Analyst II-Cyber Defense

5210 Invesco (India) Private Limited - SEZ Unit; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, Hybrid Work

30 days annual leave + holidays

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Retirement Planning

Job summary

5210 Invesco (India) Private Limited - SEZ Unit seeks an Advance Analyst to act as a technical escalation point during security incidents, determining threat scope and business impact, and guiding remediation with IT and business partners. Provides input to monitoring during high-priority events and drives improvements to reduce false positives.

The role requires 4+ years in IT security, experience with SIEM and network security, and the ability to lead Level 1 analysts and operate in a 24x7

Qualifications

• 4+ years in IT with hands-on incident management and security operations experience.
• Strong knowledge of SIEM, DLP, IDS/IPS, firewalls, anti‑malware and encryption.

Responsibilities

• Act on alerts and incidents escalated from Level 1 Analyst.
• Triage malware incidents and determine escalation needs.
• Monitor emerging threat patterns and vulnerabilities; coordinate responses.

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.

Do you aspire to be a part of a global organization that recognizes security as a critical component in its trust relationship with clients, staff, business partners and shareholders? Do you want to collaborate and learn from like‑minded security professionals? Do you want to work in a highly collaborative and consultative environment that values everyone’s ideas on how to best protect, detect and respond to the latest physical and cyber threats impacting the financial industry? If this sounds like a team you want to be a part of, read on to learn more about the opportunity to join us.

Your Role

Advance Analyst provides a technical escalation point during Security Incidents, determining extent of threat and business impacts in partnership with applicable business or IT personnel as needed, then advising and performing the most suitable course of action to contain and remediate the incident. Provides further support and input to the monitoring team during high-priority incidents. Drive continuous improvement process to reduce false positives by identifying opportunities for content tuning, L1 procedure/playbook enhancements, etc.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Responsible for acting on alerts, events, and incidents escalated from the Level 1 Analyst
• Triage malware incidents, their priority and the need for escalation
• Monitor for emerging threat patterns and vulnerabilities
• Assist with recommendations and workarounds
• Exhibit leadership qualities when and where required and act as shift lead
• Coordinate with other external stakeholders
• Communicate with management on incident updates
• Ability to complete the incident lifecycle without higher level supervision
• Establish and maintain intrusion detection and policies and offense rules
• Tune response and alerting mechanisms
• Import new signatures from manufacturer
• Provide status reports to applicable management
• Have a thorough understanding of technological requirements for client systems and provide guidelines to effectively mitigate security risks
• Analyze and assess Firewall policy and rule base sets
• Handle emergencies 24x7
• Assist with BAU activities if not responding to incidents

The Experience You Bring

4+ years of Information Technology experience, preferably within the financial services sector, with hands‑on incident management and security operations expertise. Strong knowledge of cybersecurity technologies and concepts, including SIEM, DLP, IDS/IPS, firewalls, anti‑malware, encryption, operating systems, databases, web applications, network infrastructure, and security configurations. Experience in network traffic analysis, threat detection, malware analysis, software vulnerabilities, exploits, and scripting, with the ability to identify emerging attack patterns and trends. Proficient in analyzing and correlating security data from multiple sources, including security events, system logs, application logs, device logs, and publicly available intelligence. Understanding of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), with the ability to extract, organize, and leverage large datasets for investigations and threat analysis. Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor Level1 analysts, while effectively operating in high‑volume, results‑driven environments and participating in 24x7 on‑call support as required. Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to convey technical information clearly to diverse audiences while maintaining strict confidentiality of security matters. Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and adaptable team player, capable of multitasking, managing changing priorities, taking initiative, and continuously maintaining current technical knowledge and skills.

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.

• Competitive Compensation
• Flexible, Hybrid Work
• 30 days’ Annual Leave + Public Holidays
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Planning Group
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Medical Insurance for Employee and Family
• Annual Health Check-up 26 weeks
• Maternity Leave
• Paternal Leave
• Adoption Leave
• Near site Childcare Facility
• Employee Assistance Program
• Study Support
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• ESG Commitments and Goals
• Business Resource Groups
• Career Development Programs
• Mentoring Programs

Invesco Cares Dress for your Day

In Invesco, we offer development opportunities that help you thrive as a lifelong learner in a constantly evolving business environment and ensure your constant growth. Our AI enabled learning platform delivers curated content based on your role and interest. We ensure our manager and leaders also have many opportunities to advance their skills and competencies that becomes pivotal in their continuous pursuit of performance excellence.