Analyst - Cyber Defense

invesco

Hyderabad

On-site

INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Flexible, hybrid work

30 days annual leave

Life insurance

Retirement planning

Group personal accident insurance

Medical insurance for employee and fam

Annual health check-up

Maternity leave (26 weeks)

Paternal leave

Adoption leave

Job summary

Invesco is seeking a Cyber Defense Analyst to monitor DLP alerts across email, endpoints, and cloud apps. You will validate alerts, collect evidence, and document outcomes while coordinating with Insider Risk and Engineering teams.

The role emphasizes tuning, automation, and policy-level improvements in a hybrid work setup. The candidate should have 3+ years in cybersecurity, a CS/IT/Cybersecurity degree, and familiarity with Microsoft Purview DLP and SIEM tools.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity or related field.

Responsibilities

Monitor and triage DLP alerts across email, endpoints, collaboration tools, and cloud activity.
Review context, validate true positives, collect evidence, and document outcomes.
Escalate high-risk events to appropriate leads and stakeholders.
Identify false positives and data classification gaps; suggest tuning and policy improvements.
Assist in automation of repetitive investigation steps and reporting.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Documentation

Written communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity

Security certifications (preferred) e.g. SC-400, SC-200, Security+

Tools

Microsoft Purview DLP

Microsoft 365 security/compliance tools

SIEM

Ticketing / case management systems

Job description

As one of the world's leading independent global investment firms, Invesco is dedicated to rethinking possibilities for our clients. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, we provide a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our clients around the world. If you're looking for challenging work, intelligent colleagues, and exposure across a global footprint, come explore your potential at Invesco.

Job Description

Your Team

The Cyber Defense team is responsible for monitoring Security alerts, investigating potential data loss events, and helping protect sensitive information across the enterprise. The team works closely with Engineering, Insider Risk, to ensure alerts are reviewed consistently, and risk-based outcomes are documented. This role is part of the operational team that provides insights, tuning recommendations, and policy-level suggestions to the DLP Committee while Engineering continues to own implementation of platform and policy changes.

Your Role

3+ Yrs of experience in cyber security.
Monitor and triage DLP alerts, including email, endpoint, Teams/SharePoint/OneDrive, and cloud activity where applicable.
Review alert context, validate true positives versus false positives, collect supporting evidence, and document outcomes clearly.
In consultation with the Insider Threat Team, assist in engaging users and business contacts when additional context or business justification is required for data movement activity.
Escalate confirmed, high-risk, or repeat data loss events to the Senior DLP Operations Lead, Incident Response, Insider Risk, as appropriate.
Identify recurring false positives, noisy rules, data classification gaps, and process pain points; provide tuning and policy-level recommendations to the DLP Engineering team.
Support operational reporting by tracking alert volumes, disposition trends, SLA adherence, repeat offenders, common data types, and control effectiveness indicators.
Identify opportunities to automate repetitive investigation steps such as enrichment, evidence collection, user notification, ticket routing, case closure, and reporting.
Contribute operational observations and metrics for DLP Committee discussions, including emerging risks, policy friction points, and recommended improvement actions.

Academic Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related discipline; equivalent practical experience may be considered.
Foundational understanding of data protection, information security, security operations, incident handling, and enterprise collaboration platforms.
Exposure to Microsoft Purview DLP, Microsoft 365 security/compliance tools, SIEM, ticketing systems, or case management workflows is preferred but not mandatory.
Professional certifications such as Microsoft SC-400, SC-200, Security+, SSCP, or equivalent security/privacy certifications are preferred but not mandatory.
Strong written communication, analytical thinking, attention to detail, and ability to document investigation findings in a clear, audit-ready manner.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Workplace Model

At Invesco, our workplace model supports our culture and meets the needs of our clients while providing flexibility our employees value. As a full-time employee, compliance with the workplace policy means working with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office.

Why Invesco

In Invesco, we act with integrity and do meaningful work to create impact for our stakeholders. We believe our culture is stronger when we all feel we belong, and we respect each other's identities, lives, health, and well-being. We come together to create better solutions for our clients, our business and each other by building on different voices and perspectives. We nurture and encourage each other to ensure our meaningful growth, both personally and professionally.

We believe in diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace where everyone feels equally valued, and this starts at the top with our senior leaders having diversity and inclusion goals. Our global focus on diversity and inclusion has grown exponentially and we encourage connection and community through our many employee-led Business Resource Groups (BRGs).

What's in it for you?

As an organization we support personal needs, diverse backgrounds and provide internal networks, as well as opportunities to get involved in the community and in the world.

Our benefit policy includes but not limited to: