Cyber Security SME (India)

Thakral One Pte. Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Thakral One Pte. Ltd. in Bengaluru is seeking a Cyber Security SME with 8+ years of experience to drive hands-on operations, engineering, and governance across on‑prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

You will shape vulnerability remediation, incident response, and security control improvements within a fast-paced enterprise setting. You will collaborate with audit, risk, and compliance teams, align with ISO 27001, CIS, and NIST standards, and work across Windows and Linux platforms while

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cyber or information security roles.
• Strong experience across enterprise cybersecurity domains and operations.
• Experience collaborating with audit, risk, and compliance stakeholders.
• Strong technical experience in Windows Server and Linux environments.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) or VMware is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operate, support, and continuously improve enterprise cybersecurity controls.
• Respond to incidents, lead investigations, and support remediation activities.
• Execute security-related change deployments in line with governance processes.
• Maintain operational stability across infrastructure, networking, and security tooling.
• Provide hands-on expertise across network, endpoint, email, web, and proxy security.
• Design, implement, configure, and manage cybersecurity technologies across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Operate and maintain solutions throughout their lifecycle (onboarding, upgrades, optimisation, decommissioning).
• Manage vulnerability remediation programmes, including assessment, prioritisation, and validation.
• Integrate cybersecurity tools with enterprise infrastructure, cloud services, and identity platforms.
• Act as a key contact for audit, IT risk, and governance teams.
• Ensure alignment with ISO 27001, CIS, NIST frameworks.
• Conduct control reviews, compliance assessments, and assurance exercises.
• Document risks, mitigations, and provide SME guidance across engineering and BAU operations.
• Analyse telemetry, logs, alerts, and dashboards to identify gaps and deficiencies.
• Drive continuous improvement in monitoring, incident investigation, and remediation.

Skills

Enterprise security

Audit collaboration

Windows OS

Linux OS

Cloud platforms

Python scripting

Ansible

PowerShell

AD DNS GPO

NIST CIS ISO

Incident response

VMware

ServiceNow ITSM

Networking

Education

A-level or equivalent

Cyber Security qualification

Tools

ServiceNow ITSM

VMware

Job description

As a Cyber Security SME, you will play a hands‑on role in the day‑to‑day operation, support, and continuous improvement of cybersecurity controls. You will contribute to the implementation, enhancement, and optimisation of security solutions across the organisation, ensuring cyber capabilities remain effective, resilient, and aligned with business needs.

What You'll Do and How You'll Succeed

Cyber Security Operations & Engineering

• Operate, support, and continuously improve enterprise cybersecurity controls.
• Respond to incidents, lead investigations, and support remediation activities.
• Execute security‑related change deployments in line with governance processes.
• Maintain operational stability across infrastructure, networking, and security tooling.

Domain Expertise

• Provide hands‑on expertise across network, endpoint, email, web, and proxy security.
• Design, implement, configure, and manage cybersecurity technologies across on‑prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Operate and maintain solutions throughout their lifecycle (onboarding, upgrades, optimisation, decommissioning).
• Manage vulnerability remediation programmes, including assessment, prioritisation, and validation.
• Integrate cybersecurity tools with enterprise infrastructure, cloud services, and identity platforms.

Governance & Assurance

• Act as a key contact for audit, IT risk, and governance teams.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory frameworks (ISO 27001, SAMA, SWIFT CSCF, CIS, NIST).
• Conduct control reviews, compliance assessments, and assurance exercises.
• Document risks, mitigations, and provide SME‑level guidance across engineering and BAU operations.
• Analyse telemetry, logs, alerts, and dashboards to identify gaps and deficiencies.
• Drive continuous improvement in monitoring, incident investigation, and remediation.Provide operational metrics and reporting to stakeholders.
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We'd Love to Hear From You If...

Experience

• You have 8+ years of experience in cyber or information security roles.
• You have strong experience across enterprise cybersecurity domains and operations.
• You have experience collaborating with audit, risk, and compliance stakeholders.

Technical Expertise

• You have strong secondary‑level education in a technical or analytical discipline (A‑level or equivalent).
• You have a qualification in Cyber Security, IT, or Risk Management (advantageous).
• You have strong technical experience in Windows Server and Linux environments.
• You have deep understanding of infrastructure, networking, and operating systems.
• You have hands‑on experience with enterprise cybersecurity tools.
• You have knowledge of regulatory frameworks (ISO 27001, CIS, NIST).
• You have proficiency in troubleshooting integrated systems (AD, DNS, GPO, networked assets).
• You have exposure to scripting/automation (Python, Ansible, PowerShell).
• You have familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) or virtualised environments (VMware) (preferred).
• You have knowledge of ServiceNow ITSM and security frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks or NIST 800‑53 (preferred).

Ways of Working

• You communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical audiences.
• You collaborate across multiple teams and vendors to deliver outcomes.
• You balance operational stability with continuous improvement.
• You act with integrity, resilience, and accountability in fast‑paced environments.

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Who We Are

Thakral One is a consulting and technology services company headquartered in Singapore, with a pan‑Asian presence. We focus primarily around technology‑driven consulting, adoption of value‑added bespoke solutions, enabling enhanced decision support through data analytics, and embracing possibilities in the cloud. We are heavily inclined towards building capabilities collaboratively with clients and believe strongly in improving grounded and practical outcomes.

This approach is possible through our partnership with leading global technology providers and internal R&D teams. Our clients come from Financial Services, Banking, Telco, Government, Healthcare, and Consumer‑oriented organisations.