Overview

We are seeking a hands-on security leader to build and own our data protection and application security function from the ground up. This role reports directly to the CTO and carries a direct mandate to close gaps, enforce standards, and embed proactive security into product and engineering workflows. In fintech, data is the product and protecting it is protecting the business.

Responsibilities

Data Leakage Detection & Prevention :

• Design and operationalize a comprehensive DLP framework across structured data stores, APIs, SaaS tools, email, and endpoints.
• Implement continuous monitoring to detect anomalous queries, bulk exports, unauthorized reads, and privilege abuse in real time.
• Own sensitive data classification and enforce access boundaries across storage, application, and transport layers.

API & Application Flow Security

• Conduct deep audits of internal and external APIs, reviewing contracts, authentication, and data scopes to identify vulnerabilities (BOLA, excessive exposure, broken auth, etc.).
• Walk product flows end-to-end to identify over-exposure,



unnecessary retention, and unintended access paths.
• Actively participate in threat modelling during SDLC for current features.
• Define and enforce API security standards with measurable release pipeline gates.

Database & Infrastructure Access Control

• Audit and redesign least-privilege access models across databases and warehouses.
• Implement query-level monitoring, data masking in non-production, and tokenisation where applicable.
• Ensure defensible, documented access justifications for all data stores.

Employee Data Risk & Internal Threat Containment

• Identify and close employee data exfiltration channels (email, cloud sync, SaaS integrations, removable media).
• Deploy technical DLP controls for outbound data movement.
• Implement tiered RBAC/ABAC frameworks with regular access reviews.

Customer Account & Identity Protection

• Own detection and prevention of account takeover,

📌 Kreditbee - Vice President - Data Protection (Bengaluru)
🏢 KrazyBee Services
📍 Bengaluru