Position: Associate Director-IT Infrastructure (Leading MNC Financial Services Co)

Role:
- Reporting to Chief Operating Officer, the person is responsible for managing all IT infrastructure initiatives and full operational support.
- Lead organization's technology infrastructure, strategy, and team, ensuring systems are secure, effective, and aligned with business goals
- Strategic Planning: Develop IT infrastructure strategies and policies that support overall business growth.
- Infrastructure Management: Manage and support IT infrastructure, including servers (on prem data centers, virtualization, and cloudAWS/Azure/GCP), networks, and hardware/software systems.
- Oversee firewalls, endpoint protection platforms and secure access solutions (VPN, etc.)
- Collaborate closely with global IT, Network, and Cloud teams to ensure alignment with the infrastructure requirements of the India team.
- Ensure compliance with standards (ISO 27001, NIST, SOC2, CIS Benchmarks) and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct regular security assessments,



penetration tests (in coordination with red teams/vendors), and risk evaluations.
- Manage incident response plans and lead response during cybersecurity events.
- Implement monitoring for AI model drift, adversarial attacks, and prompt injection vulnerabilities. Evaluate, deploy, and fine-tune enterprise security AI tools
- Leadership & Mentoring: Hire, lead, and mentor IT professionals and managers, fostering a high-performance team culture.
- Security & Compliance: Implement robust security measures (cybersecurity) and ensure data security compliance.
- Budget Oversight: Develop and manage the IT budget to ensure cost-effectiveness.
- Project Management: Oversee major IT infra projects, including server migrations (private cloud/AWS/Azure) and upgrades.
- Vendor Relations: Manage relationships with external technology vendors and service providers

Requirements:
- Experience: 12+ years in IT, with 5+ years in managing team roles.
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📌 Associate Director-IT Infrastructure (Mumbai)
🏢 Vertex Corporate
📍 Mumbai