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Information Security Analyst - GRC

Airtel Africa
Gurugram, India
3-5 Years
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Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure end-to-end compliance with financial sector cybersecurity regulations, including RBI, NPCI, and CERT-In requirement
  • Interpret RBI, NPCI, and other financial regulations and translate them into actionable control requirements across products, platforms, and new services
  • Drive implementation and continuous compliance with RBI Cyber Security Framework, Master Directions on IT Governance, and Digital Payment Security Controls
  • Ensure periodic validation and effectiveness testing of implemented controls
  • Oversee security compliance for financial service
  • Ensure adherence to NPCI/ BBPS security standards for UPI, IMPS, and other payment rails
  • Manage cybersecurity governance across core banking systems, digital banking platforms, APIs, mobile applications, and cloud infrastructure
  • Perform gap assessments against RBI/NPCI guidelines and drive remediation programs
  • Lead coordination for RBI inspections, regulatory audits, and compliance reporting, ensuring timely closure of audit observations
  • Review and enforce security policies, standards, and procedures aligned with financial regulatory expectations
  • Work with different teams to ensure customer security questionnaire is completed
  • Own customer/partner questionnaire responses and regulatory alignment
  • Govern third-party and fintech partner risk, including payment aggregators, PSPs, and outsourcing partners as per RBI outsourcing guidelines
  • Ensure compliance with data localization mandates and secure storage/processing of financial data within India
  • Support cyber-incident response governance, including regulatory breach reporting (RBI/CERT-In within defined timelines)
  • Strengthen customer data protection, privacy, and secure transaction monitoring mechanisms

Key Skills & Experience

  • 3–5 years of experience in security within banking, NBFC, fintech, payments bank, or digital payments ecosystem, with strong exposure to UPI, wallets, and payment platforms
  • Strong understanding of financial regulatory frameworks, including RBI Cyber Security Framework, RBI Master Directions (IT Governance & Outsourcing), NPCI guidelines (UPI/IMPS/AePS), and CERT-In requirements
  • Experience in implementing and governing controls aligned to digital payment security, transaction monitoring, and fraud risk management
  • Proven experience in regulatory audits, customer audit, RBI inspections, compliance reporting, and closure of audit observations
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across multiple teams
  • Proactive approach to risk identification and mitigation

Educational Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Security, or related field
  • Postgraduate degree or MBA (preferred, especially in Risk/Finance/IT)

Certifications (Preferred)

  • CISA, CISM, CISSP, ISO 27001 LA/LI

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Job Type:
Permanent Job
Industry:
Other
Function:
Financial Services
Employment Type:
Full time

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Airtel Africa

Job ID: 148381311

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Last Updated: 26-05-2026 06:10:08 PM
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