Security Engineering Manager

SmartStream; India; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Smartstream is seeking a Security Engineering Manager to lead the Centre of Excellence in security engineering. You will set strategy, run the team, and directly handle complex security initiatives, customer audits, and incident escalations across product lines and cloud security across the portfolio.

You will drive Secure SDLC governance, adopt advanced secure engineering practices, and mentor a multi-disciplinary team, while partnering with engineering to embed security into sprint cycles,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in application / product and cloud security, including 4+ years leading AppSec or Security Engineering teams.
• Direct experience running secure SDLC programs for a B2B software vendor selling into regulated financial services.
• Hands‑on familiarity with at least two of the following security frameworks and maturity models: OWASP SAMM, BSIMM, OWASP DSOMM, AWS Security Reference Architecture (AWS SRA), or equivalent cloud security frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of AWS cloud security and cloud vulnerability management, including S3 bucket misconfigurations, IAM risks, and CVE remediation. Working knowledge of DORA, PCI DSS v4.0.1, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, and GDPR and how each translates into engineering controls.
• Proven experience integrating security tooling into CI/CD pipelines at scale, and coaching engineers through threat‑modelling methodologies (STRIDE, PASTA, LINDDUN, or equivalent).
• Practical knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications and OWASP AI Security & Privacy, with hands‑on experience securing GenAI/LLM features against prompt injection, insecure output handling, data poisoning, and excessive agency.
• Understanding of Model Context Protocol (MCP) security - server/client auth, scoped tool permissions, secret handling, tool poisoning, and indirect prompt injections.
• Demonstrated ability to lead financial‑institution customer audit responses and engage with customer security teams and regulators.
• Strong grounding in modern AppSec tooling (SAST, DAST, SCA, ASPM, SBOM, secret‑scanning) and cloud security posture management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting to CISO, engineering leadership, and external auditors.

Responsibilities

• Team leadership and growth across the Centre of Excellence and embedded engineer pods, including hiring, performance, and career development.
• Govern Secure SDLC framework across the product portfolio, including policies, standards, controls, and integration of security requirements in the software development lifecycle.
• Drive adoption of secure engineering practices (SAST, SCA, AI-assisted reviews, LLM scanning) and advance security maturity per OWASP SAMM/BSIMM.
• Sponsor early-stage architectural evaluations and threat-modelling reviews for new features, products, and material design changes to mitigate risks before shipping.
• Oversee the unified vulnerability-operations function (VulnOps), prioritize remediation via ASPM/RBVM, and reduce noise with engineering SLAs.
• Establish and drive software supply chain security strategy, SBOM governance, and third‑party component risk management.
• Serve as technical SME for customer security audits, vendor questionnaires, and regulatory evidence requests.
• Scope and drive third‑party penetration testing engagements and maintain evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, DORA, GDPR.
• Own product-security incident command, remediation, internal triage, and customer communications for CVEs and incidents.
• Run program dashboards (AppSec/cloud posture, burndown, MTTR, pen-test status) and present to CISO, CTO, and leadership.
• Educate engineering, product, and QA teams on secure coding, threat modelling, and sponsor the Security Champions network.
• Own AppSec and product-security toolchain (SAST, DAST, SCA, ASPM/RBVM, SBOM, secret scanning, CSPM).
• Partner with engineering leads to integrate security into sprint planning, release gating, and change management.

Skills

Team leadership

Secure SDLC governance

Threat modelling

VulnOps

Supply chain security

Incident response

Program reporting

Security evangelism

Vendor & tooling ownership

Engineering partnership

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

ASPM/RBVM

SBOM

Secret scanning

CSPM

LLM-assisted code scanning

Job description

The Security Engineering Manager leads day-to-day operations of the Smartstream Security Engineering organisation - a Centre of Excellence team, that closely collaborates with embedded Security Engineers aligned to product lines, and a Security Champions community across engineering and business applications - owning execution of Secure SDLC, AppSec, and product-side cloud security across the product portfolio.

This is a player-manager role: set strategy and run the team but also engage personally with the most complex security initiatives, customer audits, regulatory exchanges, and incident escalations.

• Team leadership. Lead and grow a multi-disciplinary Security Engineering team across the Centre of Excellence and embedded engineer pods. Own hiring, performance, and career development; inspire and actively mentor the team.
• Secure SDLC governanceOwn and govern the Secure SDLC framework across the product portfolio, including security policies, standards, controls, and integration of security requirements throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Drive adoption of secure engineering practices, including SAST, SCA, AI-assisted code reviews, LLM-driven vulnerability scanning, and threat modelling, while advancing security maturity aligned with OWASP SAMM / BSIMM practices.
• Threat modelling & risk assessment. Sponsor early-stage architectural evaluations and threat-modelling reviews for new features, products, and material design changes - identifying and mitigating risks before code ships.
• VulnOps. Oversee the unified vulnerability-operations function - a single risk-scored backlog consolidating findings from SAST, DAST, SCA, container/IaC, secret scanning, CSPM, and pen testing. Drive remediation through ASPM/RBVM-powered prioritisation (exploitability, reachability, business impact), deduplication, automated fixes, and SLA-driven cadence with engineering - reducing noise to engineering and bringing down mean-time-to-remediate.
• Supply chain security. Establish and drive the software supply chain security strategy, including dependency management, SBOM governance, and third-party component risk management. Provide security oversight and remediation guidance while Product teams are responsible for implementing approved actions.
• Customer Security Assurance (Technical SME). Act as the technical security-controls SME for financial-institution customer security audits, vendor risk questionnaires, and contractual evidence requests - covering Secure SDLC, AppSec, VulnOps, threat modelling, pen testing, cloud security, supply-chain security, and incident response.
• External pen testing & regulatory evidence. Scope and drive third‑party (external) penetration testing engagements requested by financial-institution customers. Maintain the technical evidence base for product alignment with SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, DORA, and applicable data-protection laws (e.g., GDPR).
• Incident response. Own product-security incident command - direct remediation, internal triage, and customer communication for product CVEs and security incidents.
• Programme reporting. Run program dashboards for AppSec/cloud posture, finding burndown, SLA breach, MTTR, coverage, and pen-test status. Present to CISO, CTO, engineering leadership, and Board sub-committees.
• Security evangelism & mentorship. Educate engineering, product, and QA teams on secure coding, threat modelling, and secure-by-design. Sponsor and govern the Security Champions network (BSIMM Satellite model).
• Vendor & tooling ownership. Own the AppSec and product-security toolchain across SAST, DAST, SCA, ASPM/RBVM, SBOM, secret scanning, LLM-assisted code scanning, and CSPM.
• Engineering partnership. Partner with engineering leads and business operations; ensure embedded SEs are integrated into sprint planning, release gating, and change management.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years in application / product and cloud security, including 4+ years leading AppSec or Security Engineering teams.
• Direct experience running secure SDLC programs for a B2B software vendor selling into regulated financial services.
• Hands‑on familiarity with at least two of the following security frameworks and maturity models: OWASP SAMM, BSIMM, OWASP DSOMM, AWS Security Reference Architecture (AWS SRA), or equivalent cloud security frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of AWS cloud security and cloud vulnerability management, including S3 bucket misconfigurations, IAM risks, and CVE remediation. Working knowledge of DORA, PCI DSS v4.0.1, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, and GDPR and how each translates into engineering controls.
• Proven experience integrating security tooling into CI/CD pipelines at scale, and coaching engineers through threat‑modelling methodologies (STRIDE, PASTA, LINDDUN, or equivalent).
• Practical knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications and OWASP AI Security & Privacy, with hands‑on experience securing GenAI/LLM features against prompt injection, insecure output handling, data poisoning, and excessive agency.
• Understanding of Model Context Protocol (MCP) security - server/client auth, scoped tool permissions, secret handling, tool poisoning, and indirect prompt injections.
• Demonstrated ability to lead financial‑institution customer audit responses and engage with customer security teams and regulators.
• Strong grounding in modern AppSec tooling (SAST, DAST, SCA, ASPM, SBOM, secret‑scanning) and cloud security posture management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting to CISO, engineering leadership, and external auditors.

Preferred qualifications

• CISSP, CISM, CSSLP, GIAC GSLC, or equivalent.
• Experience operating a Security Champions / BSIMM Satellite model.
• Experience with LLM‑assisted threat modelling and code scanning at scale.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML security frameworks (NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, ISO/IEC 42001, Google SAIF)

Key Skills

AppSec, Secure SDLC, BSIMM, OWASP SAMM, DORA, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, Threat Modelling, SAST, DAST, SCA, ASPM, RBVM, CSPM, SBOM, Vulnerability Management, CI/CD Security, Supply‑Chain Security, AWS Cloud Security, IAM, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Cloud & Container Security, IaC Security, FSI / Financial Services, Incident Response, Team Leadership, Security Champions.

Desired Skills

CISSP, CISM, CSSLP, GIAC GSLC, LLM‑assisted Security, AI Agent Security, Agentic Remediation, BSIMM Satellite Model, Cloud Security Posture Management, GDPR.