Architect - Cybersecurity, Product Security

JioStar; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

JioStar is seeking a Director – Cybersecurity to lead, mentor, and develop engineers in securing infrastructure for streaming and social gaming. In this pivotal role, you will champion security practices, advocate for automation, and enhance threat detection through innovative technologies.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, with a minimum of 8+ years of experience in securing large scalable systems. Join us to make a significant impact in a diverse and inclusive work environment!

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in securing large scalable systems.
• Extensive knowledge in security risks for cloud-based applications.
• Experience working with a fully distributed, remote team.

Responsibilities

• Champion security culture across the organization.
• Enhance threat detection using AI/ML techniques.
• Manage internal efforts to successfully end security incidents.
• Build tooling to automate security operations.

Skills

Security risks and mitigations

Securing AWS infrastructure

High-performance system design

Container and Kubernetes security

Security engineering

Application security

Penetration testing

Threat modeling

Strong communication skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Job Summary

As a Director – Cybersecurity you will lead, mentor, and develop engineers who are part of our Security team. The Security team helps secure the infrastructure that runs the Hotstar business, including streaming, live broadcast, and social gaming. In this role you will develop software tools that operate reliably at scale and extend operational excellence around securely operating a large cloud infrastructure. We need a passionate hacker who finds potential weaknesses and crafts creative solutions to eliminate them. The pace of our growth is incredible – if you want to tackle hard and interesting problems at scale and create an impact within an entrepreneurial environment, join us!

Key Responsibilities

• Champion security: educate and train people at all levels of the business to advocate for a security‑conscious culture
• Advocate for policy‑as‑code, security, and automation
• Leverage AI/ML techniques to enhance threat detection, anomaly identification, and automated security operations
• Grow our security tech stack: maintain existing tooling and evaluate, roll out, and adopt emerging technologies that improve our security posture
• Promote security by design: work closely with engineering teams to embed security considerations, including vulnerability management, in the design, development, and maintenance of products and features
• Manage internal efforts to successfully end security incidents
• Build and design tooling to automate security operations without compromising our posture
• Define and refine measurements of security risk
• Advocate and support engineering teams in developing secure platform tooling and services
• Mentor team members to uplevel technical and interpersonal security skills
• Exert technical influence over information security team members, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing deep knowledge and experience

Skills & Attributes For Success

• Extensive knowledge of security risks and mitigations through process and technology, especially for cloud‑based applications and infrastructure
• Experience with securing AWS infrastructure managed and provisioned using IaC
• Architect, design, develop, and operationalize high‑performance, scalable, reliable, and resilient services
• Experience working with and securing containers and Kubernetes
• Robust knowledge of security engineering and application security
• Strong understanding of web or mobile application security
• Penetration testing, threat modeling, and architecture review experience
• Strong communication skills to translate security requirements into business objectives and to effectively convey security considerations to both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Confidence to engage with peers, both internally and with prospects/customers, to understand their information security concerns
• Experience working with a fully distributed, remote team
• Excellent problem‑solving abilities
• Sound business judgment, proven ability to influence others, and strong analytical thinking skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to have fun!

Preferred Education & Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field with a minimum of 8+ years of experience in securing large scalable systems.

About Us

Perched firmly at the nucleus of spellbinding content and innovative technology, JioStar is a leading global media & entertainment company that reimagines the way audiences consume entertainment and sports. Its television network and streaming service together reach more than 750 million viewers every week, igniting the dreams and aspirations of millions of people across geographies.

JioStar is an equal opportunity employer. The company values diversity and its mission is to create a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. The company ensures that the work environment is free from any discrimination against persons with disabilities, gender, gender identity, and any other characteristics or status that is legally protected.

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