Role snapshot Accops is hiring a hands-on Head of Product Security to own the security of every product we ship from source code to customer incident response.
India (remote-friendly; Experience: 10+ years total, including 5+ years in hands-on security research / pen testing
Background: Former software engineer turned security researcher
Reports to CEO / CTO
Leads the product security testing team
Our customers trust us to sit at the edge of their networks, so the security of our own code is the product.
You will be the single owner of product security: you decide what gets tested, find the hard bugs before attackers do, lead the response when something goes wrong, and speak for Accops to customers when they ask how secure we are.
Lead the security testing team
Build, mentor and manage the product security / pen testing team; set hiring bar, career paths and quality standards.
Own the security testing plan for every release across gateway, client (Windows, macOS, Linux, mobile), web portals and cloud services.
Secure code review and white-box testing
Review source code personally (C/C++, .Net, Go, Python, JavaScript and others) for high-risk areas: authentication, crypto, VPN/tunnel handling, session management, privilege boundaries.
Run white-box pen tests with full code and design access; Embed SAST, DAST, SCA, fuzzing and secrets scanning into CI/CD, and tune them so engineers trust the results.
Lead technical investigation of security incidents involving Accops products, in-house and at customer sites.
Perform log, memory, disk and network forensics; Vulnerability management and disclosure
Own CVE assignment, security advisories and coordinated disclosure.
Be the trusted security voice of Accops to customers: CISOs, bank and government security teams, and auditors.
Write and present explicit advisories, incident reports and root-cause analyses for both technical and executive audiences.
Answer security questionnaires, join customer calls during incidents, and
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