Head - Security - FinTech

Head of Security:

Bangalore

- 10+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, with experience leading security functions or teams.

- Strong experience across Product Security, Cloud Security, Application Security, Security Operations, and Incident Response.

- Experience in Fintech, Payments, Banking, Crypto, Web3, Exchanges, or other highly regulated - high-risk environments is strongly preferred.

- Strong understanding of crypto asset security, wallet - custody security, blockchain security, or exchange security is a major advantage.

- Experience designing and implementing security architecture for large-scale production systems.

- Strong understanding of AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, containers, APIs, IAM, networking, encryption, and secrets management.

- Experience with SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, and security monitoring.

- Strong understanding of secure SDLC, threat modelling, SAST/DAST/SCA, API security, and DevSecOps.

- Experience leading major security incidents and coordinating cross-functional incident response.

- Experience with ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 2, or similar security - compliance frameworks.

- Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.

- Ability to balance security, business requirements, engineering velocity, and user experience.