GRC Consultant

This role is focused on Cyber Security Risk, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), IT Controls, and Security Audits, with strong emphasis on Backup, Disaster Recovery (DR), and Business Continuity (BCP).

Key responsibilities:

• Perform security control assessments against organizational policies, security standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify control gaps, risks, audit findings, and compliance issues, and monitor remediation until closure.
• Assess Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity processes and controls.
• Validate backup availability, restoration/recovery procedures, DR readiness, and evidence of periodic DR/BCP testing.
• Conduct control testing and risk assessments and support internal/external security audits.
• Review security policies, procedures, standards, and governance frameworks for compliance.
• Maintain audit evidence, track findings, and coordinate with stakeholders for remediation.
• Support overall security governance, regulatory compliance, and IT risk management activities.

Required Skills

• Cyber Security Risk & Compliance / GRC
• IT Risk & Controls
• Security Control Assessment & Testing
• Security Audits
• Backup & Disaster Recovery
• BCP / DR
• Risk Assessment
• Compliance & Governance
• Security Policies & Standards
• Audit Finding & Remediation Management

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Compliance Analyst to manage and support cybersecurity compliance, GRC, risk assessments, audits, and client engagements. The candidate will evaluate security controls, identify compliance gaps, review evidence, and provide practical recommendations.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct Compliance Audits, Gap Assessments, and Risk Assessments.
• Assess controls against ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISO 27701, ISO 42001, HIPAA, GDPR, DPDP, etc.
• Review policies, procedures, controls, and audit evidence.
• Identify gaps, risks, observations, and recommend remediation.
• Prepare Risk Registers, SoA, Control Matrices, Audit Reports, and Compliance Reports.
• Support clients during certification, surveillance, and external audits.
• Conduct client meetings, interviews, and control walkthroughs.
• Coordinate evidence collection and remediation tracking.
• Develop and review information security policies and procedures.
• Stay updated with cybersecurity standards, regulations, and best practices.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of Information Security, GRC, Risk & Compliance.
• Good knowledge of ISO 27001:2022 and SOC 2.
• Understanding of cybersecurity controls, IT infrastructure, cloud security, IAM, vulnerability management, and security operations.
• Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and report-writing skills.
• Ability to independently manage client engagements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2–6 years of relevant experience in GRC, IT Audit, Cybersecurity Compliance, or Consulting.
• Certifications such as ISO 27001 LA/LI, CISA, CISSP, CRISC, or relevant GRC certifications are preferred.

We are seeking an experienced Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Lead to spearhead the

design, implementation, and maintenance of our ISO 27001 Information Security Management

System (ISMS). This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for establishing a robust security

governance framework, achieving ISO 27001 certification, and embedding a culture of

continuous security improvement across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

● ISMS Implementation & Certification: Lead end-to-end ISO 27001 implementation

from gap analysis through to successful Stage 1 and Stage 2 certification audits;

manage external auditor relationships

● Risk Management: Develop and operationalize the information security risk

management framework; conduct risk assessments, treatment planning, and risk

acceptance processes.

● Policy & Governance : Author, approve, and maintain the Statement of Applicability

(SoA), information security policies, standards, and procedures aligned with ISO 27001

Annex A controls.

● Control Implementation: Translate ISO 27001 Annex A controls into operational

security measures; coordinate with IT, Accounts, HR, Backoffice, and business units to

implement and validate controls.

● Compliance Monitoring: Establish continuous monitoring, internal audit programs, and

KPIs/KRIs to measure ISMS effectiveness; manage non-conformities and corrective

actions.

● Third-Party Risk: Oversee vendor security assessments and ensure supply chain

security controls meet organizational and ISO 27001 standards.

● Stakeholder Management: Report ISMS performance, risks, and compliance status to

senior leadership and the board; act as primary liaison for external auditors and

regulators.

Required Qualifications

● 5+ years of experience in information security governance, risk, and compliance

● Proven track record of leading at least one full ISO 27001:2022 certification cycle (gap

analysis → certification)

● Deep expertise in ISO 27001:2022 standard, Annex A controls, and ISMS

documentation requirements

● Strong understanding of risk assessment methodologies (e.g., ISO 27005, NIST RMF,

OCTAVE, FAIR)

● Familiarity with internal audit practices and managing external certification bodies

● Excellent stakeholder management and ability to influence across technical and non-

technical teams

● Strong documentation and communication skills — able to translate complex standards

into actionable guidance

Preferred Qualifications

● Experience implementing ISMS in fintech, healthcare, or regulated industries

● Experience with SOC 2, GDPR, NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, or other compliance frameworks

● Background in cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP) and DevSecOps environments

● Knowledge of automation for compliance evidence collection and control testing

● Certifications: CISM, CRISC, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, or ISO 27001 Lead

Implementer

Why Join Us

● Opportunity to build the security governance function from the ground up

● High-visibility role with direct impact on customer trust and market differentiation

● Collaborative environment that values security as a business enabler, not a blocker

Company Profile:

We are a one-stop financial services shop, widely known for quality of its advice, personalized

service and cutting-edge technology. We started our journey in 2008. Currently we are serving

more than 50,000 investors with a team of 100 members. Our core product offering is mutual

fund, FD, Govt. Bonds, Debenture, etc.

Company Description

Appiness Interactive Pvt. Ltd. is a Bangalore-based product development and UX firm that specializes in digital services for startups to fortune-500s. We work closely with our clients to create a comprehensive soul for their brand in the online world, engaged through multiple platforms of digital media. Our team is young, passionate, and aggressive, not afraid to think out of the box or tread the un-trodden path in order to deliver the best results for our clients. We pride ourselves on Practical Creativity where the idea is only as good as the returns it fetches for our clients.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Security Engineer with 7+ years of experience, including strong hands-on expertise in AWS Cloud Security. The candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, assessing, and continuously improving security across AWS cloud environments. The role requires strong knowledge of cloud security architecture, IAM, network security, threat detection, vulnerability management, incident response, security monitoring, encryption, and DevSecOps.

This is a highly technical position. Hands-on technical expertise will be given significantly more importance than communication skills. Good written and verbal communication is sufficient.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure AWS cloud architectures.
• Establish and maintain AWS security best practices and security controls.
• Implement IAM, RBAC, least-privilege access, MFA, federation and privileged access controls.
• Secure AWS networking including VPCs, Security Groups, NACLs, routing, private/public subnets and VPC endpoints.
• Implement and manage AWS security services including:
• AWS IAM
• AWS KMS
• AWS CloudTrail
• Amazon GuardDuty
• AWS Security Hub
• AWS Config
• AWS WAF
• AWS Secrets Manager
• Monitor and investigate security events, threats and suspicious activities.
• Lead or participate in cloud security incident response and root-cause analysis.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and coordinate remediation.
• Perform AWS security posture reviews and identify misconfigurations.
• Review cloud architectures and provide security recommendations.
• Implement encryption and data protection controls.
• Secure CI/CD pipelines and support DevSecOps practices.
• Review Infrastructure as Code for security risks.
• Implement security automation wherever possible.
• Work with engineering, DevOps and infrastructure teams to embed security into the development lifecycle.
• Establish security standards, policies and controls for AWS environments.
• Support compliance requirements and security audits.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance.

Mandatory Technical Skills

Must Have

• 7+ years of overall IT/Security/Cloud experience
• Strong AWS Cloud Security experience
• Hands-on AWS security architecture
• AWS IAM
• IAM policies, roles, permissions and least privilege
• AWS networking security
• VPC, Security Groups and NACLs
• CloudTrail and security logging
• GuardDuty
• Security Hub
• KMS and encryption
• Vulnerability management
• Cloud security monitoring
• Incident response
• Security hardening
• Security architecture/design

Good to Have

• AWS Organizations / SCP
• Terraform / CloudFormation
• DevSecOps
• CI/CD security
• Docker/Kubernetes security
• SAST/DAST/SCA
• SIEM tools
• Python/Bash/PowerShell scripting
• CIS Benchmarks
• NIST
• ISO 27001
• SOC 2
• AWS security certifications

IT Compliance Manager – Web3 & Digital Assets

📍 Location: Dubai, UAE

💼 Employment Type: Full-Time

🏢 Department: Technology / Compliance

📊 Experience: 5+ Years

🌐 Industry: FinTech / Web3 / Digital Assets

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced IT Compliance Manager – Web3 & Digital Assets to lead technology compliance, IT governance, risk management, and cybersecurity controls within a regulated FinTech and digital-asset environment.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in IT GRC, technology risk, cybersecurity governance, Web3/blockchain, digital assets, and regulatory compliance, with UAE regulatory experience being highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage IT governance, compliance frameworks, policies, procedures, and technology risk assessments.
• Support compliance with UAE virtual asset and financial-services regulations, including VARA, DFSA, FSRA, and UAE Central Bank requirements, where applicable.
• Assess technology risks across blockchain infrastructure, crypto wallets, custody, APIs, cloud platforms, databases, smart contracts, and dApps.
• Review controls related to crypto deposits, withdrawals, transfers, wallet operations, and transaction monitoring.
• Develop and monitor controls aligned with ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, PCI DSS, and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate IT audits, regulatory audits, compliance assessments, evidence collection, and remediation activities.
• Maintain technology risk registers, control assessments, compliance reports, and management dashboards.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Security, Legal, Risk, AML/KYC, Finance, and Operations teams.
• Embed compliance and technology-risk requirements into product development, system changes, and technology architecture.
• Support regulatory licensing, assessments, and ongoing compliance requirements for digital-asset services.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Finance, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in IT Compliance, IT GRC, Technology Risk, Cybersecurity Governance, or a related field.
• Experience in FinTech, banking, payments, cryptocurrency, blockchain, digital assets, or financial services.
• Strong understanding of Web3, blockchain networks, crypto wallets, digital-asset transactions, custody, and smart-contract risks.
• Hands-on experience with IT governance, risk assessments, control testing, audits, and compliance frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, PCI DSS, ITGC, or similar frameworks.
• Experience working with auditors, regulators, and cross-functional technology teams.
• Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

UAE / Web3 Experience – Preferred

• Experience with VARA, DFSA, FSRA, UAE Central Bank, or other UAE financial regulators.
• Experience supporting VASP licensing or regulatory approvals.
• Previous experience in crypto exchanges, digital-asset platforms, blockchain companies, Web3 startups, or FinTech organizations.
• Understanding of AML/KYC, transaction monitoring, custody, wallet security, and digital-asset controls.

Preferred Certifications

• CISA
• CISM
• CISSP
• CRISC
• ISO 27001 Lead Auditor / Lead Implementer
• CAMS

Key Skills

IT GRC | IT Compliance | Technology Risk | Web3 Governance | Blockchain Risk | Digital Asset Compliance | VASP Licensing | UAE Regulatory Compliance | ITGC | Cybersecurity Governance | ISO 27001 | SOC 2 | NIST | PCI DSS | IT Audit | Risk Assessment | Crypto Transaction Monitoring | Stakeholder Management

Strong Product Security Engineer / Security Engineer / Application Security Engineer / DevSecOps Engineer profiles

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Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 4+ years of hands-on Application/Product Security or Security Engineering experience,

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Mandatory (Experience 2) – Strong hands-on experience in AWS Cloud Security, Infrastructure Security, and Application Security, with the ability to identify and address security risks at the application/code level.

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Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have hands-on experience in secure SDLC/DevSecOps, including code review, API security, CI/CD security automation, vulnerability management, VAPT/penetration testing, and security tooling.

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Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must have hands-on experience with security audits and compliance frameworks, including SOC 2, GDPR, and ISO 27001, preferably having participated in or driven audits.

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Mandatory (Experience 5) – Experience setting up, managing, and tracking security tools such as MDM, endpoint agents, security monitoring/scanning tools, secrets/access management, and related security tooling.

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Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must demonstrate strong coding/development understanding with the ability to read/write code and assess security of APIs, applications, databases, and distributed systems; not just operate security tools.

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Preferred (Experience 1) – Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, CEH, OSCP, or equivalent.

Hi Folks, we are currently Hiring for Security Engineer.

Gemini said

Hiring: Security Engineer

Company : Pentabay Softwares

Location : Anna salai, Mount Road

Mode: Fulltime

Pentabay Softwares INC is looking for a proactive Security Engineer (2–7 Years Exp) to fortify our global digital solutions. As we scale our footprint in the Healthcare IT sector, you will play a critical role in safeguarding sensitive data (ePHI) and ensuring our cloud-native architectures are resilient against evolving threats.

The Mission

You will be the architect of our defense, bridging the gap between high-speed development and rigorous security standards. Your day-to-day will involve "shifting security left" by embedding DevSecOps practices into our CI/CD pipelines and leading our compliance efforts for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA.

Key Responsibilities

Defense & Architecture: Design and maintain secure cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) and on-prem environments. Implement IAM policies, Zero Trust frameworks, and robust secrets management.

Offensive Testing: Conduct regular vulnerability assessments (VAPT), penetration testing, and code reviews using tools like Burp Suite and Nessus.

DevSecOps & Automation: Integrate SAST/DAST/SCA scanning into engineering workflows. Automate security tasks using Python or Bash.

Incident Response: Monitor SIEM tools (Splunk/CrowdStrike), respond to threats, and develop risk mitigation strategies.

Healthcare Compliance (Plus): Ensure data integrity for HL7/FHIR APIs and maintain HIPAA/HITECH audit readiness for healthcare clients.

What You Bring

Experience: 2–7 years in Information/Application Security with a strong grasp of the OWASP Top 10 and threat modeling (STRIDE).

Technical Depth: Proficiency in network/endpoint security, PKI, encryption standards (TLS/SSL), and container security (Docker/Kubernetes).

Compliance Knowledge: Familiarity with NIST, GDPR, and SOC 2 frameworks.

Tools: Hands-on experience with Metasploit, Wireshark, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).

Bonus Points: Industry certifications like OSCP, CISSP, or CEH, and experience in Healthcare IT workflows.

Auditing space like ISO27001 , ISO9001 prefered

Why Pentabay?

At Pentabay, we offer more than just a job; we offer a security-first engineering culture.

Growth: A dedicated learning budget for certifications and conferences.

Impact: Work on cutting-edge Healthcare projects that demand the highest levels of data privacy.

Send resumes to : sandhiya.m at pentabay.com

DevOps & Cloud Security Specialist to architect enterprise-grade AWS networking, implement strict IAM security boundaries (HIPAA/GDPR compliance), automate infrastructure via IaC, and maintain crystal-clear technical documentation.

1. Primary Must-Have Competencies (Core Priorities)

A. AWS Networking & VPC Topology (Top Priority)

• Advanced VPC Architecture: Mastery in designing multi-VPC topologies, isolated subnets, custom Route Tables, NAT Gateways, Transit Gateways, and Cross-Region VPC Peering.
• Private Network Security: Extensive experience using VPC Endpoints (Gateway & Interface/PrivateLink) to keep internal AWS traffic completely off the public internet.
• Traffic Ingestion & Edge Security: Expertise in AWS WAF (custom rules, bot control, rate limiting), API Gateway throttling, ALB configuration, and Route 53 global routing.

B. AWS Security, IAM Architecture & Compliance

• Enterprise IAM Governance: Expertise in AWS Organizations, IAM Identity Center (SSO), Permission Boundaries, Service Control Policies (SCPs), and temporary role assumption across multi-account setups.
• Data Protection & Key Management: Deep knowledge of AWS KMS (customer-managed keys, envelope encryption at rest and in transit) and AWS Secrets Manager.
• Audit & Compliance: Setting up centralized logging pipelines (CloudTrail, GuardDuty, AWS Config, CloudWatch Audit Logs) for strict HIPAA/GDPR compliance.

C. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Containerization

• Terraform / AWS CDK: Must write production-grade, modular IaC templates from scratch—enforcing network topology and security guardrails directly in code.
• Container Orchestration: Hands-on setup and management of AWS ECS (Fargate) or EKS (Kubernetes) and automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).

D. Architecture Documentation & Systems Mapping

• Technical Documentation: Ability to author clean, standardized architecture diagrams (e.g., C4 model, Draw.io, Lucidchart) and maintain comprehensive runbooks, incident response plans, and compliance documentation.

2. Secondary Competency (Strong Advantage, Not Mandatory)

• Backend Software Development: Hands-on experience or a background in writing/debugging backend code in Node.js, Python, or Go.
• Note: The primary responsibility is cloud infrastructure, security, and automation. However, the ability to read backend code, debug API bottlenecks, or assist developers with microservice integrations is a major bonus.

Lead Cloud Reliability Engineer

Job Responsibilities

● Lead and manage the Cloud Reliability teams to provide strong Managed Services support to end-customers.

● Isolate, troubleshoot and resolve issues reported by CMS clients in their cloud environment

● Drive the communication with the customer providing details about the issue, current steps, next plan of action, ETA

● Gather client's requirements related to use of specic cloud services and provide assistance in seing them up and resolving issues

● Create SOPs and knowledge articles for use by the L1 teams to resolve common issues

● Identify recurring issues, perform root cause analysis and propose/implement preventive actions

● Follow change management procedure to identify, record and implement changes

● Plan and deploy OS, security patches in Windows/Linux environment and upgrade k8s clusters

● Identify the recurring manual activities and contribute to automation

● Provide technical guidance and educate team members on development and operations. Monitor metrics and develop ways to improve.

● System troubleshooting and problem-solving across plaorm and application domains. Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies and cloud services.

● Build, maintain, and monitor conguration standards.

● Ensuring critical system security through using best-in-class cloud security solutions.

Qualifications

● 4-7 years experience in Cloud Infrastructure and Operations domains and IT operational experience preferably in a global enterprise environment.

● Specialize in one or two cloud deployment platforms: AWS, GCP

● Hands on experience with AWS/GCP services (EKS, ECS, EC2, VPC, RDS, Lambda, GKE, Compute Engine)

● Understanding of one or more programming languages (Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Java, .Net)

● Logging and Monitoring tools (ELK, Stackdriver, CloudWatch)

● Knowledge on Conguration Management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef

● Experience working with deployment and orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos)

● Good analytical, communication, problem solving, and learning skills.

● Knowledge on programming against cloud plaorms such as Google Cloud Platform and lean development methodologies.

● Strong service aitude and a commitment to quality.

● Willingness to work in shifts.

Lead Cloud Reliability Engineer

Job Responsibilities

● Lead and manage the Cloud Reliability teams to provide strong Managed Services support to end-customers.

● Isolate, troubleshoot and resolve issues reported by CMS clients in their cloud environment

● Drive the communication with the customer providing details about the issue, current steps, next plan of action, ETA

● Gather client's requirements related to use of specic cloud services and provide assistance in seing them up and resolving issues

● Create SOPs and knowledge articles for use by the L1 teams to resolve common issues

● Identify recurring issues, perform root cause analysis and propose/implement preventive actions

● Follow change management procedure to identify, record and implement changes

● Plan and deploy OS, security patches in Windows/Linux environment and upgrade k8s clusters

● Identify the recurring manual activities and contribute to automation

● Provide technical guidance and educate team members on development and operations. Monitor metrics and develop ways to improve.

● System troubleshooting and problem-solving across plaorm and application domains. Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies and cloud services.

● Build, maintain, and monitor conguration standards.

● Ensuring critical system security through using best-in-class cloud security solutions.

Qualifications

● 4-7 years experience in Cloud Infrastructure and Operations domains and IT operational experience preferably in a global enterprise environment.

● Specialize in one or two cloud deployment platforms: AWS, GCP

● Hands on experience with AWS/GCP services (EKS, ECS, EC2, VPC, RDS, Lambda, GKE, Compute Engine)

● Understanding of one or more programming languages (Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Java, .Net)

● Logging and Monitoring tools (ELK, Stackdriver, CloudWatch)

● Knowledge on Conguration Management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef

● Experience working with deployment and orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos)

● Good analytical, communication, problem solving, and learning skills.

● Knowledge on programming against cloud plaorms such as Google Cloud Platform and lean development methodologies.

● Strong service aitude and a commitment to quality.

● Willingness to work in shifts.

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