Cyber Security Architect

Mitigata™ - Full-Stack Cyber Resilience; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitigata™ is seeking a highly experienced Principal Cyber Security Architect (15+ years) to lead forensic architecture reviews, identify security vulnerabilities, investigate threats, and drive remediation and hardening of our product. The role involves close collaboration with the STAH team (4 members) and hands-on technical leadership for developers and DevOps with limited cybersecurity experience.

The candidate will guide vulnerability remediation, incident response, and product hardening,

Qualifications

• 15+ years of cybersecurity / information security experience.
• Proven experience as a Principal Cyber Security Architect or senior professional.
• Strong hands-on enterprise security architecture and forensic investigations.
• CISSP, CISM, CCSP, AWS Security Specialty or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead forensic architecture reviews and comprehensive security assessments of the product.
• Identify vulnerabilities, security gaps, potential breaches, and infrastructure misconfigurations.
• Conduct root cause analysis and recommend remediation.
• Review and strengthen product, application, network, and cloud security architecture.
• Lead AWS security assessments, particularly AWS WAF, IAM, VPC, and infrastructure security.
• Review, configure, and optimize CrowdStrike XDR and Cortex XDR.
• Guide the team through remediation, incident response, and product hardening.
• Provide clear, step-by-step technical instructions to developers and DevOps engineers.
• Validate implemented fixes and ensure issues are resolved.
• Establish security best practices, monitoring, and incident response procedures.

Skills

AWS Cloud Security

Application Security

Incident Response

DevSecOps

Security Architecture

Tools

CrowdStrike XDR

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

Job description

Mitigata is India's first AI-native, full-stack cyber resilience company. Most businesses buy security, compliance, and insurance as three separate products from three separate vendors. We bring all three onto one platform, so a single partner can assess a client's risk, help prevent a breach, prove compliance, and cover the financial loss if an incident occurs.

Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Bengaluru, we are a team of 175+ serving 800+ customers across 25+ industries and 6+ countries, including India, the USA, the UAE, the UK, and Singapore. Our broking arm, Mitigata Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd., is licensed by IRDAI. We are backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, Titan Capital, WEH Ventures,, along with founder-angels including Anupam Mittal (Shaadi.com) and Nitish Mittersain (Nazara).

Join us in building the first line of defence for Digital India, with products built in India for the world.

Job Description – Cyber Security Architect

Experience: 15+ Years

Location: Bangalore, Surat (Should Be Ready To Travel Across India)

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Principal Cyber Security Architect (15+ years) to lead a comprehensive forensic architecture review, identify security vulnerabilities, investigate potential threats, and drive complete security remediation and hardening of our product.

The individual will work closely with the STAH team (4 members), providing hands-on technical leadership and clear guidance to developers and DevOps engineers with limited cybersecurity experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead forensic architecture reviews and comprehensive security assessments of the product.
• Identify vulnerabilities, security gaps, potential breaches, and infrastructure misconfigurations.
• Conduct root cause analysis and recommend appropriate remediation.
• Review and strengthen product, application, network, and cloud security architecture.
• Lead AWS security assessments, particularly AWS WAF, IAM, VPC, and infrastructure security.
• Review, configure, and optimize CrowdStrike XDR and Palo Alto Cortex XDR.
• Guide the team through vulnerability remediation, incident response, and product hardening.
• Provide clear, step-by-step technical instructions to developers and DevOps engineers.
• Validate implemented security fixes and ensure issues are resolved.
• Establish security best practices, monitoring, and incident response procedures.

Mandatory Technical Expertise

• AWS Cloud Security and AWS WAF
• Application, API, Network, and Infrastructure Security
• Digital Forensics and Incident Response
• Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation
• IAM, Access Management, and Cloud Infrastructure Hardening
• DevSecOps and Secure Architecture

Experience & Qualifications

• 15+ years of cybersecurity / information security experience.
• Proven experience as a Principal Cyber Security Architect, Security Consultant, or equivalent senior professional.
• Strong hands-on expertise in enterprise security architecture and forensic investigations.
• Demonstrated experience leading security remediation and product hardening initiatives.
• CISSP, CISM, CCSP, AWS Security Specialty or equivalent certifications preferred.

Desired Leadership Qualities

• Mature, calm, and highly experienced technical leader.
• Patient mentor who can guide junior developers and DevOps engineers.
• Able to translate complex security issues into simple, actionable instructions.
• Hands-on problem solver rather than purely an advisory consultant.
• Strong ownership and accountability to drive issues to complete resolution.