Business Development Manager

Key Skills

1. Strong understanding of business development principles and practices.

2. Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.

3. Ability to build and maintain relationships with clients, B2B or B2C partners, and other stakeholders.

4. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

5. Familiarity with CRM software and sales tools.

 Professional Experience

1. Minimum 3 years of experience in business development, sales or marketing.

2. Additional knowledge on Politics/ public affairs, or a related field (desired).

3. Proven track record of identifying and pursuing new business opportunities.

 Additional Requirements :

1. Creative and Strategical in preparing pitch documents.

2. Experience with proposal writing and RFP responses.

3. Familiarity with data analysis and market research.

 Educational Qualifications

MBA in Marketing or Public Policy, or a related field (preferred).

Certifications (Optional)

Certification in Sales or Business Development/ Marketing or Communications / Public Policy or Political Science.

Preferred Languages : Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada and English

Remuneration will be based on their earlier CTC and assessment and interview.

About the Role

We are undertaking a platform migration from our existing WordPress site to a modern React frontend. We are seeking a highly capable Backend Engineer on a 1-month contract to lead the backend aspects of this transition. The ideal candidate has strong experience with serverless backends and API-first architectures, particularly using Cloudflare Workers and the Cloudflare ecosystem. You will collaborate closely with our in-house Frontend Engineer (specialized in React) to deliver a seamless, performant, and secure end product.  

Key Responsibilities

Audit current WordPress backend (data structures, plugins, custom code). Design and implement a backend solution leveraging Cloudflare Workers, Cloudflare KV / Durable Objects, and related services (or propose suitable alternatives such as Node.js/Express or headless CMS if appropriate). Develop secure APIs for authentication, content, and form handling. Migrate existing WordPress data (pages, posts, forms, and media) into the new system. Integrate with our CRM (_Zoho_) and other existing systems. Ensure compliance with NZ data protection standards. Deploy backend on Cloudflare (and/or coordinate with existing hosting infrastructure as needed). Provide documentation and handover to the internal team.

Qualifications & Skills

Proven experience in backend engineering with serverless platforms (Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda, or similar). Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, authentication, and security best practices. Familiarity with Cloudflare KV, Durable Objects, R2, or equivalent distributed data solutions. Experience with WordPress architecture and React-based frontend integration. Experience in migration projects (legacy CMS → modern stack) highly valued. Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively alongside frontend specialists.

Deliverables

Backend environment and Cloudflare Worker (or alternative) architecture established. Secure APIs deployed and tested with React frontend. Migration of content/data from WordPress. Integration with Zoho CRM and forms. Production deployment. Documentation + handover.

Duration: 1 month.

Engagement: Remote, with short daily and hourly weekly check-ins.

Compensation: 75,000 INR

Experience with Cloudflare Workers, the Cloudflare CDN, prior Wordpress migration experience, and any experience of working alongside frontend engineers prioritized. A huge bonus would be experience with Zoho CRM/Zoho Forms.

Scrum Master(BA)

· Working with customers and product manager to prioritize and validate requirements.

· Coordinate with the work efforts of 8+ person team for various projects and help team complete tasks successfully and on-time and resolved obstacles encountered by team members.

· Should Coordinate and participate in weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for backlog items.

· Develop the crucial functional requirement specifications, creating detailed use cases and process flow diagrams to support functional specifications.

· Facilitate Daily Scrum Meetings and Monthly Reviews meetings. Conduct sprint retrospective and followed up on action items for continuous improvement.

· Prepare extensive cost - benefit analysis to support system and process changes

· Meticulously analyze complex data, staffing plans and variances to recommend solutions to improve revenue per call and customer satisfaction/retention

· Should be Responsible for two Agile Scrum teams

· Should be able to guide three development teams through transition from waterfall to Agile development.

· Coach the team members on Agile processes and facilitate  planning meetings and retrospectives. Maintained task board and produced daily burndown charts.

· Remove impediments and protect team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.

· Work closely with Product Owners, coordinating product backlog grooming and story.

· Generate test plans work instructions and procedures from client requirements and industry standards.

· Interface with stake holders and facilitate communication between client and the IT department.

· Prepare use case documents and utilized JIRA to create UML diagrams including use case, activity and class diagrams to extract business process flows and workflows, thereby assisting development and quality assurance teams in understanding the requirements.

· Work on a team environment to finalize use cases to develop functional and detail design specifications of the application.

· Participate in JAD sessions for requirement, feasibility and risk analysis with various stakeholders, including designers, developers, QA and management to identify critical and high risk areas of the application.

· Collaborate with the QA team in reviewing and validating test plans and test cases, ensuring that the final application catered to the user requirements.

· Develop a user acceptance test plan and test case scenarios to guide a select group of key end-users in testing the user interface and functionality of the application.

· Examine and evaluate testing fixtures and procedures for appropriateness in the specific requirements.

· Conduct 5+ levels of testing including functional, regression, user acceptance, integration and performance to verify the client’s needs are met.

· Should be able to Communicate client’s business requirements by constructing easy-to-understand data and process models.

The Incident Response Senior Principal Analyst leads a team of experts with diverse skill sets across areas such as Security Operations Center (SOC), Forensics, and other applicable technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) resources. The IR Senior Principal Analyst is specifically tasked with managing all aspects of an Incident Response engagement to include incident validation, monitoring, containment, log analysis, system forensic analysis, and reporting. The IR Senior Principal Analyst is also responsible for developing and sustaining strong relationships with our clients, and client’s counsel to ensure the engagement’s objectives and expectations are met and executed successfully as documented in the statement of work. The incumbent of this role should display a strong foundation of technical expertise in Cybersecurity, Incident Response, and Digital Forensics to successfully execute the responsibilities associated with this role.  

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports the management of the technical aspects from client setup and kickoff to supporting the reporting process.
• Co-leads project scoping calls to accurately collect information from the client concerning the incident to include but not be limited to the client’s environment, size, technology, and security threats. Responsible for capturing all client’s expectations and objectives throughout the engagement to ensure successful engagement delivery.
• Organize and maintain an inventory of requests sent to the client to include at a minimum public IP ranges, requested information (including systems for collection), collected logs, systems Skadi or full systems, and any other requested made of the client by Arete or counsel.
• Works directly with the client and other Arete team members to preserve and collect artifacts for forensic analysis.
• Engages in communications with the TA for negotiation and recovery of decryption keys or manages the ransomware specialist team.
• Ensures deadlines are met and timely update meetings are established with client and counsel.
• Responsible for quality control over the budget of engagement and proactively identifying the need for addendums for engagements. Discusses with counsel before provided addendum.
• The main point of contact who manages and participates in all communications with the client and client’s counsel during the engagement. Assists with the development of communications.
• Supports the management and coordination of all technical efforts for the IR engagement to drive the process forward through; tool deployment, ransomware decryption, restoration, and recovery efforts, system rebuilds, system, application, and network administration tasks. 
• Coordinates with the Ransom Specialist when ransom negotiations are needed. Ensures updates regarding ransom status are delivered to the client and counsel in a timely fashion.
• Manages and coordinates the onsite efforts with the Onsite Lead or team ensuring they understand and can execute the objectives for the onsite work. Additional responsibilities with onsite efforts include ensuring communications are frequent and getting the daily onsite update communicating these back to the IR Director and/or IR Ops Associate for their Tiger Team.
• Co-manages restoration team when engaged with the client for recovery of systems, data collection, and SentinelOne (S1) deployment.
• Partners with the Forensic Lead to coordinate additional data collection requests pertinent to the investigation.
• Communicates in tandem with the Forensic Lead relevant findings to the client during the investigation.
• Designs and executes a strategy to install S1 and live response data within the SLAs set by Arete.
• Manage the SOC for accurate reporting of S1 metrics from threats to checked-in systems based on the need from the client.
• Follows up with the SOC Lead on SentinelOne alerts and encourages/coordinates client participation with the product. 
• Organizes the updates for client and counsel and acts as the "quarterback" for leading update calls when prompted by counsel; maintains an organized and methodical approach for providing updates from negotiations, system restoration, data collection forensics, and closeout. Accountable for final report review, ensuring the report is accurate, professional, and meets the objective of client counsel.
• Can troubleshoot instability issues within infected operating systems and stabilize the system for continued recovery.
• Cross trains across the IR services within SOC, IR Lead, Forensics, and Restoration.
• Supports peers and IR Directors within the engagement lifecycle. Familiarizes oneself with the negotiation tactics and communications with threat actors.

• Other duties as assigned.

DISCLAIMER

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required personnel so classified. 

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

1. Experience delivering consulting engagements in a fast-paced environment
2. Experience leading scoping calls
3. Strong background and practical hands-on experience with Windows or Linux System and Network Administration, Security DevOps, Incident Response and Digital Forensics, or Security Engineering
4. Practical experience performing in a functional role including but not limited to one or more of the following disciplines: computer forensics, Incident Response, data analytics, Security Operations, and Engineering, Digital Investigations
5. Knowledgeable of collection methodologies and tools.
6. Comfortable working within various OS including Windows, Linux, and OSX
7. Organized communications and notes
8. Communicates clearly and concisely
9. Generally knowledgeable of the multiple services that comprise an IR investigation
10. In-depth knowledge of the ransom negotiation process and details it accordingly to clients