Senior Security Engineer — Cloud & IAM Leader (India)

Amtech Software; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Vista Equity Partners is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to design and operate enterprise security controls across cloud, on-prem, and SaaS. This role balances hands-on engineering with technical leadership to strengthen identity, data protection, and threat detection.

You will partner with Infrastructure, Cloud, Application, and Compliance teams to reduce risk, implement automation, and drive compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or related discipline.
• 8–12 years of security engineering/infrastructure security experience.
• 5+ years securing AWS environments (hands-on).
• Hands-on control implementation over policy-only work.
• Strong cloud security architecture knowledge (IAM, encryption, logging).
• Experience with SIEM, EDR, vulnerability scanners, CSPM tools.
• Terraform / IaC experience.
• Understanding of attack techniques and defenses.
• Experience with SOC 2 / ISO 27001 compliance.
• Strong incident response and root cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design security architecture across AWS, on prem, and SaaS platforms.
• Maintain IAM, SSO, MFA, RBAC, and least privilege controls.
• Lead SIEM/EDR, vulnerability management, and cloud security tooling.
• Develop and automate security controls using scripting and IaC.
• Drive secure configuration standards for cloud workloads and enterprise systems.
• Oversee vulnerability remediation and risk prioritization processes.
• Lead security monitoring and incident response investigations.
• Define logging, telemetry, and detection engineering standards.
• Conduct threat modelling and architecture risk assessments.
• Support SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST aligned control implementation.
• Mentor security engineers and promote secure engineering practices.
• Evaluate emerging security technologies and adoption.

Skills

Hands-on AWS security

IAM, MFA, RBAC

Security tooling (SIEM, EDR)

Vulnerability management

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Threat modelling

SOC 2 / ISO 27001

Incident response

Security automation

Cross-functional influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Security

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Vista Equity Partners is seeking a Lead Security Engineer to design and operate enterprise security controls across cloud, on-prem, and SaaS. This role balances hands-on engineering with technical leadership to strengthen identity, data protection, and threat detection.

You will partner with Infrastructure, Cloud, Application, and Compliance teams to reduce risk, implement automation, and drive compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST standards.