Distinguished Engineer, Cybersecurity
Job Description
Team: IT
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Distinguished Engineer, Cybersecurity in India.
Join a globally distributed engineering and consulting environment where cybersecurity innovation, strategic leadership, and digital transformation come together at scale. In this executive-level technical role, you will lead the growth and evolution of advanced cybersecurity capabilities across cloud security, application security, governance, identity management, and AI-driven security operations. You’ll collaborate with enterprise clients, cross-functional leadership teams, and technical specialists to design secure transformation strategies and deliver impactful cybersecurity solutions. This position offers the opportunity to shape global security practices, influence large-scale business initiatives, and drive innovation in emerging domains such as AI security and automated threat intelligence. Ideal for a visionary leader with deep technical expertise and strong business acumen, the role combines strategy, client engagement, operational excellence, and thought leadership. You’ll play a critical role in building scalable cybersecurity programs while mentoring teams and strengthening market presence across industries.
Accountabilities:
- Lead and scale global cybersecurity practice initiatives, driving strategic growth, innovation, and operational excellence.
- Define and execute cybersecurity strategies across domains including cloud security, application security, IAM, GRC, SOC, data security, and AI security.
- Drive business growth through cybersecurity-led transformation programs, pipeline generation, and large-deal solution shaping.
- Partner with industry verticals and enterprise stakeholders to develop tailored cybersecurity solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and clients on cybersecurity risk, governance, resilience, and digital transformation.
- Lead proactive assessments, client workshops, technical discussions, and cybersecurity transformation proposals.
- Design and develop differentiated cybersecurity offerings such as Zero Trust, DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Managed Security, and AI-driven security solutions.
- Establish frameworks for AI system security, including model protection, adversarial risk mitigation, and secure data handling practices.
- Build accelerators and automation capabilities for threat intelligence, compliance monitoring, security assessments, and SOC optimization.
- Ensure secure, compliant, and high-quality delivery standards across cybersecurity engagements and enterprise programs.
- Mentor and guide multidisciplinary cybersecurity teams across offensive security, defensive operations, governance, and compliance domains.
- Represent the organization at industry forums, leadership events, and cybersecurity thought leadership initiatives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify current-state challenges and define scalable future-state architectures and processes.
- Drive stakeholder alignment, decision-making, and consensus-building across complex enterprise environments.
- 17+ years of experience in cybersecurity leadership, consulting, engineering, or enterprise security transformation roles.
- Deep expertise across cybersecurity domains including cloud security, IAM, SOC, GRC, application security, and data protection.
- Strong experience driving cybersecurity strategy, business development, and practice growth within enterprise or consulting environments.
- Proven ability to engage with C-level stakeholders and act as a trusted advisor on security strategy and risk management.
- Experience leading security transformation initiatives and integrating cybersecurity into large-scale digital programs.
- Strong understanding of AI-driven cybersecurity capabilities, threat detection automation, and security for AI systems.
- Experience developing innovative security offerings such as Zero Trust architectures, DevSecOps, and managed security services.
- Demonstrated leadership in building, mentoring, and scaling high-performing cybersecurity teams.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and client engagement skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience delivering projects across industries such as manufacturing, aerospace, engineering, construction, consumer goods, chemicals, or related sectors is highly desirable.
- Ability to lead discovery workshops, solution assessments, pre-sales activities, and technical proposal development.
- Strong understanding of governance, compliance, risk frameworks, and enterprise security best practices.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field.
- MBA or postgraduate qualification from a reputed institution is considered an advantage.
- Opportunity to lead and shape a global cybersecurity practice with strategic influence.
- Exposure to large-scale enterprise transformation and cutting-edge cybersecurity initiatives.
- Collaborative and non-hierarchical work culture with international project exposure.
- Career advancement opportunities within a rapidly growing global digital engineering environment.
- Opportunity to work on emerging technologies including AI security, cloud transformation, and automation.
- Flexible and innovation-driven work environment encouraging leadership and ownership.
- Access to complex, high-impact projects across multiple industries and global markets.
- Continuous learning, certifications, and professional development opportunities.
- Competitive compensation package aligned with senior leadership experience and expertise.
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