This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Salary range: Rs 8500000 - Rs 12500000 (ie INR 85- 125 LPA)
Min Experience: 16+ years
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
JobType: full-time
We are seeking an experienced Director – Cloud Security to lead the strategy, architecture, and execution of enterprise-wide cloud security initiatives. This leadership role is ideal for a seasoned technology professional with extensive experience in securing large-scale cloud environments and modern containerized platforms. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Cloud Security and Kubernetes, along with proven expertise in building high-performing security teams, defining security standards, and partnering with engineering, infrastructure, and compliance stakeholders.
As a Director, you will drive the organization's cloud security vision, establish security best practices across multi-cloud environments, and ensure secure software delivery through automation, governance, and continuous risk management. You will play a critical role in safeguarding cloud-native applications, Kubernetes clusters, APIs, and enterprise infrastructure while enabling engineering teams to innovate securely.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the organization's cloud security strategy aligned with business objectives.
- Design and implement secure architectures across public and hybrid cloud environments.
- Lead the security strategy for Kubernetes platforms, containerized applications, and cloud-native infrastructure.
- Establish governance frameworks, security policies, and cloud security standards across engineering teams.
- Drive security automation initiatives, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security, policy enforcement, and continuous compliance.
- Partner with engineering, DevOps, platform, and infrastructure teams to embed security throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Build and mentor high-performing cloud security and platform security teams.
- Oversee cloud identity and access management, network security, secrets management, and encryption strategies.
- Lead cloud security risk assessments, vulnerability management, threat modeling, and incident response planning.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory frameworks while continuously improving the organization's security posture.
- Evaluate emerging cloud security technologies and recommend strategic investments to strengthen enterprise security.
- Present security strategies, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
- 16–25 years of experience in information security, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or cybersecurity leadership.
- Significant experience leading enterprise cloud security programs across large-scale organizations.
- Proven track record of leading technical teams and driving organization-wide security transformation initiatives.
Must-Have Skills
- Deep expertise in Cloud Security, including cloud architecture, identity management, workload protection, network security, encryption, and cloud governance.
- Strong hands-on experience securing Kubernetes environments, container orchestration platforms, and cloud-native workloads.
- Extensive knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Experience implementing Zero Trust architecture and cloud security best practices.
- Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD security, DevSecOps, and security automation.
- Expertise in container security, runtime protection, secrets management, and Kubernetes policy enforcement.
- Experience with cloud security monitoring, threat detection, vulnerability management, and incident response.
- Strong knowledge of IAM, RBAC, network segmentation, API security, and identity federation.
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, or NIST.
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and strategic planning skills.
Preferred Skills
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, AWS Security Specialty, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), or equivalent.
- Experience with security tooling including SIEM, CSPM, CWPP, CNAPP, container image scanning, and Kubernetes security platforms.
- Exposure to multi-cloud environments and large-scale cloud migration initiatives.
- Experience working with executive leadership on enterprise security strategy and governance.