Senior InfoSec Analyst

MongoDB Inc.; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

MongoDB Inc. is seeking a Senior InfoSec Analyst to join our Computer Security Incident Response Team in Gurugram. You will detect, investigate, and respond to security events across our corporate and cloud environments, acting as a technical lead on incidents and mentoring colleagues.

You will analyze logs and cloud data, investigate credential exposure, and automate response work. Strong communication skills for executive summaries are essential, with a focus on reducing risk in a hybrid work

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security operations, incident response, detection engineering, or a 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.
• Working knowledge of cloud security (AWS, GCP, or Azure), IAM, 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.

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 and reconstruct attacker/user activity timelines.
• Investigate credential and secret exposure, endpoint detections, phishing, data exposure, and policy violations.
• Automate repetitive response work using scripting and APIs, including enrichment, ticketing, and notification workflows.
• Maintain runbooks, playbooks, and severity/escalation standards.
• Contribute to employee-facing security guidance and awareness.
• Mentor junior analysts and raise the team's investigative and communication standards.

Skills

Log analysis

Incident response leadership

Cloud security

MITRE ATT&CK

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SIEM

EDR

AWS

GCP

Azure

Jira

Job description

About the Role

the company 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 the company

the company 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. the company'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, the company 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 the company for their most important applications, we're powering the next era of software.

Our compass at the company is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It's what makes us the company.

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 the company, and help us make an impact on the world!

the company 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.

the company is an equal opportunities employer.