Information Security Analyst- Urgent-Thane

Job Description – Information Security Analyst (Defensive Security)

Location : Thane, Maharashtra, India (On-site)

Employment Type : Third-Party Payroll

Location - Thane

Client- Aditya Birla Group

Role summary

We are seeking a hands-on SOC Infra Security Engineer to operate, maintain, govern perimeter and endpoint security technologies (NGFW, EDR, DLP, Secure Proxy, VPN, IPS / IDS and policy automation). This is an operational role you will drive day-to-day activities, tune controls, enforce policies, support incident response, and work under the direction of the SOC Infra Security manager to ensure stable and secure service delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Operate and monitor perimeter and endpoint security tools (NGFW, EDR, DLP, Secure Proxy, VPN, IPS / IDS).
• Implement and validate routine firewall / NGFW rule changes and access requests following change governance.
• Support periodic audits and compliance requests by providing logs, reports and evidence of controls.
• Perform periodic rule reviews and housekeeping to remove obsolete or risky rules (under guidance).
• Tune EDR / DLP / IPS detections to reduce false positives and improve signal-to-noise.
• Ability to present updates and respond to business queries during weekly and monthly review calls with stakeholders and management.
• Maintain and operate security policy automation / configuration management tools (apply templates, run validations, assist in automation workflows).
• Maintain runbooks, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and accurate configuration documentation.
• Coordinate with network, cloud and vendor teams for troubleshooting, deployments, and capacity or outage escalations.
• Participate in patching / upgrade activities for security appliances and validate postpatch functionality.
• Assist in PoC of new security features and capture functional feedback.
• Participate in on-call rotation and provide timely updates during incidents.
• Provide guidance to junior operators and share knowledge on tooling and playbooks.

Qualifications

Good to Have