Information Security Engineer

InfoSec Engineer (3 to 5 years)

About PhonePe Limited:

Headquartered in India, its flagship product, the PhonePe digital payments app, was launched in Aug 2016. As of April 2025, PhonePe has over 60 Crore (600 Million) registered users and a digital payments acceptance network spread across over 4 Crore (40+ million) merchants. PhonePe also processes over 33 Crore (330+ Million) transactions daily with an Annualized Total Payment Value (TPV) of over INR 150 lakh crore.

PhonePe's portfolio of businesses includes the distribution of financial products (Insurance, Lending, and Wealth) as well as new consumer tech businesses (Pincode - hyperlocal e-commerce and Indus AppStore Localized App Store for the Android ecosystem) in India, which are aligned with the company's vision to offer every Indian an equal opportunity to accelerate their progress by unlocking the flow of money and access to services.

Culture:

At PhonePe, we go the extra mile to make sure you can bring your best self to work, Everyday. And that starts with creating the right environment for you. We empower people and trust them to do the right thing. Here, you own your work from start to finish, right from day one. PhonePe-rs solve complex problems and execute quickly; often building frameworks from scratch. If you're excited by the idea of building platforms that touch millions, ideating with some of the best minds in the country and executing on your dreams with purpose and speed, join us

Information Security Engineer
Experience Bucket: 3 to 5 Years

Objectives of this Role:

• Drive secure system configuration standards (E.g. CIS Benchmarks) implementation and vulnerability management efforts across the enterprise. Primarily in Linux environments.
• Evaluate and drive implementation of new Information security processes, tools and technologies.
• Own the implemented solutions end-to-end, right from inception to deployment and monitoring to regular upkeep.
• Liaise with cross functional teams to increase adoption of Information security standards.
• Provide security event correlation use cases and logic to generate SIEM alerts.
• Follow-up and close Information Security incidents/exceptions.
• Measure and increase efficacy of Information Security initiatives.
• Bring a DevSecOps mindset to implementations.

Skills and Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in Information security operations in a Linux heavy environment.
• Experience with IDS/IPS systems like OSSEC, Wazhu, Suricata, Snort etc.
• Experience with Elastic and Kibana.
• Experience with Vulnerability and Configuration Assessment and Management standards, tools/technologies like – CIS Benchmarks, CVE, OVAL, OpenVAS, Nessus, Qualys etc.
• Experience with opensource Identity Management with products like Apache Syncope, OpenIAM, Gluu etc.
• Hands-on experience with common Security tools in Linux.
• Experience with SaltStack (or any other Infrastructure as code tools).
• Proficient in at least two of these languages: Python/Go/Java/Perl.
• Good in basic data structures/algorithms.
• Hands on experience on web scale production setup.
• Awareness of cloud technologies, networking fundamentals, Mesos, KVM/QEMU, NodeJS/React will be good to have.

PhonePe Full Time Employee Benefits (Not applicable for Intern or Contract Roles)

• Insurance Benefits - Medical Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accidental Insurance, Life Insurance
• Wellness Program - Employee Assistance Program, Onsite Medical Center, Emergency Support System
• Parental Support - Maternity Benefit, Paternity Benefit Program, Adoption Assistance Program, Day-care Support Program
• Mobility Benefits - Relocation benefits, Transfer Support Policy, Travel Policy
• Retirement Benefits - Employee PF Contribution, Flexible PF Contribution, Gratuity, NPS, Leave Encashment
• Other Benefits - Higher Education Assistance, Car Lease, Salary Advance Policy

Our inclusive culture promotes individual expression, creativity, innovation, and achievement and in turn helps us better understand and serve our customers. We see ourselves as a place for intellectual curiosity, ideas and debates, where diverse perspectives lead to deeper understanding and better quality results. PhonePe is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to treating all its employees and job applicants equally; regardless of gender, sexual preference, religion, race, color or disability. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or reasonable accommodation, during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please fill out this form.

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