Cybersecurity Architect

Grid Dynamics; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Professional development opportunities

Well-equipped office

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Grid Dynamics Bangalore seeks an experienced cybersecurity professional to lead prototyping, threat modelling, and security architecture across Web, API, and mobile backends.

You will drive automation, integrate security tools, and collaborate with product teams to turn prototypes into enterprise-wide secure solutions, while staying ahead of threats.

This role requires 12+ years of experience, immediate to 15 days notice, and a strong track record in securing complex platforms.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in cybersecurity and product security.
• Develop proof-of-concept prototypes aligned with security architecture.
• Identify and assess innovative cybersecurity tools and concepts.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity Product Development to transition prototypes into products.
• Monitor emerging cybersecurity trends and practices.
• Build automation to integrate and orchestrate security tools.
• Formulate direction for enterprise-wide programs with impact.
• Plan and oversee multiple projects, products, or functions.
• Stay up to date on new security tools and techniques.
• Conduct security reviews and threat modelling throughout the lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop proof-of-concept prototypes for cybersecurity solutions aligned with security architecture and strategic goals.
• Identify and assess innovative cybersecurity tools and concepts to enhance security architecture.
• Work with Cybersecurity Product Development to transition prototypes into fully operational products.
• Monitor emerging cybersecurity trends, technologies, and practices affecting security posture.
• Automate security tools and processes to enable rapid malware resolution.
• Act as a Product Security Champion driving security architecture and design for Web, API, and Mobile backend applications.
• Engage in requirements definition including threat analysis and alignment with standards.
• Conduct and facilitate security reviews and threat modelling throughout development lifecycle.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modelling

Security reviews

Automation

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Secure coding practices

Cloud security

Web/mobile security

Communication

Tools

IDS

SIEM

Tripwire

Tanium

Netwitness

Netflow

WAF

HSMs

Tokenization

Safenet

Vormetric

Forgerock

Siteminder

Job description

Total Experience - 12+ years

Notice Period - Immediate to 15 days

Location - Bangalore

Essential functions

• Develop proof-of-concept prototypes for promising cybersecurity solutions, ensuring alignment with the organizations existing security architecture and strategic goals.
• Identify and assess innovative cybersecurity tools, companies, and concepts that can enhance the organizations security architecture.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders, including the Cybersecurity Product Development team, to transition prototypes into fully operational products and solutions.
• Continuously monitor and analyze emerging cybersecurity trends, technologies, and practices that have the potential to impact the organizations security posture.
• Build automation to integrate and orchestrate existing security tools to enable rapid resolution of damaging malware infections.
• Independently formulate direction, design, or oversight for the development of major enterprise-wide programs or plans that have a significant impact on organizational success.
• Be responsible for the overall planning, direction, and oversight of multiple projects, products, services, or functions.
• Stay up to date on new security tools and techniques in the information security space.
• Conduct proof-of-concept activities with key business users in support of advanced use cases.
• Automate security tools and processes, ensuring innovation and advancement strategies that keep pace in areas such as access control, defense-in-depth, secure transaction processing, and secure coding practices for web and mobile applications.
• Act as a Product Security Champion by driving Security Architecture and Design, implementation, and optimization for Web, API, and Mobile backend applications across the organization.
• Engage in the initial requirements definition, including analysis of threats and risks and alignment with organizational security, Engineering, IT, and Architecture standards.
• Conduct and facilitate security reviews and threat modelling, including deep design reviews throughout the development lifecycle.

Qualifications

Youll be working on enabling/building security on various platforms and technologies which protect the applications from attacks like:

• Payment processing platforms, Payment Wallet solutions, Consumer facing applications, COTS products deployed in house, public clouds, Issuer/Acquirer facing platforms and applications, white labelled solutions for partners.
• zTPF, zOS, MVS, Linux, Windows, VMWare, Openstack, SDN, Public cloud like AWS, Google
• Cybersecurity tools like IDS, SIEM, Tripwire, Tanium, Netwitness, Netflow, WAF
• HSMs, Tokenization systems, data encryption solutions from Safenet, Vormetric etc
• Web technologies like HTTP, SOAP, REST services, AJAX
• Databases like Oracle, MS SQL, Couchbase, Cassandra, Riak, Aerospike
• Programming languages like Java, C, C++, .Net, Javascript, GoLang, ErLang, Cobol etc
• Caching services like Kafka, Coherence, MQ
• Big-data like Hadoop
• Web Access Management solutions like Forgerock, Siteminder, Custom/in-house Security Frameworks

We offer

• Opportunity to work on bleeding-edge projects
• Work with a highly motivated and dedicated team
• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Benefits package - medical insurance, sports
• Corporate social events
• Professional development opportunities
• Well-equipped office