GM - Technology Security

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At VIL, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Role Lead End Point Security Job Level/ Designation M3 / General Manager, IT Infrastructure & Security Operation Function / Department Information Technolgy Location Pune Job Purpose • Evaluation, Deployment, Migration and Upgradations of Security Tools within Organization security Eco system with high availability. • Extend support to Security Strategic planning team during evaluation of security Tools and deployment of features in Organization security Domain. • Role demands creation of security policies, Processes, SLAs, KPI’s and utilization reports across deployed Tools. • Strong Governance with Service Partners Key Result Areas/Accountabilities • Responsible to help Security planning team and Security Operations team for evaluation of Tools and deployment of required features in Organization Security domain. • Responsible for creation/modification of security policies, SLAs, KPI’s and utilization reports across deployed Tools. • Plan, integrate and initiate active monitoring of critical technology elements in a phased manner as needed. • Proactively identify relevant weaknesses/vulnerabilities in tools and technologies based on advisories, notifications from OEMs, Security agencies, industry forums, news, internet, government authorities and groups. • Preparing a detailed statistical report for presenting to Security leadership team highlighting security posture of organization function. • Owns Capacity planning, high availability of Tools and products. Engagement with service partners for migrations, Critical Severities and Incidents and other BAU Projects. • Reviewing the solutions at design phase and provide proper guidelines so that security measures are incorporated at design phase. • Evaluate all new solutions and ensure that all critical risk are identified, documented, tracked, reported and mitigated on time. Ensuring that no solution goes live without security approval. • Responsible for development and improvement of security incident, RCA, Problem management process taking inputs from other verticals of Security. • Engage with internal and external audit teams, risk management team, compliance team and other business teams for highlighting issues in their respective domains and consistently work for improvement of overall security posture of the organization. • Responsible for Deployment, Migration, Expansion, Sunset of Tools and Products as agreed for Organization • Ensure adequate storing capacities for the securities logs and retrieval mechanism in shortest possible times. This is to ensure Government and other lawful agencies compliance obligation of the organization. • Build, manage, update and maintain a central repository of all technologies (operating systems, applications, database, middleware, security devices etc.). Core Competencies, Knowledge, Experience • Strong experience in Perimeter and Web Security Tools like DDoS, Firewall, NIPS, NPB, APT, WAF,SSLO, VPN, Web Proxy, Decoy Technology, Encryption tools and methods • Ability to analyze security event from enterprise security technologies such as mentioned above for the End Point security • Having Good Knowledge in IT Service Management processes. • Experience in project management in IT and Telecom domain for security projects executions • Knowledge of Security standards used for Telecom Networks • Knowledge in Email, Log Management and SIEM Tools • Knowledge in identifying & implementing the Automation using Python, Open AI, Ansible & GenAi Must Have Technical / Professional Qualifications Must Have • Graduate (Computers/ Electronics & Telecommunications) • IT Security certification - CCNA, CISSP/CISA, ITIL or similar Desirable • Exposure to cloud security Vodafone Idea Limited (formerly Idea Cellular Limited) An Aditya Birla Group & Vodafone partnership