Cyber Security Engineer

Job Title

Cyber Security Engineer

Location

India (Pune)

Reports to

Head of Cyber Platform Engineering

Role Description

We are looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to help establish and scale a new Security Engineering team based in India, providing operational ownership and continuous improvement of FNZs core cyber security platforms.

This role is hands-on and leadership-oriented, combining deep technical expertise, team leadership, and operational accountability across multiple security engineering domains. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring security platforms are reliable, well-tuned, and able to support FNZs global technology estate.

The role reports functionally to the Head of Cyber Platform Engineering and locally to an India-based manager for day-to-day people and operational support. You will work closely with security engineering and operations teams across the UK, US, and APAC.

Specific responsibilities

Technical & Operational Leadership

• Own the day-to-day operation and health of multiple cyber security platforms, including:
• Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
• Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• Security logging and monitoring (SIEM)
• Email security
• Vulnerability management
• Provide early problem management, technical troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis across security controls.
• Lead incident-related engineering support, working closely with incident response and SOC teams.
• Oversee patching, upgrades, configuration changes, and lifecycle management of security platforms.
• Ensure platforms are operated in line with global standards, architecture, and security strategy.

Team Leadership & Growth

• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of cyber security engineers in India.
• Act as a technical escalation point for engineers across supported domains.
• Support recruitment and onboarding of additional engineers as the team scales.
• Foster a culture of engineering discipline, collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement.

Continuous Improvement & Engineering Maturity

• Identify recurring operational issues and drive engineering-led improvements to increase platform resilience and efficiency.
• Promote and implement automation to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
• Contribute to global security engineering initiatives and projects, including onboarding new tools or improving existing frameworks.
• Provide input into roadmaps, tooling decisions, and operational metrics.

Working Pattern

• The team provides global coverage across two shifts between 08:00–11:00 (local time), Monday to Friday.
• Occasional out-of-hours support may be required for major incidents or platform changes.

Experience required

• 5+ years of experience in cyber security or security engineering roles.
• Demonstrated experience in a technical lead or senior engineering role, including mentoring or guiding other engineers.
• Strong hands-on experience across multiple security engineering domains (e.g. EDR, WAF, SIEM, email security, vulnerability management).
• Solid understanding of enterprise IT and cloud infrastructure.
• Proven ability to operate, improve, and troubleshoot security platforms at scale.
• Experience working in global, distributed teams.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues to both engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Experience building or scaling a security engineering team.
• Exposure to automation, scripting, or infrastructure-as-code in a security context.
• Experience aligning operational security engineering with security architecture and control design.