Sr. Security Engineer

Advance Auto Parts India (India Innovation Center); Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Advance Auto Parts India (India Innovation Center) seeks a Security Engineer III to protect information systems and manage a portfolio of security platforms in Hyderabad. You will ensure access controls, monitor threats, and coordinate with user communities on security requirements.

Responsibilities include platform lifecycle management (EDR/XDR, SIEM/SOAR, CSPM/CWPP, NGFW/SASE, PAM/IAM), IAM integrations, incident response support, and thorough documentation. 8+ years in cybersecurity preferred.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cybersecurity engineering, security operations, or platform administration.
• Experience managing multiple enterprise security platforms in production with hands-on ownership.
• Strong generalist foundation across endpoints, networks, cloud security, SIEM, vulnerability management, and identity.
• Solid IAM experience configuring SSO, MFA, federation, PAM, and lifecycle automation.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting.
• Knowledge of cloud IAM concepts (AWS IAM, Azure RBAC/Entra, GCP IAM) and protocols (SAML, OIDC/OAuth2, SCIM).
• Experience troubleshooting complex, multi-tool environments with log analysis, API debugging, and integration issues.

Responsibilities

• Own platform management lifecycle for security platforms (EDR/XDR, SIEM/SOAR, CSPM/CWPP, NGFW/SASE, PAM/IAM).
• Perform daily operational hygiene: tuning, alerts, log validation, capacity planning, troubleshooting.
• Implement secure IAM integrations and controls across platforms (SSO federation, MFA, RBAC/ABAC, SCIM).
• Troubleshoot platform incidents (authentication failures, data ingestion issues, API outages).
• Monitor trends and recommend rationalization to reduce tool sprawl while maintaining coverage.
• Maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, IAM policy standards, and operational procedures.
• Support incident response when platform or IAM issues impact detection/response.

Skills

Automation scripting

IAM experience

Log analysis

API debugging

Cloud IAM concepts

SSO / MFA

Multi-tool environments

Tools

EDR/XDR

SIEM/SOAR

NGFW/SASE

PAM/IAM

CSPM/CWPP

Job description

Job Description

The Security Engineer III will, under general direction perform all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction. Interfaces with user community to understand their security needs and implements procedures to accommodate them. Ensures that user community understands and adheres to necessary procedures to maintain security. May require familiarity with domain structures, user authentication, and digital signatures. Conducts accurate evaluation of the level of security required. May require understanding of firewall theory and configuration. Must be able to weigh business needs against security concerns and articulate issues to management.

Title : Sr Security EngineeLocation : Hyderabad, India

Key Responsibilities

• Own platform management lifecycle for a portfolio of security platforms (e.g., EDR/XDR, SIEM/SOAR, CSPM/CWPP, NGFW/SASE, PAM/IAM, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and more) — including health monitoring, patching, upgrades, scaling, backup/recovery, and decommissioning
• Perform daily/weekly operational hygiene: configuration tuning, alert rule optimization, log source validation, false-positive reduction, capacity planning, and performance troubleshooting across heterogeneous environments (on-prem, multi-cloud, SaaS)
• Implement secure IAM integrations and controls across platforms including SSO federation (SAML/OIDC), MFA enforcement, RBAC/ABAC policies, just-in-time/elevated access, SCIM provisioning, and identity governance workflows
• Troubleshoot and resolve platform-level incidents (e.g., authentication failures, data ingestion issues, API outages, privilege escalation paths)
• Monitor emerging trends in platform consolidation, and IAM (e.g., password less, decentralized identity) recommend rationalization or enhancements to reduce tool sprawl while maintaining coverage
• Maintain comprehensive documentation: architecture diagrams, runbooks, integration maps, IAM policy standards, and operational procedures for the platform ecosystem
• Support incident response when platform or IAM-related issues impact detection/response capabilities

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years in cybersecurity engineering, security operations, or platform administration roles
• Proven experience managing and supporting multiple enterprise security platforms in production with deep operational ownership (not just deployment)
• Strong generalist foundation across security domains: endpoint (EDR/XDR), network (NGFW/SASE), cloud security (CSPM/CWPP), SIEM/SOAR, vulnerability management, and identity
• Solid hands-on IAM experience — configuring/administering at least one major provider including SSO, MFA, federation, PAM, and access lifecycle automation
• Proficiency in automation/scripting
• Knowledge of cloud IAM concepts (AWS IAM, Azure RBAC/Entra, GCP IAM) and protocols (SAML, OIDC/OAuth2, SCIM)
• Experience troubleshooting complex, multi-tool environments with log analysis, API debugging, and integration issues

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.