Senior Principal Specialist
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Permanent
- Full-time
🕒 Full-Time | Permanent PositionAbout the role:The Cybersecurity Operations Team Lead leads a 24/7 SOC team protecting Solenis's people, assets and reputation. Leads, guides and directs daily SOC operations; in partnership with the Cybersecurity Analyst Team Lead, the Cybersecurity Operations Team Lead develops, implements and supports global security operations, data center security, and crisis management initiatives, processes and best practices to support strategic goals and drive performance metrics. Monitors events that have the potential to compromise the safety and security of Solenis’s personnel, offices, data centers, and corporate locations. Provides support to business partners and manages the escalation and communication of security issues to both field and HQ leadership. In coordination with the Director of Cybersecurity, supports the cross-organizational crisis management team in situations when the SOC activates its Incident Command capabilitiesThe Cybersecurity Operations Team Lead must be a highly skilled and technical individual who is able to strategically guide program direction, provide reports and metrics, and manage a team. Implements and executes the corporate strategy for information security and technology resilience across the globe to ensure business objectives are met and risk is minimized and maintained within acceptable levels.Key Accountabilities/Essential Functions of the JobSOC Design & Strategy:
- Architect and implement enterprise-grade SOC solutions, including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, threat intelligence platforms, and log management.
- Define and execute the SOC roadmap aligned with business and risk management goals.
- Drive the selection and integration of security technologies, optimizing toolsets for performance and coverage.
- Lead a team of Tier 1–3 analysts and incident responders, including training, mentoring, and performance oversight.
- Serve as a senior escalation point for complex security incidents, ensuring effective triage, investigation, containment, and recovery.
- Continuously enhance SOC maturity through gap analysis, playbook development, and operational best practices (MITRE ATT\&CK, NIST, etc.).
- Lead the integration and operationalization of AI platforms, to enhance alert triage, investigation, and automated decision-making.
- Lead advanced threat detection initiatives using behavior analytics, threat intelligence, and machine learning-driven platforms.
- Develop, tune, and maintain detection rules, correlation logic, and automated response playbooks.
- Conduct proactive threat hunting to identify anomalous activity and unknown threats.
- Collaborate with IT, Network, Cloud, and Application teams to ensure secure architecture and incident readiness.
- Prepare and present executive-level dashboards, risk assessments, and incident reports.
- Participate in and lead security tabletop exercises, red/blue/purple team engagements, and post-mortem reviews.
- Support compliance initiatives (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, GDPR) through monitoring, evidence collection, and audit readiness.
- Implement and refine SOC KPIs, SLAs, and metrics.
- Stay abreast of evolving threat landscapes, attack vectors, and security trends.
- Recommend and implement automation opportunities to reduce analyst fatigue and increase SOC efficiency.
- Evaluate and pilot emerging technologies and techniques to maintain a cutting-edge SOC environment.
- Strong organization/project management skills. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple assignments/projects, timelines and to identify project interdependencies, resource needs, potential risks/pitfalls and mitigation plans. Recognized as an integrator and solution provider.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and confidentiality in handling information and issues that arise while staying within defined policies and practices
- Possess solid teamwork capabilities and when needed, scales in support of unforeseen assignments and tasks through demonstration of personal initiative.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills. Demonstrated experience in preparing and delivering presentations that convey key concepts and outline recommendations to various levels of management.
- International, global experience preferred.
- Research and assess emerging threats, technologies (e.g., AI security, quantum computing risks)
- Access to a huge array of internal and external training courses on our learning system (free)
- Access to self-paced language training (free)
- Birthday or wedding anniversary gift of INR 1500
- Charity work once a year, to give back to the community
- Company car, phone if required for role
- Competitive health and wellness benefit plan
- Continuous professional development with numerous opportunities for growth
- Creche facility
- Employee Business Resource Groups (EBRGs)
- Electric car charging stations
- Hybrid work arrangement eg. 3 days in office
- Internet allowance
- No-meeting Fridays
- Parking on site (free)
- Relocation assistance available
- Staff hangout spaces, enjoy games like carrom, chess
- Transport by cab if working the midnight – 7am shift
- Well connected to public transport, only a 10 min walk to office