Technical Specialist-Cybersecurity

Birlasoft; Telangana; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Birlasoft in Hyderabad seeks a Technical Specialist-Cybersecurity to lead vulnerability management and drive remediation across global stakeholders. You will work with scanning tools, coordinate with Infosec teams, and report to senior management on risk and progress.

Strong knowledge of vulnerability management, platforms, and AI-enabled automation is required. Experience in IT security, risk analysis, and familiarity with PCI/ISO is beneficial.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in Vulnerability Management program.
• Must have Functional/Technical Skills.
• Security Certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Working on Vulnerability Management Program focused on identifying, triaging, tracking, and remediating vulnerabilities.
• Coordinate remediation programs with cross-functional global stakeholders till closure.
• Assess, validate, and triage vulnerability reports to ensure proper documentation and addressing.
• Advise stakeholders on vulnerabilities, criticality, impacts, and remediation per security standards.
• Develop remediation reports, briefs, and scorecards addressing risk and progress.
• Provide regular status updates to senior management on remediation efforts and critical vulnerabilities.

Skills

Vulnerability management

AI in vulnerability mgmt

Communication

Remediation coordination

Security standards awareness

Tools

Qualys

Nexus IQ

Fortify

Power BI

Splunk

Job description

Title: Technical Specialist-Cybersecurity

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Location: INDIA - HYDERABAD - BIRLASOFT OFFICE

Description:

Area(s) of responsibility

Job description for Vulnerability Management–Functional/ Technicalskills are as below:

Must have Functional/Technical Skills.

At least 5 years of experience in Vulnerability Management Program.

Excellent communication and coordination skills.

Security Certifications preferred.

Functional Skills:

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Working on Vulnerability Management Program focused on ensuring that vulnerabilities within the organization are quickly identified, triaged, tracked, and appropriately remediated.
• Working with cross-functional, global stakeholders to drive remediation programs and ensure proper remediation of vulnerabilities till closure.
• Working on various vulnerability scanning reports- Assessing, validating, and triaging vulnerabilities- Ensure organizational vulnerabilities are property documented, tracked, and addressed.
• Working closely with internal stakeholders& Infosec teamto address reported vulnerabilities to ensure timely remediation or approved exception and ad-hoc scan.
• Clearly advises stakeholders and technical teams on vulnerabilities, criticality, impacts, and remediation to meet information security standards.
• Develops remediation reports, out briefs, and scorecards addressing risk, vulnerability, and organizational progress.
• Providing regular reports and updates to senior management on the status of the vulnerability management program, including progress on remediation efforts and any critical vulnerabilities requiring immediate attention.
• Working on all other Security, Risk & Compliance issues within the Organization.
• Experience in IT, Cybersecurity, Risk/Vulnerability Analysis or Management, or related fields.
• Strong knowledge of vulnerability management processes, tools, best practices, and vulnerability validation and triaging.
• Experience with industry-standard enterprise vulnerability scanning offerings, such as Qualys, Nexus IQ, Fortify, Key-light, Datamart/Power BI, Splunk etc.
• Vulnerability Management experience within containerization platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.) and major cloud environments (AWS, Azure etc.)- Container vulnerabilities.
• Familiar with security frameworks and standards, such as PCI DSS, NIST, ISO 27001, OWASP Top 10, or Critical Security Controls.
• Good to have Audit experience and working with internal/External auditors (PCI DSS,FRB,OCCetc.)

Technical Skills:

Required skills

• Good to have – Vulnerability Management and AI.
• Knowledge of modern, risk-based vulnerability management practices.
• Experience with Vulnerability automation, dashboards, reporting, and workflow integration using any AI tools.
• Basic understanding of GenAI capabilities and their application in Vulnerability Management for analysis, prioritization, reporting, and automation.
• Hands-on knowledge of AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, or similar tools for scripting, data analysis, and process automation.
• Exposure to AI agents/agentic workflows and how they can be leveraged to automate vulnerability triage, enrichment, remediation tracking, and reporting.
• Basic ability to develop or leverage AI-powered agents/automation, python scripting for cybersecurity or Vulnerability Management use cases is an added advantage.