Security Officer
Permanent
Office
Employment is subject to applicable security screening. Appointment as CCSO under SMLDI 2025 is subject to Indian citizenship, police verification, DDP vetting (repeated every three years) and an Official Secrets Act undertaking. As the Security Officer, you’ll build ICEYE India’s security function from the ground up and serve as our appointed Company Chief Security Officer under India’s Security Manual for Licensed Defence Industries (SMLDI 2025). You’ll also be the CEO’s trusted advisor on all security matters.

ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

Own the roadmap that makes ICEYE India an audit-ready, licensed defence company, including the industrial licence and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) security clearance
Act as ICEYE India’s appointed Company Chief Security Officer, representing us with the Department of Defence Production (DDP), the MHA and other authorities, and leading every inspection and audit
Build the security framework with the group security team: policies, SOPs, secure areas, classified document registry and the audit trail inspectors expect
Set up and run personnel security: police verification, government vetting, Official Secrets Act undertakings and re-verification cycles
Lead cyber security accreditation as Cyber Information Security Officer under SMLDI Chapter 7, including CERT-In reporting and protection of ICEYE group information held in India
Manage export-control compliance, data exchange with the ICEYE group and foreign-national visits




Translate security requirements into practice for the business, from classified RFPs and contract clauses to customer and IN-SPACe requirements
Prepare and rehearse incident-response and crisis playbooks with Legal and group security

Indian citizen, eligible for appointment and positive vetting as Company Chief Security Officer (before appointment and every three years)
Hands-on knowledge of the Official Secrets Act 1923, the MHA security instructions and SMLDI 2025
Track record as a security officer in a defence, intelligence, aerospace or critical-infrastructure organisation in India, including taking an organisation from uncleared to cleared at least once
Established working relationships with the DDP, the MHA and other national security authorities
Working knowledge of IT security accreditation for classified systems (SMLDI Chapter 7, CERT-In, NCIIPC)
Fluent Hindi and English

Experience in a foreign-owned Indian entity

Intro conversation with Talent Acquisition (30 min)
Technical case: a take-home roadmap exercise showing how you would get from the current state to the highest target classification level, covering facility, personnel and IT approval. You will present and defend it to ICEYE’s Chief Security Officer (3 x 45 min)
Cross-functional discussion with colleagues from Operations and Legal/Compliance if required.
Your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority, with continuous career development, training opportunities, and a culture where collaboration is how we win.
Create psychological safety, invite different perspectives, and build inclusive teams. We match tasks to the right owner and stay agile as priorities shift.
Talent Acquisition will confirm what applies for this role and location during the process.

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