 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

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