Job Title: IT Security Lead

Experience: 8–10 Yrs

Location: Visakhapatnam

Employment Type: Full time
Job Summary

The IT Security Lead is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing enterprise security programs with a robust focus on vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and application security. This role requires deep technical expertise, leadership capability, and the ability to align security initiatives with business objectives while ensuring compliance with global standards.
Key Responsibilities

Security Governance & Strategy
- Define and enforce enterprise security policies, standards, and procedures
- Align security initiatives with regulatory frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, DPDP, etc)

Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT)
- Perform regular VAPT across infrastructure, applications, APIs, and cloud workloads
- Use industry-standard tools (Burp Suite, Metasploit, Nessus, Qualys, OWASP ZAP)
- Document findings, risk ratings, and remediation plans
- Validate fixes and maintain a vulnerability management lifecycle





Application Security
- Understand application framework and conduct VAPT to identify gaps, vulnerabilities and propose remediation to address them
- Implement DevSecOps practices and integrate security testing into CI/CD pipelines
- Apply OWASP Top 10 and SANS CWE guidelines for web/mobile applications
- Collaborate with developers to remediate vulnerabilities and enforce secure coding standards

Security Assessments & Audits
- Lead risk assessments, compliance audits, and penetration testing engagements
- Perform cloud security assessments (AWS, Azure, GCP) including IAM, encryption, and workload protection
- Oversee network, endpoint, and identity security controls

Incident Response & Threat Management
- Manage SIEM platforms (Splunk, QRadar, ELK) for proactive threat detection
- Investigate and respond to incidents with forensics and malware analysis
- Coordinate with SOC teams for real-tim

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