The Senior Cybersecurity Operations Specialist supports the Ministry CISO by leading cybersecurity operations, incident response, and security governance across the Ministry Family. The role focuses on strengthening cyber resilience through standardized incident management, continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, and operational readiness across hybrid IT, cloud, and OT environments, while enabling a risk-informed approach to digital transformation. 

Mandatory Skill(s)

• Must have 8–10 years of hands-on experience in Cybersecurity Operations, SOC, or Incident Response;
• Proven leadership in high-severity security incidents and crisis management;
• Must have strong expertise in Incident Response, digital forensics, and malware analysis;
• Experience securing hybrid environments (on-prem, cloud, and OT/ICS);
• Proficiency with SIEM, SOAR, XDR, and EDR tools for threat detection and response;
• Solid understanding of vulnerability management, CVE/CVSS, and MITRE ATT&CK mapping;

Desirable Skill(s)

• Experience in Cybersecurity Operations & Incident Response;
• Hands-on experience in Threat Intelligence & Detection;
• Must have handled Vulnerability & Attack Surface Management;
• Experience in Cloud, Infrastructure & Monitoring;
• Strong in Governance, Leadership & Communication;
• Certifications (Preferred) GCIH, GCFA, CHFI, CISSP;

Responsibilities

• Lead and standardise ministry-wide incident response, including IR playbooks, crisis command structures, and high-severity incident handling;
• Design and execute operational readiness initiatives such as tabletop exercises, chaos testing, and resilience validation;
• Oversee continuous security monitoring, asset visibility, and onboarding of systems to central monitoring platforms;
• Establish and govern vulnerability management and attack surface management across on-prem, cloud, and OT environments;
• Provide security governance leadership by embedding risk management into system lifecycles and enabling a risk-informed security culture;
• Educate and advise stakeholders on incident response, business continuity planning, and assumed-breach practices.

If you are interested in this role, click on the “Apply to this job” button below or you could also write in with your CV to Subhashree Mallick at subhashree.m@sciente.com quoting the job title.