Director - Security Engineering

Position Title: Director - Security Engineering
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Gurgaon
Requisition ID: 36721
The Director of Security Engineering and Architecture is a highly technical and strategic position responsible for overseeing the organization's security engineering efforts and leading the architectural design of robust security systems. This role requires a deep technical expertise in security best practices, system design, and engineering, as well as leadership capabilities to manage and direct a team of expert security engineers and architects.
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Security Engineering and Architecture team, ensuring technical excellence in all aspects of security systems and infrastructure.
• Architect and design advanced security strategies and frameworks to protect digital assets, including intellectual property, company data, and customer information.
• Oversee the technical direction for the development, design, and systems integration across multiple client engagements from definition phase through implementation.
• Apply expertise in cybersecurity engineering to develop innovative solutions to complex technical problems.
• Maintain technical knowledge and insight into cutting-edge security technologies, cryptographic techniques, and threat landscape.
• Evaluate, recommend, and justify suitable security technologies and tools to enhance the defensive posture of the organization.
• Conduct and oversee regular security assessments, code reviews to ensure the effectiveness of security measures.
• Design and oversee the implementation of end-to-end integrated systems, ensuring that the architecture and security controls meet the business risk appetite and regulatory requirements.
• Develop technical and architectural documentation to support enterprise-wide security solutions.
• Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to align security engineering and architectural strategy with business goals.
• Mentor and develop the Security Engineering and Architecture team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Professional security management certification is highly desirable (CISSP, CISM, etc.).
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in a combination of information security, application security, product security, cloud etc.
• At least 5 years in a leadership role managing security engineering or architecture teams.
• Knowledge of common information security management frameworks, such as ISO/IEC 27001, and NIST.
• Strong understanding of the business impact of security tools, technologies, and policies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and technologies to business leaders, and business concepts to the IT workforce.

Technical Skills:

• Must have deep technical knowledge in areas of Zero Trust, Azure, Security Engineering, Data lost initiatives etc.
• Will be responsible for a team of security professionals to manage and configure Microsoft Defender Suite of products (Defender for Identity, Defender for O365 etc.), Zscaler and other security tools.
• Expert knowledge of the Microsoft Suite of Products (Ex: MS Defender, Defender for cloud, Defender for O365)

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Job Family: Information Technology
Division: Global Digital Technology
Department: Security Engineering
Location(s): IN - India : Haryana : Gurgaon
Company: McCain Foods(India) P Ltd