Senior Security Consultant - Cloud & AI Security

Network Intelligence India; Pune District, Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Intelligence India is seeking a seasoned Senior Security Consultant for Cloud & AI Security to lead client engagements and provide senior consulting and technical leadership across our cybersecurity practices.

The ideal candidate will combine deep cloud and AI security expertise with strong stakeholder management, the ability to mentor teams, review critical deliverables, and contribute to pre‑sales and business development.

Qualifications

• Strong and demonstrable knowledge of Cybersecurity with a focus on Cloud Security and AI Security.
• Experience in governance, risk and compliance (GRC).
• 10–15 years of relevant experience in Cybersecurity or Cybersecurity Consulting.
• Minimum 3–5 years in leadership or senior engagement roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex consulting engagements from inception to delivery.
• Provide technical direction to teams across multiple engagements and review critical deliverables.
• Manage client stakeholders and conduct executive presentations.
• Support pre-sales and business development with proposals and workshops.
• Mentor consultants and develop the team while improving delivery methodologies.

Skills

Cloud Security

AI Security

GRC & Compliance

Stakeholder Management

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for a seasoned Senior Security Consultant Cloud & AI Security to provide senior consulting and technical leadership across our cybersecurity practices.

The person will be expected to operate as a senior subject-matter expert for Cloud & AI security — leading complex client engagements, providing direction to consulting teams, reviewing critical deliverables, resolving escalations, developing people, supporting business development and ensuring consistently high‑quality outcomes for clients.

The ideal candidate should have strong experience in cybersecurity consulting, excellent stakeholder management skills and the maturity to operate with both technical depth (in at least 2 cloud environments) and business understanding.

Key Responsibilities

1. Practice & Delivery Leadership

• Lead complex consulting and advisory engagements from inception through delivery.
• Provide technical and consulting directions to teams across multiple engagements.
• Review and provide quality assurance for critical client deliverables, assessments, reports and recommendations.
• Ensure projects are delivered within agreed scope, timelines, quality and commercial commitments.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex delivery, technical and client issues.
• Establish and continuously improve delivery methodologies, assessment approaches and delivery standards.
• Maintain overall visibility of project portfolio, delivery risks, resource requirements and priorities.
• Mentor and develop consultants and senior consultants, strengthening the technical and consulting capabilities of the team
• Compliance, risk management, assurance & audit, privacy, HITRUST, SOC audit and payment security, making broad cybersecurityexposure particularly relevant for this position

2. Practice Growth & Innovation

• Identify opportunities to improve delivery through technology, automation and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Drive adoption of automation and continuous compliance practices.
• Keep the practice aligned with evolving cybersecurity regulations, frameworks and industry expectations.
• Identify emerging services and capabilities that can strengthen Network Intelligence's market proposition.
• Work closely with other cybersecurity practices to develop integrated cybersecurity solutions.
• Understand how emerging technologies, particularly cloud adoption and AI, are changing cybersecurity risk, governance and compliance requirements.
• Contribute to the development of new services, methodologies, frameworks and consulting accelerators.

3. Client & Executive Stakeholder Management

• Establish and maintain trusted relationships with client stakeholders.
• Lead discussions with CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, Risk Heads, Compliance Heads, Internal Audit, Information Security and senior management.
• Lead client workshops, risk discussions, assessment meetings and executive presentations.
• Understand the client's business and technology environment and translate cybersecurity requirements into practical and business‑aligned recommendations.
• Provide advisory considering risks arising from cloud environments, AI adoption and other emerging technologies.
• Handle difficult client conversations and escalations with maturity and professionalism.

4. Pre-Sales & Business Development

• Partner with Sales on opportunities, client discovery and solution discussions.
• Provide technical and consulting inputs for proposals, RFP/RFQ responses, Statements of Work and project estimations.
• Lead technical presentations, workshops and solution discussions with prospective clients.
• Identify opportunities for account expansion and development of new cybersecurity services.
• Contribute to the development of new offerings and consulting capabilities.

Mandatory Knowledge & Technical Exposure

The candidate must have strong and demonstrable knowledge of Cybersecurityand should also possess an excellent working understanding of:

• Cloud Security– cloud security principles, risks, governance, controls, shared responsibility models and compliance considerations across cloud environments.
• AI Security– key security and governance risks associated with AI/ML, AI adoption, data protection, model risks and emerging AI regulatory requirements.
• The ability to evaluate Cloud and AI-related risks from a GRC, governance, risk and compliance perspective.

Cloud Security and AI Security knowledge is mandatory for this role.

Preferred Certifications

CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor / Lead Implementer, ISO 22301, PCI DSS, HITRUST, CCSP, AZ500/SC500, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or other relevant cybersecurity / GRC certifications would be an advantage.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 10–15 years of relevant experience in Cybersecurity , Information Security, Risk, Compliance, Audit or Cybersecurity Consulting.
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in a team leadership, practice leadership or senior engagement leadership role.
• Demonstrable understanding of Cloud Security and AI Security.
• Strong experience managing multiple client engagements simultaneously.
• Proven experience managing and mentoring consulting teams.
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder management experience.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity governance, risk management and compliance.
• Excellent report‑writing and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and decision‑making capabilities.
• Ability to independently manage priorities, escalations and complex client situations

Preferred candidate profile