Lead - Information Security and GRC

ABC - Aditya Birla Housing Finance Limited; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ABC - Aditya Birla Housing Finance Limited in Maharashtra, India, seeks an senior Information Security leader to own the enterprise governance, risk management and policy program, aligned to ISO 27001:2022, NIST CSF and DPDP Act. You will report on security posture and drive improvements with key stakeholders.

The scope includes security assessment, application and cloud security, vulnerability management, SIEM and incident management, audits, business continuity and third‑party risk.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate the Enterprise Information Security Governance & IT Risk Management program aligned to ISO 27001:2022, NIST CSF and DPDP Act.
• Develop, review and renew policies, standards and SOPs; maintain the policy renewal tracker and secure stakeholder/management approvals.
• Evaluate the organization’s security posture periodically and report to stakeholders.
• Conduct InfoSec assessments for new/existing projects and applications on a Secure-by-Design basis — review architecture, data flows and controls, and perform threat modelling.
• Assess controls, identify gaps, provide residual-risk assessments and track risk-treatment actions.
• Validate implementation (controls, VAPT, secure code review, logging/monitoring) and provide initial and final production sign-offs.
• Govern application & API security — assess against InfoSec/AppSec checklists, oversee VA, PT and secure code reviews, and drive DevSecOps integration and application-layer attack mitigation.
• Maintain MBSS / Secure Configuration Documents (SCD); oversee configuration VA and compliance reviews.
• Maintain infrastructure security baselines, assess assets periodically, track and close observations with stakeholders.
• Lead the Enterprise Vulnerability Management program across applications, infrastructure and configurations.
• Prioritise vulnerabilities by severity, business impact and exploitability; manage exceptions and track risk-treatment actions.
• Monitor remediation progress and ensure timely closure and reporting.
• Implement and oversee cloud security best practices across AWS & Azure — IAM, encryption, network security and logging.
• Conduct cloud security, gap and compliance assessments for IaaS/PaaS/SaaS and remediate misconfigurations.
• Monitor and manage CNAPP tooling (CSPM, CIEM, CWPP) for continuous cloud posture management.
• Govern SIEM/SOC monitoring — asset onboarding, monthly reconciliation, use-case/detection enhancement and alert triage & closure.
• Oversee operational management of security tools (SIEM, EDR, DLP, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Own incident management — detection, RCA, mitigation, monthly incident reporting and a learning matrix driving preventive controls.
• Manage internal, statutory, regulatory and certification audits — coordinate evidence, provide management responses/remediation plans and track observations to closure.
• Address queries from Compliance, Internal/External Audit and Regulators; implement policy/process updates for regulatory changes.
• Participate in CAB and assess the security implications of planned and emergency changes.
• Maintain the annual DR drill calendar and secure committee approvals; govern DR drills for critical applications/infrastructure.
• Validate RTO/RPO achievement, close DR observations and maintain DR documentation for audit/regulatory purposes (BIA, BCRA, FRP, IT DR drills).
• Drive Vendor Risk Assessment (VRA) and TPRM — maintain vendor inventory & criticality and the annual review calendar.
• Ensure timely completion of vendor assessments, review risk ratings and track closure of identified risks.
• Run monthly awareness campaigns, annual training and phishing simulations with targeted remediation; execute annual CCMP tabletop / IR simulations.
• Prepare and present ITSC, IT Strategy Committee, RMC and Board reporting — InfoSec metrics, risk dashboards, KPI/KRI, compliance and audit status, and incident summaries; track decisions and action closure.

Job description

Job Description

Key Result Areas

Key results expected from the job and the supporting actions for each key result area.

Supporting Actions

ISMS & Security Governance

• Own and operate the Enterprise Information Security Governance & IT Risk Management program aligned to ISO 27001:2022, NIST CSF and DPDP Act.
• Develop, review and renew policies, standards and SOPs; maintain the policy renewal tracker and secure stakeholder/management approvals.
• Evaluate the organization’s security posture periodically and report to stakeholders.

Security Assessment & Technology Due Diligence

• Conduct InfoSec assessments for new/existing projects and applications on a Secure-by-Design basis — review architecture, data flows and controls, and perform threat modelling.
• Assess controls, identify gaps, provide residual-risk assessments and track risk-treatment actions.
• Validate implementation (controls, VAPT, secure code review, logging/monitoring) and provide initial and final production sign-offs.

Application, API & Infrastructure Security

• Govern application & API security — assess against InfoSec/AppSec checklists, oversee VA, PT and secure code reviews, and drive DevSecOps integration and application-layer attack mitigation.
• Maintain MBSS / Secure Configuration Documents (SCD); oversee configuration VA and compliance reviews.
• Maintain infrastructure security baselines, assess assets periodically, track and close observations with stakeholders.

Enterprise Vulnerability Management

• Lead the Enterprise Vulnerability Management program across applications, infrastructure and configurations.
• Prioritise vulnerabilities by severity, business impact and exploitability; manage exceptions and track risk-treatment actions.
• Monitor remediation progress and ensure timely closure and reporting.

Cloud Security Governance

• Implement and oversee cloud security best practices across AWS & Azure — IAM, encryption, network security and logging.
• Conduct cloud security, gap and compliance assessments for IaaS/PaaS/SaaS and remediate misconfigurations.
• Monitor and manage CNAPP tooling (CSPM, CIEM, CWPP) for continuous cloud posture management.

Security Operations, SIEM & Incident Management

• Govern SIEM/SOC monitoring — asset onboarding, monthly reconciliation, use-case/detection enhancement and alert triage & closure.
• Oversee operational management of security tools (SIEM, EDR, DLP, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Own incident management — detection, RCA, mitigation, monthly incident reporting and a learning matrix driving preventive controls.

Audit, Compliance & Regulatory Management

• Manage internal, statutory, regulatory and certification audits — coordinate evidence, provide management responses/remediation plans and track observations to closure.
• Address queries from Compliance, Internal/External Audit and Regulators; implement policy/process updates for regulatory changes.
• Participate in CAB and assess the security implications of planned and emergency changes.

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

• Maintain the annual DR drill calendar and secure committee approvals; govern DR drills for critical applications/infrastructure.
• Validate RTO/RPO achievement, close DR observations and maintain DR documentation for audit/regulatory purposes (BIA, BCRA, FRP, IT DR drills).

Third-Party Risk & Vendor Governance

• Drive Vendor Risk Assessment (VRA) and TPRM — maintain vendor inventory & criticality and the annual review calendar.
• Ensure timely completion of vendor assessments, review risk ratings and track closure of identified risks.

Awareness, Resilience & Executive Reporting

• Run monthly awareness campaigns, annual training and phishing simulations with targeted remediation; execute annual CCMP tabletop / IR simulations.
• Prepare and present ITSC, IT Strategy Committee, RMC and Board reporting — InfoSec metrics, risk dashboards, KPI/KRI, compliance and audit status, and incident summaries; track decisions and action closure.