Chief Security Architect

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Chief Security Architect to join our team and lead end-to-end security audits and compliance initiatives across applications, infrastructure, and organizational processes.

This role ensures our systems, applications, and business operations are secure, compliant, and aligned with both internal policies and regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate will have 5-7 years of experience working with audit/compliance, application security assessments, AWS cloud security preferably BFSI domain.

Main Responsibilities:

• Conducting technical assessments
• Analysing and completing detailed cloud infrastructure security and compliance questionnaires
• Assisting in mapping customer security and regulatory requirements to internal controls
• Maintaining documentation and templates for commonly requested BFSI assessment artifacts
• Managing and completing security questionnaires from clients, vendors, and partners
• Evaluating vendor security and compliance by reviewing their responses and supporting documentation
• Identifying security risks within the company's IT infrastructure, applications and services
• Assessing potential risks posed by vendors or partners during onboarding
• Ensuring compliance with security standards such as ISO 27001, GDPR, SOC 2, or any other relevant frameworks
• Collaborating with the IT security, legal, and procurement teams to address concerns identified in the security assessments
• Coordinating with vendors to ensure their security practices meet company requirements
• Developing and maintaining internal security policies and procedures related to vendor assessments and third-party risk management
• Preparing detailed reports summarizing findings from security assessments and risk analysis
• Providing recommendations to improve security measures and compliance
• Educating internal staff and external partners about security best practices and compliance requirements
• Supporting pre-sales and onboarding teams with timely delivery of assessment documentation

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, data science, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience working with audit/compliance, application security assessments, AWS cloud security preferably BFSI domain
• 2+ yrs. of experience on AWS cloud security and risk assessments
• Strong exposure to AWS cloud infrastructure (Guard Duty, security hub, inspector, firewall, IAM, EC2, VPC, S3, security groups, etc.)
• Familiarity with secure coding practices, vulnerability management, and threat modelling
• Experience with VRA templates, cloud security checklists, and assessment responses for enterprise or regulated clients
• Familiarity with information security standards such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, RBI cybersecurity framework
• Strong understanding of data protection, encryptions methodologies
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to liaise with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to interpret and explain security configurations and policies in layman's terms
• Experience with security controls, vulnerability scanning tools (e.g., Nessus, wire shark), or SIEM
• Exposure with security tools such as network firewall, IPS/IDS is plus

Personality and Attitude Traits:

• A security-first mindset – committed to protecting data and ensuring system integrity
• A builder's DNA – goes beyond assessment to think proactively about potential risks
• A mentor & leader – invests in growing people as well as systems
• A sharp problem-solver – brings clarity and structure to complex issues
• A bias for action – values timely execution, grounded in solid design
• An owner mentality – takes pride in delivering reliable, secure systems
• A quick learner – keeps pace with evolving threats and security trends
• A highly disciplined – detail-oriented with strong follow-through

Why You'll Thrive Here

We offer a competitive compensation package and an annual appraisal cycle.