Cybersecurity Operations Lead

Job Title- Cybersecurity Operation Lead

Position type- Full Time      

Work Location-Gurugram

Working style- Remote

People Manager role: No

Required education and certifications critical for the role- Any Graduate or Post-Graduate (full time)

Required years of experience – Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience

Are you a Cyber Security professional with Security Monitoring and Incident response experience? Are you looking for exposure to a wide range of cyber threats across a global footprint? Willing to provide support on weekends and early morning shifts? If yes, we would love to hear from you

Aon is recruiting for a cybersecurity operations analyst to join our team. This is a remote role that can be performed from anywhere within the India (but the base location would be Gurugram, Haryana).

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

Aon's Security Operations Center (SOC) seeks to be at the forefront of cybersecurity excellence, driving innovation and best practice to protect our organization and stakeholders from emerging cyber risks. By adopting a DevOps culture and intelligence-driven strategy, our SOC strives to build a secure, resilient environment and workforce, fostering trust and assuring all who rely on us to protect their data are in safe hands. As a Cybersecurity Operations Lead within the APAC Region, you'll play a meaningful role in supporting this vision. You will drive the team to success by supporting ticket triage, event correlation, incident response, mentoring a team of cybersecurity analysts, and other security activities. This position will perform supervising across all systems in a global enterprise footprint as part of a global team.

How this opportunity is different?

You'll have the freedom to develop new capabilities with the backing of Aon's extensive resources, experience, and leadership. This opportunity includes working closely with senior leadership with a strong background and experience in threat detection and response.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• Proven understanding of the security landscape, including prevalent threats, existing technologies, and modern security architectures.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to optimally communicate and present security risk concepts with business and technology partners.

• Proven creative problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Bachelor's degree in management information systems, Computer Science, or related Information Technology field, or equivalent experience.

• CISM / CISSP / CEH / ECIH / CHFI / Certified SOC Analyst / Certified Cloud Security professional etc.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• 10+ years of work experience

• 5 - 7 years in SOC, IR, or threat detection/triage roles

• Strong understanding of attacker TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK)

• Experience investigating alerts and escalations using:

  • CrowdStrike Falcon

  • LogScale

  • XSOAR

  • Gitlab

  • Wiz

  • Okta

  • ZScaler

  • Qualys

  • O365 Defender, Abnormal AI

• Ability to distinguish true positives from false positives

• Clear communication of incident context

Technical & Analytical Skills

• Proficient in writing structured incident reports and technical findings

• Skilled in log analysis and scripting (Python, PowerShell)

• Familiarity with investigative tooling

• Understanding of identity and cloud-based detection signals

Operational & Collaborative Capabilities

• Comfortable in a global, 24x7 follow-the-sun operations model

• Flexible across time zones

• Effective collaboration with:

  • Threat intelligence

  • Vulnerability management

  • Engineering

  • Infrastructure teams

Case Management & Communication

• Experience using ticketing platforms:

  • XSOAR

  • ServiceNow

  • Jira

• Strong communication skills for varied audiences

• Demonstrated critical thinking and situational awareness

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent investigations or escalation

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage an inclusive workforce. Plus, our agile environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two "Global Wellbeing Days" each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself.  We offer a variety of working style solutions for our colleagues as well. 

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative and inclusive workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status. 

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and fostering an inclusive workplace. If you require accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know. You can request accommodations by emailing us at or your recruiter. We will work with you to meet your needs and ensure a fair and equitable experience.

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