Senior Security Operation Engineer

Kissht; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Kissht, based in Mumbai, is seeking a security engineering professional to own the SOC tooling stack, lead monitoring and incident response across endpoints, cloud and network. This high-intensity role requires hands-on tooling experience and the ability to drive IR playbooks and run investigations end-to-end.

You will install and manage EDR, MDM, DLP, CSPM, SIEM and WAF, run evaluations, tune detections, automate triage with Claude Code, and support audits as Kissht scales its fintech platform.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in SOC / incident response / security engineering.
• Hands-on admin experience with EDR, MDM and SIEM.
• Solid networking fundamentals (OSI layers).
• Claude Code / automation experience; ready to demo a built tool.
• One of CompTIA Security+, CEH, BGTL1 or CCNA.

Responsibilities

• Own the security tooling stack end to end and lead SOC monitoring and incident response across endpoints, cloud and network.
• Install, configure and manage security tools: EDR, MDM, DLP, CSPM, SIEM, WAF.
• Run POCs, evaluations and rollouts of new security tools.
• Integrate tools with the SIEM; tune policies and detections to cut noise.
• Monitor alerts, then triage and investigate incidents; lead containment and RCA reporting.
• Automate triage, enrichment and reporting using Claude Code.
• Support audits and other InfoSec work as needed.

Skills

SOC/IR experience

EDR admin

MDM admin

SIEM admin

Networking fundamentals

Claude Code/automation

Security certifications (CompTIA/CEH/1

Tools

EDR

MDM

SIEM

Job description

Own the security tooling stack end to end and lead SOC monitoring and incident response. This is a high-intensity role that works across the full InfoSec function, not just tooling.

What You'll Do:

• Install, configure and manage security tools: EDR, MDM, DLP, CSPM, SIEM, WAF
• Run POCs, evaluations and rollouts of new security tools
• Integrate tools with the SIEM; tune policies and detections to cut noise
• Monitor alerts, then triage and investigate incidents across endpoints, cloud and network
• Lead incident response: containment, log analysis, forensics and RCA reporting
• Support fraud investigations involving partner integrations and APIs
• Maintain IR playbooks and run tabletop exercises
• Automate triage, enrichment and reporting using Claude Code
• Support audits and other InfoSec work as needed

What We're Looking For:

• 4+ years in SOC / incident response / security engineering
• Hands-on admin experience with EDR, MDM and SIEM
• Solid networking fundamentals (OSI Layers)
• Hands-on Claude Code / Claude automation experience (be ready to demo something you built)
• Any one of: CompTIA Security+, CEH, BTL1 or CCNA

About Kissht

Kissht is India's leading listed fintech companies, offering fast, personalized digital credit through its mobile app to customers across the country. Founded in 2016 by IIT/IIM alumni Ranvir Singh and Krishnan Vishwanathan, both former McKinsey consultants, Kissht was listed on the NSE and BSE in May 2026.

Kissht serves 74.6 million registered users and 12.25 million customers, with assets under management (AUM) of approximately ₹8,000 crore. Its growth is powered by proprietary AI/ML-based underwriting, a robust in-house technology stack, and a pan-India collections network.

Headquartered in Mumbai and backed by marquee investors, including the Brunei Investment Authority, Vertex Growth Fund, and the Government of Singapore, Kissht is now scaling as a public company and is looking for driven, entrepreneurial talent to join its next phase of growth.