Security Engineer – Vulnerability Management

AtkinsRéalis; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Privilege Leave

Emergency Leave

Public holidays

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Career Progression

Job summary

Linxon is seeking a hands‑on Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing professional to perform security assessments across Web, API, mobile apps, networks, and cloud environments. You will validate findings, quantify business impact, and deliver remediation guidance.

You will work with cross‑functional teams, produce detailed reports, and contribute to Red/Purple Team activities as needed, in a challenging security-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, or related field.
• 2-4 years of hands‑on experience in manual and automated Vulnerability Assessment or Penetration Testing engagements
• Understanding of various security & compliance standards (ISO 27001, OWASP, NIST, GDPR)
• Experience in performing VAPT in Cloud infrastructure, Applications, API environments
• Strong knowledge of security assessment tools
• Knowledge of various offensive security models (Red Team, BAS)
• Any security or tool certification is a plus

Responsibilities

• Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT), security assessment on Web & Mobile Applications, API, Network, Cloud Infrastructure
• Perform manual and automated security testing
• Validate vulnerabilities and analyze vulnerabilities and business impact
• Execute security assessments aligned with industry standards (OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, API Security Standards)
• Prepare detailed technical and executive reports
• Work closely with cross functional teams to support remediation activities
• Conduct security reviews and configuration assessments
• Support Red Team, Purple Team operation activities when required

Skills

Vulnerability assessment

Penetration testing

Security testing

Python

Shell scripting

Cloud security

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Security

Tools

Burp Suite Pro

Acunetix

Nmap

Nessus

Qualysguard

Kali Linux

Job description

Join Us!

We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!

What will you do?

We are seeking skilled and hands‑on experience in Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing. Experience in identifying, assessing, and validating security vulnerabilities across Web application, API, mobile application, networks, cloud environments and operating systems. The candidate will perform security assessments, penetration testing and provide remediation guidance. This role will play a critical part of performing VA PT assessments across the cloud infrastructure and business critical applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT), security assessment on Web & Mobile Applications, API, Network, Cloud Infrastructure
• Perform manual and automated security testing
• Validate vulnerabilities and analyze vulnerabilities and business impact
• Execute security assessments aligned with various industry standards such as OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, API Security Standards
• Prepare detailed technical and executive reports
• Work closely with cross functional teams to support remediation activities
• Conduct security reviews and configuration assessments
• Support Red Team, Purple Team operation activities when required
• Hands‑on experience in security assessment tools Burp Suite Pro, Acunetix, Nmap, Nessus, Qualysguard, Kali Linux
• Good understanding of Attack vectors, Authentication & Authorization techniques, Encryption standards, Cloud security components
• Familiar with scripting languages Python, Shell Scripting

Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, or related field.
• 2-4 years of hands‑on experience in manual and automated Vulnerability Assessment or Penetration Testing engagements
• Understanding of various security & compliance standards (ISO 27001, OWASP, NIST, GDPR)
• Experience in performing VAPT in Cloud infrastructure, Applications, API environments
• Strong knowledge of security assessment tools
• Knowledge of various offensive security models (Red Team, BAS)
• Any security or tool certification is a plus

What We Offer

In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and benefits,

• 20 days Privilege Leave, 13 days Emergency leave and 14 Public holidays per year.
• Medical Insurance, Life Insurance and Career Progression
• When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon - we encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you'll see things our way, too.

About Linxon

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity. Linxon's vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world‑class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects. As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation. In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you. To know more about Linxon please click on the link below. Join the future with Linxon GETS Chennai, India