Position Title: Vice President, Platform Engineering - Threat Detection
Location: Bengaluru
Job Profile
VP, Platform Engineer - Threat Detection, is responsible for supporting the lead, setting up and maintaining the infrastructure that supports the organization's threat detection capabilities. This includes managing CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments, virtual machines, and data lakes. The role also involves ensuring log data is efficiently ingested into the data lake and monitoring log health, with experience in using Sigma for threat detection. Proficiency in Python and coding is essential for automating processes and developing custom solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting the team lead, ensuring the infra platform, CI/CD pipelines, etc are available.
- Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable software delivery.
- Set up and maintain cloud environments and virtual machines to support threat detection operations.
- Develop and manage data lakes for storing and processing large volumes of log data.
- Ensure seamless ingestion of log data into the data lake and monitor log health to maintain data integrity.
- Utilize Sigma tool for creating and managing detection rules and queries.
- Automate infrastructure processes and develop custom solutions using Python.
- Collaborate with the threat detection team to optimize infrastructure for enhanced detection capabilities.
- Conduct regular infrastructure audits and performance tuning to ensure optimal operation.
- Document infrastructure setup and maintenance processes for future reference and training.
- Provide technical support and guidance to team members on infrastructure-related issues.
- Mentor team members and provide leadership in threat detection initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Proven extensive experience in infrastructure setup and management, including CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments, and virtual machines.
- Strong understanding of data lake architecture and log management.
- Experience with Sigma tool for threat detection.
- Proficiency in Python programming and coding for automation and solution development.
- Ability to lead, work collaboratively in a team environment and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Expected to be proficient in Sigma tools or equivalent methodologies
- Should bring strong expertise across Threat hunting ,Azure cloud, infrastructure, networking, platform administration, threat detection/modelling, cloud security, and security operations (SOC) frameworks
- Will lead a team of 23 members, with AVP reporting functionally to the Director and operationally aligned to the VP.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure).
- Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and threat detection methodologies.
- Deep knowledge of network security and protocols.
- Experience in threat hunting and relevant framework such as PEAK and TAHITI.
This is a hands-on leadership role, not a governance-only or people-management position.
You will be expected to design, build, and operate the infrastructure that powers large-scale threat detection. 
