Cyber Risk Advisor I

1 day ago

Ahmedabad India Bangalore India Sophos Full time ₹ 4,00,000 - ₹ 6,00,000 per year
About Us
Role Summary The Cyber Risk Advisor I serves as a trusted cybersecurity consultant to customers, helping them understand and mitigate cyber risks. This role involves leading advisory sessions, interpreting vulnerability data, and providing prioritized remediation guidance. The advisor monitors customer environments for threats and ensures measurable reductions in attack surfaces. Strong communication skills are essential for translating technical findings to both executive and technical audiences.  What you will do
  • Serve as the cyber risk trusted advisor for your customers. You will simplify complex vulnerabilities, explain real-world attack scenarios, and guide customers toward the right cyber risk mitigation decisions
  • Lead Cyber Risk Advisory Sessions with customers where you will contextualize and prioritize vulnerability and exposure results, cyber risk trends, and overall security posture with the goal of facilitating positive security outcomes for your customers
  • Provide prioritized, context-driven cyber risk remediation recommendations, helping customers focus on the vulnerabilities most likely to be weaponized by the threat actors
  • Assist in monitoring customer environments for critical vulnerabilities, exposures, and emerging threats, escalating and advising on timely remediation
  • Ensure that our Managed Risk service translates into measurable reductions in your customers' overall attack surface
  • Build professional, trust-based relationships with customers
  • Continuously develop your skills through mentorship and hands-on experience
What you will bring
  • 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity or related IT fields, 3+ yrs in Cyber risk role
  • Strong knowledge of enterprise networking concepts (routing, switching, VLANs, firewalls, VPNs, and remote access technologies) 
  • Strong knowledge of vulnerability management, attack surface management (reduction), and common security frameworks (NIST, CIS, ISO, etc.)
  • Hands-on experience with EASM/IASM tools, vulnerability scanning platforms, and remediation workflows 
  • Excellent communication and advisory skills, with the ability to simplify technical findings for executives while going deep with technical teams 
  • Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple customer relationships, balancing consultative guidance with timely escalation of critical risks 
  • A proactive, problem-solving mindset and the drive to help customers reduce their overall cyber risk
  • Good to have
  • Industry certifications such as CompTIA Network+ or equivalent networking credentials, alongside security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, OSCP, CEH, or Security+ 
  • Hands-on experience working with Tenable Nessusand/or the Tenable One platform
  • Background in Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, or Red/Blue Team operations
  • Knowledge of cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP) and securing hybrid and cloud environments 
  • Prior experience in a customer-facing consultancy or advisory role with the ability to bridge networking and security conversations
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What's Great About Sophos? ·   Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship. ·   Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit ·   Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy ·   Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities ·   Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint ·   Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp ·   Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge  ·   Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
Our Commitment To You We're proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we're committed to ensuring equality of opportunity.   We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team.  All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation.  We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know. 
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