Senior Information Security Analyst

Mongodb Software India Private Limited; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

MongoDB is seeking a Senior InfoSec Analyst to join our Computer Security Incident Response Team in Gurugram for a hybrid role. You will lead investigations from triage to postmortem, analyze logs and cloud data, and mentor junior analysts while coordinating with Engineering, IT, Legal, and Privacy to reduce risk.

The role requires 5+ years in security operations, strong SIEM/EDR experience, and knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security operations, incident response, detection engineering, or related field.
• Hands-on experience leading incidents end to end with clear stakeholder communication.
• Strong log analysis skills in a SIEM and fluency with EDR tools.
• Cloud security knowledge across AWS, GCP, or Azure, IAM, and SaaS security.
• Solid understanding of attacker techniques and MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Ability to prioritize and make sound decisions under ambiguity and time pressure.
• Strong written communication for incident reports and executive summaries.
• Nice to have experience integrating LLM or AI tooling into security workflows or assessing AI-related risk.
• Familiarity with incident management platforms and Jira-based workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead investigations from triage through containment, scoping, remediation, and postmortem for security events.
• Analyze logs, endpoint telemetry, and cloud/SaaS audit data to distinguish true positives from false positives.
• Investigate credential and secret exposure, endpoint detections, phishing, and policy violations.
• Automate repetitive response work using scripting and APIs, including enrichment and ticketing.
• Maintain runbooks, playbooks, and severity/escalation standards.
• Contribute to employee-facing security guidance and awareness.
• Mentor junior analysts and raise team investigative and communication standards.

Skills

Leadership

Log analysis

Cloud security

MITRE ATT&CK

Stakeholder communication

Decision making under ambiguity

Mentoring

AI tooling integration

Jira workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Certifications: GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, CISSP

Tools

SIEM

EDR tools

Jira

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Senior InfoSec Analyst

About the Role MongoDB is looking for a Senior InfoSec Analyst to join our Computer Security Incident Response Team. You will detect, investigate, and respond to security events across our corporate and cloud environments. You'll act as a technical lead on incidents, mentor analysts, and work with Engineering, IT, Legal, and Privacy teams to reduce risk. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurugram for our hybrid working model.

What You'll Do

• Lead investigations from triage through containment, scoping, remediation, and postmortem for security events
• Analyze logs, endpoint telemetry, and cloud and SaaS audit data to distinguish true positives from false positives and reconstruct attacker or user activity timelines
• Investigate credential and secret exposure, endpoint detections, phishing, data exposure, and policy violations such as unauthorized tool or AI usage
• Automate repetitive response work using scripting and APIs, including enrichment, ticketing, and notification workflows
• Maintain runbooks, playbooks, and severity and escalation standards
• Contribute to employee-facing security guidance and awareness
• Mentor junior analysts and help raise the team's investigative and communication standards

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years in security operations, incident response, detection engineering, or a related field
• Hands-on experience leading incidents end to end, including clear stakeholder communication during and after an event
• Strong log analysis skills in a SIEM and fluency with EDR tools
• Working knowledge of cloud security (AWS, GCP, or Azure), identity and access management, and SaaS security
• Solid understanding of attacker techniques and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
• Ability to prioritize and make sound decisions under ambiguity and time pressure
• Strong written communication, including incident reports and executive-ready summaries
• Nice to Have Experience integrating LLM or AI tooling into security workflows, or assessing AI-related risk
• Familiarity with incident management platforms and Jira-based workflows
• Relevant certifications (GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, CISSP, or similar)
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

About MongoDB

MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including AI-native startups and approximately 75% of the Fortune 100, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software. Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB. To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy , we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB , and help us make an impact on the world!

MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer.

Requisition ID 3273576036 Experience Level Senior Level