Principal Engineer- Info Sec

Position Title- Information Security Specialist (Principal Engineer)

Experience Level-5-7 years

Department- Information Security

Location- Pune/Bengaluru

Key Responsibilities

A. Cloud Security Assessment and Architecture Review

• Review cloud and SaaS deployments across Azure, AWS, Microsoft 365 and other business platforms for secure configuration, identity, access, monitoring, logging, encryption, network segmentation and data protection controls.
• Assess project architecture, application onboarding requests, infrastructure changes and cloud service usage from security, privacy, client contractual and operational risk perspectives.
• Recommend pragmatic remediation actions, compensating controls and secure design improvements that can be implemented by engineering, IT operations or delivery teams.
• Review IAM, privileged access, service accounts, conditional access, secrets handling, key management, storage security, backup, resilience and security baseline adherence.
• Review and audit Security Operations Centre monitoring practices, including log-source coverage, detection use cases, alert logic, alert thresholds, triage procedures, escalation paths, incident hand-offs, evidence retention and closure tracking.
• Assess Web Application Firewall controls and network firewall rules, including business justification, least-privilege alignment, exposed services, source and destination restrictions, ports and protocols, logging, alerting, periodic recertification, exceptions, and removal of obsolete or overly permissive rules.
• Validate that relevant cloud, application, WAF, firewall, identity, endpoint and data-protection events are integrated with SOC monitoring and escalated in line with incident-management, risk and client requirements.
• Review SOC performance and control effectiveness through sampling of alerts and incidents, detection coverage, response timelines, escalation quality, root-cause analysis, remediation evidence and closure records.
• Support secure cloud governance by tracking deviations, exceptions, control gaps and remediation status across assigned engagements.

B. DLP Implementation, Refinement and Operations

• Support implementation, refinement and day-to-day management of DLP policies across email, endpoint, cloud storage, SaaS platforms and collaboration tools as applicable.
• Review DLP alerts, violations and policy matches to identify true risks, false positives, noisy rules and opportunities for policy tuning.
• Work with business, delivery and technology teams to refine DLP rules, sensitivity labels, data handling controls and exception handling practices.
• Document DLP risk decisions, recurring patterns, policy exceptions, false-positive rationale and corrective actions in the approved tracker or system of record.
• Contribute to awareness and adoption by converting DLP observations into practical guidance for users and project teams.

C. Technical Risk Review and Policy Exception Management

• Serve as the Information Security reviewer for assigned project engagements, technical change reviews, production onboarding, client delivery initiatives and risk assessments.
• Evaluate security risks pragmatically by considering likelihood, impact, data sensitivity, client exposure, compensating controls, operational feasibility and implementation timelines.
• Manage policy exceptions by validating business justification, risk exposure, compensating controls, expiry dates, accountable owner, approval status and periodic review requirements.
• Track remediation actions and exception closure with project owners, IT operations, delivery teams and control owners.
• Escalate material, repeated or unmanaged risks with clear facts, business impact and recommended decision options.

D. Standards, Controls and Audit Alignment

• Map technical control observations to relevant security standards, client commitments and internal policies, including ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS controls, CSA CCM, NIST CSF and cloud security benchmarks.
• Prepare concise evidence, control narratives and remediation updates to support audits, client security reviews and internal compliance checks.
• Support maintenance of cloud security standards, DLP standards, data handling procedures, exception processes and technical security guidelines.
• Contribute to control testing by validating whether security controls are implemented, operating and evidenced in a manner suitable for audit and risk review.

Key Competencies

Required Qualifications and Certifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Security, Information Technology or equivalent practical experience.
• 6-7 years of experience in information security, cloud security, security operations, security architecture review, DLP, technical risk assessment or related roles.
• Preferred certifications: CCSP, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, CISSP, CISM, CISA, ISO 27001 LA / LI, or equivalent practical cloud / security certification.
• Experience in professional services, IT outsourcing, financial services, KPO/BPO or client delivery environments is preferred.

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