Security & IT Ops Manager
Accops Systems Pvt. Ltd. · Pune · onsite · Posted 41d ago
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About this role
We are looking for a Manager, IT Security to build, operate, and scale a secure, resilient, and audit-ready technology environment - with equal ownership across enterprise IT and information security.
Reporting to the COO, this is a builder-operator role. You will be hands-on in designing systems and processes while simultaneously building the team and structure to scale them. You will own the full spectrum - from internal infrastructure and endpoint management to security engineering, compliance programs, AI security governance, data protection (including DPO responsibilities), and the customer-facing trust posture that enables enterprise revenue.
This role carries a unique advantage and responsibility: you will be securing an organization whose own products - ZTNA, MFA, SSO, virtualization, MDM, biometric authentication, and a secure OS - are the building blocks of enterprise security. That means dogfooding our stack, shaping product security from the inside, and representing our security posture to customers who evaluate us as both a vendor and a security partner.
You will build a defensible security architecture aligned with our product philosophy - secure-by-design digital workspace, identity-first access, and zero-trust principles - while keeping the organization ahead of an evolving threat landscape shaped by AI-driven attacks, software supply chain risks, and increasingly sophisticated adversaries.
Core Ownership Areas
- Internal IT and infrastructure
- Security engineering and operations
- AI and emerging technology security
- Data protection and privacy (DPO)
- Compliance and certification programs
- Product and platform security
- Customer and regulator-facing security posture
Key Responsibilities
1. Enterprise IT Infrastructure Leadership
- Own and scale global IT operations - end-user computing, networks, cloud infrastructure, and office IT for a distributed workforce.
- Dogfood our own product stack (ZTNA, MFA, SSO, MDM, virtualization) as the foundation of internal IT architecture - serving as both a validation environment and a reference implementation for customers.
- Design secure, identity-driven enterprise architecture with conditional access, device posture enforcement, and zero-trust segmentation.
- Drive adoption of zero-trust and least-privilege models across all infrastructure layers.
- Ensure high availability, performance, and resilience of internal systems with defined SLA targets.
- Implement cloud security posture management (CSPM) and cloud workload protection (CWPP) across cloud environments.
2. Security Strategy Operations
- Define and execute the organizations information security strategy, aligned to business objectives and the evolving threat landscape.
- Security operations center (SOC) - with AI-augmented monitoring, detection, and response.
- Vulnerability management and patching with defined SLA-driven remediation timelines.
- Identity and access governance across internal and product environments.
- Establish threat-informed defense models aligned to frameworks like MITRE ATTCK.
- Deploy and evolve AI-native security tooling for automated threat detection, anomaly identification, and intelligent alerting to reduce analyst burden and improve response times.
3. AI Emerging Technology Security
- Own the security governance framework for AI/ML usage across the organization - both internal tools and product-embedded capabilities.
- LLM-assisted phishing and deepfake-based social engineering.
- Prompt injection, data exfiltration via AI tools, and model manipulation risks.
- Shadow AI usage and ungoverned adoption of generative AI by employees.
- Define acceptable use policies and technical controls for AI tools (e.g., data classification rules for LLM inputs, approved tool lists, access controls for model endpoints).
- Evaluate and integrate AI-driven capabilities into the security operations stack - automated triage, behavioral analytics, predictive threat intelligence.
- Stay current on regulatory developments related to AI governance and data protection (e.g., EU AI Act, emerging regional frameworks).
4. Product Platform Security
- Partner with engineering to embed secure SDLC practices with security gates at each stage of the development lifecycle.
- Authentication and authorization layers (MFA, SSO, biometric authentication).
- ZTNA and VPN / VDI / workspace access components.
- MDM and endpoint management services.
- Secure OS and USB-based deployment surfaces.
- API and cloud-native services.
- Implement and mature:
- SAST, DAST, SCA, and SBOM practices with automated integration into CI/CD pipelines.
- Threat modeling (STRIDE or equivalent) as a standard practice for new features and architecture changes.
- Own software supply chain security - dependency integrity, build pipeline security, and provenance verification.
- Act as the internal authority on customer-facing product security posture - particularly critical given that our products are themselves security tools evaluated by CISOs and security teams.
5. Data Protection, Privacy Security (DPO)
- Serve as the organizations Data Protection Officer (DPO), with accountability for data privacy compliance across all 12 operating countries.
- Define and enforce data classification, data loss prevention (DLP), and encryption strategies (at rest, in transit, and in use) - across products and internal systems.
- Partner with product and engineering to embed privacy-by-design principles, particularly for products handling customer identity and access data.
- Own data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) for new products, features, and data processing activities.
- Ensure alignment between data handling practices and regulatory requirements across all operating geographies (GDPR, Indias DPDP Act, and regional data protection laws).
- Own data retention, anonymization, and cross-border data transfer policies - including standard contractual clauses (SCCs) and binding corporate rules where required.
- Act as the primary point of contact for data protection authorities across jurisdictions.
6. Compliance, Risk Governance
- Lead and maintain certifications such as ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2 Type II, and regional regulatory requirements across operating geographies.
- Build audit-ready evidence frameworks - automated where possible - to reduce certification overhead and audit preparation time.
- Manage:
- Risk assessments (enterprise + product) with quantified risk scoring.
- Third-party and vendor risk programs with defined assessment cadence.
- Software supply chain risk as part of the broader vendor and dependency risk posture.
- Multi-country regulatory interactions and customer security reviews.
7. Customer Trust External Interface
- Represent the company in security due diligence discussions with enterprise customers (CISOs, CIOs, Risk leaders) - with the understanding that as a security vendor, our own posture is scrutinized to a higher standard.
- Own responses to:
- Security questionnaires.
- RFP/RFI security sections.
- Regulatory inquiries.
- Build a trust narrative that positions our internal security practices as proof of our product philosophy - we secure ourselves with the same tools we sell.
- Contribute to sales enablement by reducing security-related friction in enterprise deal cycles across all 12 operating countries.
8. Incident Response Resilience
- Define and operationalize incident response and crisis management frameworks with clear escalation paths and communication protocols.
- Conduct regular:
- Tabletop exercises with cross-functional participation.
- Red team / blue team simulations (including AI-augmented adversary simulations).
- Ensure alignment between cyber resilience and business continuity / disaster recovery planning.
- Define and track incident response metrics - Mean Time to Detect (MTTD), Mean Time to Respond (MTTR), and Mean Time to Recover.
9. Security Culture Awareness
- Build and run a security awareness program for 300+ employees across multiple countries - including phishing simulations, role-specific training, and onboarding security modules.
- Establish a developer security champions program to distribute security ownership across engineering teams - especially critical in a company whose products are security tools.
- Foster a culture where security is everyones responsibility, not a bottleneck or afterthought.
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