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Job Title: Cyber GRC Program Delivery Manager (Remote/Onsite)

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Experinece: 10+ Year

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Role Overv

iewWe are seeking an experienced Cyber GRC Program Delivery Manager (Hands-on) to lead and drive cybersecurity governance, risk, compliance, audit remediation, and regulatory initiatives across the organizati

on.The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Cyber GRC, Information Security Governance, Audit & Compliance, Risk Management, Control Frameworks, and Program Delivery. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for planning, tracking, reporting, stakeholder management, audit closure, and successful delivery of multiple cyber and compliance initiativ

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• ams.Develop and manage integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, RAID logs, and executive report
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• ies.Coordinate cross-functional teams including Security, IT, Compliance, Risk, Audit, Legal, and Business stakehold
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Mathematics Expert (Master's / PhD) Hourly Contract | Remote | $35 –$50 per hour About the Role Mercor is hiring Mathematics and Statistics Master’s and PhD-level experts (current students or graduates) for a premier project with one of the world’s top AI labs. In this role, you will contribute deep subject-matter expertise to a cutting-edge initiative involving advanced large language models. You will be responsible for creating high-quality, rigorous mathematical tasks , including difficult problems that will shape the future capabilities of AI reasoning systems. You're a Good Fit If You: Completed your undergraduate degree in the US/UK/Canada/Western Europe Completed (or are currently pursuing) a graduate degree (Master’s/PhD) at a top university in the US/UK/Canada/Western Europe Have high attention to detail Possess exceptional written and verbal communication skills Have excellent English proficiency Demonstrate strong analytical thinking and mathematical rigor More Role Details The project begins in November , with rolling applications This phase will run for 1–2 months Experts are expected to contribute 4–6 tasks per week (each requiring several hours) Fully remote and asynchronous Work requires advanced mathematics expertise and the ability to follow complex instructions Compensation & Legal Classified as an hourly contractor Paid weekly via Stripe Connect Compensation: $35 –$50/hour Screening Process Complete a short AI-led interview Fill out a brief form Total application time: 20–40 minutes PS: Mercor reviews applications daily. Please complete your interview and onboarding steps to be considered for this opportunity.

About us:

We are a highly successful 190-year-old, Fortune 500 commercial property insurance company of 6,000+ employees with a unique focus on science and risk engineering. Businesses worldwide trust our expertise to protect their assets, relying on our comprehensive risk assessments and robust, engineering-based insurance solutions to safeguard against fire, natural disasters, and other perils. Serving over a quarter of the Fortune 500 and major corporations globally, we deliver data-driven strategies that enhance resilience, ensure business continuity, and empower organizations to thrive.

FM India is a strategic location for driving our global operational efficiency. Our presence in India allows us to leverage the countrys talented workforce and advance our capabilities to serve our clients better. We have diverse corporate functions that emphasize research, advanced technologies like AI and analytics, risk engineering, research, finance, marketing, HR, etc. working together to provide innovative solutions and nurture lasting relationships from co-workers to clients.

Role Title: Cyber Security Spec IND

Position Summary:

Assists senior team members with performing the day to day operations and monitoring of security infrastructure technologies (such as SIEM, UEBA, Firewall, AV/EDR, DLP) used to prevent, detect, and/or respond to security incidents. These operational activities include monitoring and responding to cyber security alerts and incidents. Manages ticket queues and responds to operational incident tickets received from the service desk and processes change requests.

Job Responsibilities:

• With guidance from senior team members, performs daily security event monitoring and subsequent investigation activities. In the event that a security incident has been found, follows enterprise incident response standard processes ensuring proper escalation and engagement of more senior team members, management, and other technical teams as appropriate.
• With guidance from senior team members, supports efforts to implement 0% ongoing improvements to security policies and infrastructure configurations which improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Xs threatprevention, detection, and response services.
• Under the direction of more senior team members, provides support for business and technology initiatives which require assistance from thesecurity infrastructure services team.
• Maintain familiarity with companies security standards and ensure that 0% technologies and security policies are implemented in support of those standards. Communicate any identified gaps to peers and management in atimely manner.
• Is able to communicate and work as a team both within security infrastructure services and across other groups in support of goals andobjectives.
• Maintains clear concise and accurate documentation for processes and configurations. Ensure documentation is kept up to date and in the propershared, accessible location.

Skill and Experience:

• 1-3 years of experiencerequired to perform essential job functions.
• Additional Experience Qualifier (optional): Minimum of one (1) year of experience in information technology, security administration, business analysis, risk, audit, compliance, computer forensics, network perimeter security or other related discipline.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing
• Ability to coordinate activities with team members and other stakeholders
• Must have a strong work ethic, and a positive attitude
• Ability to work independently or on a team Ability to multitask and change priorities with effective results
• General knowledge of at least one of the following areas: operating systems, databases, systems, networks, application development Working knowledge of MS Office suite, especially Excel
• PowerBI Preferred
• Ability to leverage various sources of information articles, webinars, Internet, etc to gain accurate knowledge of current security threats, vulnerabilities and mitigating strategies to address them

Must Have Skills:

• Security Event Analysis and Triage
  Ability to review escalated alerts, analyze supporting evidence, and apply structured thinking to determine legitimacy, severity, and next steps under guidance.
• Foundational Adversary and Attack Knowledge
  Working understanding of common attacker behaviors and tactics, including familiarity with concepts such as phishing, credential abuse, lateral movement, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Broad Technical Curiosity and Literacy
  Exposure to enterprise technologies including endpoints, identity systems, cloud services, networking, email, and SaaS platforms, with the ability to follow attack paths across domains.
• Data Loss Prevention and Insider Threat Exposure
  Familiarity with DLP or insider threat alerting, including reviewing user behavior, contextual data, and supporting basic investigations and escalations.
• Analytical and Automation Aptitude
  Strong problem-solving skills, comfort working with data, and experience or interest in scripting and automation tools (e.g., Python, PowerShell, APIs). Ability to apply these skills to enhance and scale AI-assisted SOC operations.
  GSEC/GCIH/Security+/BTL1/BTL2/CySA+/SC-200/CCTIA
• Automation & Integration Mindset
  Experience or interest in integrating AI agents with automation tools and enterprise systems (e.g., APIs, Power Automate, SIEM platforms). Ability to extend agent capabilities to support SOC use cases such as enrichment, triage support, and workflow orchestration.

Education and Certifications:

4 Year/ bachelors degree required.

Work location: Bengaluru

About us:

We are a highly successful 190-year-old, Fortune 500 commercial property insurance company of 6,000+ employees with a unique focus on science and risk engineering. Businesses worldwide trust our expertise to protect their assets, relying on our comprehensive risk assessments and robust, engineering-based insurance solutions to safeguard against fire, natural disasters, and other perils. Serving over a quarter of the Fortune 500 and major corporations globally, we deliver data-driven strategies that enhance resilience, ensure business continuity, and empower organizations to thrive.

FM India is a strategic location for driving our global operational efficiency. Our presence in India allows us to leverage the countrys talented workforce and advance our capabilities to serve our clients better. We have diverse corporate functions that emphasize research, advanced technologies like AI and analytics, risk engineering, research, finance, marketing, HR, etc. working together to provide innovative solutions and nurture lasting relationships from co-workers to clients.

Role Title: Prin Cyber Security Engineer IND

Position Summary:

Assists principal and architect roles with strategic planning and innovation adoption efforts, as well as efforts to identify and recommend new technologies and/or capabilities which will enhance the cyber security program. Leads planning, design, and execution of major changes. Assists as escalation point with complex operational and systems engineering needs with security infrastructure technologies(such as SIEM, UEBA, Firewall, AV/EDR, DLP) used to prevent, detect, and/or respond to security incidents. These operational activities may include resolving escalated complex and/or business impacting technology issues, investigating complex security events, and participating in incident response exercises. Leads advanced cyber security incident investigations and helps to shape threathunting activities. Additionally, may lead incident response efforts.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assists with daily security event monitoring and subsequent investigation activities. In the event that a security incident has been found, follows enterprise incident response standard processes ensuring proper escalation. Additionally, handles security events escalated from more junior team members.
• Recommends and facilitates implementation of enhanced configurations, policies, and processes which improve the effectiveness and efficiency of FM Global's threat prevention, detection, and response services
• Performs security assessments of business and technology initiatives, identifying gaps and leading efforts to develop and implement solutions to mitigate those gaps.
• Maintain familiarity with the companies security standards and ensure processes exist to demonstrate compliance to those standards, and that technologiesand security policies are implemented in support of those standards
• Stay abreast of changes in the threat landscape by following industry experts, publications, newsfeeds, and threat intelligence sources. Identify ways to incorporate this information into ongoing securitypractices.
• Maintains a high level of communication and teamwork both within security infrastructure services team and across other groups to successfully accomplish goals and objectives. Additionally, capable of interfacing with business leaders and IS leadership to promote security awareness, understanding, and improvements as well as satisfy their concerns.
• Maintains clear concise and accurate documentation for processes and configurations. Ensure documentation is kept up to date and in the proper shared, accessible location. Independently identifies areas where additional process or technology documentation is needed and ensures that it is developed. Supports the development of current and future state architecture documentation where appropriate.
• Leads and coordinates advanced threat hunting activities to seek out threats in the environment which might otherwise remain undetected by existing monitoring/prevention measures.
• Develops accurate estimates of time and effort required to implement upgrade or modify complex system configurations. Produces necessary work/test plans for accomplishing these efforts. Provides project leadership and direction of day to day project activities.
• Mentors junior staff in all areas of responsibility including professionalism, communication, team work, problem solving, and technology design implementation maintenance and trouble resolution.

Skill and Experience :

• 5-8 years of experiencerequired to perform essential job functions.
• Additional Experience Qualifier (optional): Minimum of seven (7) year of experience in information technology or business analysis with at least five (5) years in an information security specific field, such as computer forensics, network perimeter security, incident response, system security, threat research, or working in or in support of a security operations center. Demonstrated knowledge of information security discipline via relevant advanced industry certification (such as: CISSP, SSCP, CISA, CCE, Security+, GIAC, CEH, etc.)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate advanced technical subjects including controls and control effectiveness, infrastructure architectures, and risks, to a non technical audience
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to coordinate activities with team members and other stakeholders
• Excellent customer service skills
• Must have a strong work ethic, great time management skills and a positive attitude
• Must be able to work independently, on a team, or in a leadership role on a team
• Ability to multitask and change priorities with effective results
• Strong knowledge of at least one of the following areas: operating systems, databases, systems, networks, application development
• Ability to design and implement technical solutions for business problems while balancing functionality, sustainability, time to delivery and costs
• Ability to develop and maintain current and future state technology architectures
• Advanced knowledge of and experience with computer vulnerabilities, hacker methodologies and other threats
• Advanced MS Excel and reporting skills required
• Experience using Power BI strongly preferred
• Ability to leverage various trusted sources of information articles, webinars, Internet, etc to gain accurate knowledge of current security threats, vulnerabilities, mitigating strategies to address them and then recommend and implement appropriate solutions for the organization
• Advanced understanding of at least one security, technical, or risk discipline
• Significant experience working with vendors and resellers, managing vendor reseller relationships, and bringing available resources to bear to solve problems or realize opportunities
• Experience managing large complex projects, producing any necessary artifacts, and meeting critical milestones

Must Have Skills:

• Cloud Security Architecture and Engineering/ DevSecOps Strong foundation in securing cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including architecture review, secure configuration, and identification of cloud-specific risks.
• Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Hands-on experience operating CSPM tools, interpreting findings, prioritizing risks, and working with platform and engineering teams to remediate issues at scale.
• Security Integration into CI/CD Pipelines Experience embedding security controls into CI/CD pipelines, including policy enforcement, hard gates, and automated validation of security requirements.
• Automation and Infrastructure as Code Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code and automation tooling (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation, Git-based workflows, scripting) to enforce security standards and manage configuration drift.
• Security Engineering Mindset and Influence Demonstrated ability to translate security requirements into enforceable technical controls and influence platform and DevOps teams without formal authority, maintaining a risk-first perspective rather than a delivery-first mindset. PRefer a related certification such as: AZ-500/CCSP/CKS

Education and Certifications:

4 Year/ bachelors degree required.

Work location: Bengaluru

About ADM:
We are one of the worlds largest nutrition companies and a global leader in human and animal nutrition. We unlock the power of nature to provide nourishing quality of life by transforming crops into ingredients and solutions for foods, beverages, supplements, livestock, aquaculture, and pets.
About ADM India Hub:
At ADM, we have long recognized the strength and potential of Indias talent pool, which is why we have maintained a presence in the country for more than 25 years. Building on this foundation, we have now established ADM India Hub, our first GCC in India.
At ADM India Hub, we are hiring for IT and finance roles across diverse technology and business functions. We stand at the intersection of global expertise and local excellence, enabling us to drive innovation and support our larger purpose of unlocking the power of nature to enrich quality of life.
POSITION SUMMARY:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Network Security Engineer to join our Information Technology team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust network security infrastructure to protect organizational assets. You will serve as a subject matter expert in firewall architecture, network access control, and security policy enforcement, working closely with the Network Manager to align security initiatives with business objectives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, architect, and implement scalable network security solutions, including firewall policies, segmentation strategies, and access control frameworks across enterprise environments.
• Lead the end-to-end lifecycle management of Cisco and Palo Alto firewall platforms, including configuration, rule optimization, health monitoring, and capacity planning.
• Administer and manage Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for network access control (NAC), including policy enforcement, posture assessment, profiling, and reporting.
• Conduct regular security assessments, firewall rule reviews, and audits to identify and remediate vulnerabilities and policy gaps.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive network security documentation including architecture diagrams, runbooks, change management records, and security policies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (infrastructure, cloud, applications) to integrate security controls into new and existing systems.
• Respond to and lead investigation of network security incidents, performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Evaluate and recommend new security technologies, tools, and best practices to continuously improve the security posture.
• Mentor junior security team members and contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives across the IT organization.
• Partner with the Network Manager to define security roadmaps, project priorities, and resource requirements.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field; equivalent work experience will be considered.
• Experience (Must Have)
• Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience in network security architecture and design, with demonstrated expertise in enterprise firewall design and deployment.\
• Minimum 5 years of direct, production-level experience administering Cisco ASA / Firepower and Palo Alto Networks (PAN-OS) firewall platforms.
• Proven experience with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), including configuration of 802.1X, RADIUS, TACACS+, profiling policies, guest access, and ISE reporting/dashboards.
• Strong knowledge of network security principles including zero-trust architecture, micro-segmentation, VPN (IPSec/SSL), IDS/IPS, and DMZ design.
• Experience with network protocols including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, spanning tree, QoS, and SD-WAN concepts in a security context.
• Demonstrated ability to document complex network security architectures and present to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (NICE TO HAVE):

• Certifications.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP Security) or Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE Security).
• Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) or Palo Alto Networks Certified Security Automation Engineer (PCSAE).
• Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate/Professional or equivalent Cisco security certification.
  Technical Skills
• API integration experience using Python with Cisco ISE including scripting automated policy changes, generating custom reports, and integrating ISE data with ITSM or SIEM platforms.
• Experience with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) and/or Network Configuration Manager (NCM), including API-based automation and custom alerting workflows using Python
• Familiarity with SOAR platforms, SIEM tools (Splunk, QRadar), or security orchestration frameworks.
• Exposure to cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud-native firewall/security controls.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices and infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible, Terraform) for network security automation.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Analytical thinking with strong problem-solving skills in high-pressure, production environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce clear, concise technical documentation.
• Strong understanding of compliance frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, or SOC 2 as applied to network security.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities while meeting deadlines.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across distributed teams.

WORK ENVIRONMENT & EXPECTATIONS:

• This position reports directly to the Network Manager and operates within a collaborative IT security team.
• Participation in an on-call rotation may be required for critical security incidents and change windows.
• Travel may be required on a limited basis for site assessments or vendor engagements.

About Us:
MUFG Bank, Ltd. is Japans premier bank, with a global network spanning in more than 40 markets. Outside of Japan, the bank offers an extensive scope of commercial and investment banking products and services to businesses, governments, and individuals worldwide. MUFG Banks parent, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the worlds leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, the Group has about 120,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group aims to be the worlds most trusted financial group through close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly respond to all the financial needs of our customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFGs shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges.
MUFG Global Service Private Limited:
Established in 2020, MUFG Global Service Private Limited (MGS) is 100% subsidiary of MUFG having offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai. MGS India has been set up as a Global Capability Centre / Centre of Excellence to provide support services across various functions such as IT, KYC/ AML, Credit, Operations etc. to MUFG Bank offices globally. MGS India has plans to significantly ramp-up its growth over the next 18-24 months while servicing MUFGs global network across Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.

Cyber Security Specialist, Cybersecurity Services

Systems Office for Asia (ASO) IT Risk Management Department (IRMD)

Position Title:Cyber Security Specialist

Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President

Reporting to: Vice President

Location: MUFG Global Services Pvt. Ltd., Bhartiya Centre for Information Technology, Thanisandra, Main Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Job Description:

This is a Security Risk Assessment role supporting the Asia Pacific Region in reviewing and maintaining controls to protect the Organization against risks associated with Cybersecurity Threats from both Internal and External.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The candidate will be expected to be a Subject Matter Expert in both functional and technical aspect of the Security Domains as indicated below,

• Carry out Security Risk Assessment to identify potential threats and security risks of systems and networks, assess the risk likelihood and impact, and recommend effective controls to mitigate the risks
• Carry out Threat Modeling to identify potential ways and gaps that systems and networks can be exploited by cyber threats based on the threat landscape, such as advanced malware, data exfiltration, vulnerability exploits, network intrusion, denial of service and other techniques, and recommend appropriate countermeasures.
• Review and evaluate the efficacy of security measures prior to Production system go-live to meet the banks Technology Risk, Security and regulatory compliance requirements
• Review and evaluate the efficacy of security measures of key 3rd party vendors and external-hosted systems of the Bank, during onboarding and ongoing service review
• Assist in creating, managing, and rolling out training programs for staff such as Cybersecurity awareness, cyber offence and defense, and Incident Response (IR).
• Assist in developing, monitoring and reporting the cyber risk profile of the Bank and its APAC branches
• Be the subject matter expert to advise on cyber security frameworks, standards and risk assessment matters.
• Engage in security research and conduct knowledge sharing to ensure the Bank is aware and well-prepared in defending against known and emerging security threats.

Customer:

• Develop and maintain strong stakeholder management with key stakeholders both within MUFG and externally.
• Work in partnership with colleagues in the global cyber security teams in the regional offices of Japan, Europe, America, China and other offices to share knowledge, support regional/global initiatives and best practices on cyber security.
• Work in partnership with colleagues in the Asian Branches to play a regional role to support regional cyber security improvement plans to ensure a consistent level of maturity in technology and processes across the region.

People:

• Support, coach and guide less experienced members of the team.

Job Requirements:

• Proactive and possess good understanding of IT Risk, compliance and security management frameworks
• Experience or good knowledge in Application development, Infrastructure and Enterprise Technology stackand system architecture and designis highly preferable
• Experienced in performing security risk analysis of various types of systems such as web-based and mobile applications, enterprise applications, APIs and cloud-based systems
• Knowledge of risk assessment tools, technologies, and methods.
• Detailed understanding of threat modeling practices, techniques and principles.
• Strong stakeholder management skills to collaborate with regional offices and branch offices.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest security standards, authentication and cryptography protocols, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong communication and writing skills with ability to influence heads of department, technical managers and other key stakeholders.
• Strong working knowledge of industry trends, security products and technology.

Education level:

• Bachelors degree in computing or relevant field
• Good to have certifications Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Experience:

• Desirable to have at least 6+ years of relevant experience in Threat Modeling, Cyber Risk and Application Security Review.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
The MUFG Group is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, national origin, physical appearance, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected status of an individual or that individual's associates or relatives, or any other classification protected by the applicable laws.