Security Architect

Aitek Group; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Aitek Group is seeking a hands-on Security Architect to embed security across the product development lifecycle in Pune, India. You will partner with engineering, product, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to ensure secure customer-facing products, APIs, and services.

You will define security principles, review architectures, conduct threat modelling, and mentor technical teams to embed secure practices. This role requires extensive security leadership and practical expertise across cloud

Qualifications

• 10+ years of cybersecurity, security architecture, or application-security experience.
• Hands-on experience securing customer-facing products.
• Strong knowledge of threat modelling, risk assessment, IAM, cloud security, and secure software development.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain security architecture principles, standards, and reusable secure-design patterns.
• Review application, API, cloud, infrastructure, integration, and distributed-system architectures.
• Conduct threat modelling, security risk assessments, and design reviews.
• Identify attack vectors, vulnerabilities, and control gaps before they become incidents.
• Translate security risks into practical and scalable technical controls.
• Embed secure coding, testing, deployment, and operational practices into the development lifecycle.
• Establish appropriate security requirements and release gates.
• Assess third-party services, emerging technologies, and new integrations.
• Support security reviews, audits, certifications, and compliance activities.
• Provide security guidance, training, and mentorship to technical teams.

Skills

Threat modelling

Cloud security

IAM

Secure SDLC

Security architecture

Communication

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

We are looking for a hands‑on Security Architect to embed security throughout the product‑development lifecycle. This role will work closely with engineering, product, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to ensure customer‑facing products, systems, APIs, and services are designed to withstand security threats.

Key responsibilities:

• Define and maintain security architecture principles, standards, and reusable secure‑design patterns
• Review application, API, cloud, infrastructure, integration, and distributed‑system architectures
• Conduct threat modelling, security risk assessments, and design reviews
• Identify attack vectors, vulnerabilities, and control gaps before they become incidents
• Translate security risks into practical and scalable technical controls
• Embed secure coding, testing, deployment, and operational practices into the development lifecycle
• Establish appropriate security requirements and release gates
• Assess third‑party services, emerging technologies, and new integrations
• Support security reviews, audits, certifications, and compliance activities
• Provide security guidance, training, and mentorship to technical teams

Required skills:

• 10+ years of cybersecurity, security architecture, or application‑security experience
• Hands‑on experience securing customer‑facing products
• Strong knowledge of threat modelling, risk assessment, IAM, cloud security, and secure software development
• Experience designing and reviewing security for applications, APIs, cloud platforms, and infrastructure
• Strong communication and cross‑functional collaboration skills

CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, or equivalent practical experience is preferred.