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Job Purpose (Job Summary):
We are looking for exceptional talent with a passion for information security and strong technical expertise in maintaining and supporting the company’s security operations. This role involves identifying and resolving security issues, enhancing system protections, and proactively seeking opportunities for improvement. Additionally, you will ensure adherence to all relevant procedures and documentation, reviewing and updating them as needed.
Your Team
Our Information Security department is to protect Invesco’s information and Information assets from all internal and external, deliberate, or accidental threats. The information security team will protect data from unauthorized access while maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. In addition, designing and maintaining the Security Policies and Standards while adhering to legislative and regulatory requirements, providing information security training for all employees, and ensuring the business continuity of Invesco.
Your Role:
The Advanced Principal Security Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and monitoring security measures to protect our SaaS applications and customer data while driving security initiatives across the organization. Based in Hyderabad, India, this role operates with limited supervision and works closely with cross-functional teams—including Security functions, Enterprise Architecture, Technology Infrastructure, and Cloud Engineering—to ensure cloud security practices meet industry standards, comply with regulations, and align with business goals.
You Will Be Responsible For:
Define security functional requirements and non-functional requirements to meet the business objectives of a solution.
Work with stakeholders in setting the technical direction, selection, and evaluating candidate security solutions.
Work with stakeholders to design and document the conceptual and detailed designs of security solutions.
Lead the development of security standards, reference architectures, patterns, and guidelines.
Assess effectiveness of security controls i.e., data protection, IAM, detective controls, infrastructure/network security, incident response. Work on identifying and driving implementation of appropriate controls, processes, and remediation of non-compliance.
Research and advocate new technologies, architectures, and security products that will support security maturity roadmap.
Act as a subject matter expert for advisory, review and approval of security designs, configurations, baselines, and technical standards.
Other duties as assigned.
Develop and implement security strategies, policies, and procedures for SaaS applications.
Supporting cloud projects, tactical initiatives and provide hands on implementation of various security technologies & processes with focus on cloud security. Support key business and tech projects related to Cloud Transformation.
Providing appropriate support activities such as patches, upgrades, break fix and improvements
Providing appropriate cloud security engineering and support activities such as patches, upgrades, enhancements
Providing metrics and periodic updates on various projects assigned
Investigating, documenting, and reporting on information security issues and emerging trends related to cloud environments globally
Optimize existing automation solutions for performance and reliability.
Staying updated with the latest technologies and tools in automation and continuously improving skills.
Other
Attend scheduled meetings with Team Lead/Department/Town Hall representation
Become familiar with company methodologies
Actively participate with Team Lead in creating personal development plan
Provide the Team Lead with ideas to enhance or improve team processes and procedures and ensure agreed procedures are followed
Attend scheduled training sessions
Administrative activities – time sheets/compliance requests
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The Experience You Bring:
Work Experience / Knowledge:
10+ years’ IT experience with 6+ years focused on security and solution architecture.
3+ years’ experience with cloud delivery platforms IaaS/PaaS/SaaS and providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft
Experience leading enterprise-wide security initiatives, including architecture and implementation of various security solutions & processes.
Ability to engage with senior leaders to define requirements and effectively communicate the results and risks.
Expert in one or more technology domains – infrastructure, application, network, IAM, data, endpoint
Experience working with enterprise architecture practice and methodology, with security focus.
Experience authoring security standards, reference architectures, patterns, and guidelines.
Knowledge of or experience with industry security controls frameworks such as NIST, CSA CCM, CIS Critical Security Controls, …
Willingness to travel both domestically and internationally. Frequency and duration to be determined by manager.
Experience with blueprints, patterns, and guidelines that standardize and accelerate organizational cloud adoption and align to industry compliance frameworks such as SOX, PCI-DSS, HIPPA, NIST, ISO, GDPR, SOC1/2, etc.
Knowledge of various security methodologies and processes, and technical security solutions, such as Prisma Cloud, Wiz, Container security, McAfee CASB, SIEM (Qradar/Splunk), IAM, Virtual Palo Alto, and other workload protection and security solutions
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Inter-personal skills / Other attributes required:
Strong problem-solving capabilities with an analytical, methodical approach
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including impressive email communication abilities.
Can articulate complex technical issues in a manner understandable to non-technical individuals.
Adaptable to working in a global, multicultural environment.
Exhibits a structured, disciplined approach to work with keen attention to detail.
Displays disciplined time management skills.
Capable of multitasking and handling multiple initiatives concurrently.
Self-motivated and proficient in working with minimal supervision.
Responds positively under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
Can work effectively both independently and as a collaborative team player.
Thrives on challenging work and exhibits a strong desire to learn and advance.
Formal Education:
Thrives on challenging work and exhibits a strong desire to learn and advance.
At Invesco, our workplace model supports our culture and meets the needs of our clients while providing flexibility our employees value. As a full-time employee, compliance with the workplace policy means working with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office.
Why Invesco
In Invesco, we act with integrity and do meaningful work to create impact for our stakeholders. We believe our culture is stronger when we all feel we belong, and we respect each other’s identities, lives, health, and well-being. We come together to create better solutions for our clients, our business and each other by building on different voices and perspectives. We nurture and encourage each other to ensure our meaningful growth, both personally and professionally.
We believe in diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace where everyone feels equally valued, and this starts at the top with our senior leaders having diversity and inclusion goals. Our global focus on diversity and inclusion has grown exponentially and we encourage connection and community through our many employee-led Business Resource Groups (BRGs).
What’s in it for you?
As an organization we support personal needs, diverse backgrounds and provide internal networks, as well as opportunities to get involved in the community and in the world.
Our benefit policy includes but not limited to:
In Invesco, we offer development opportunities that help you thrive as a lifelong learner in a constantly evolving business environment and ensure your constant growth. Our AI enabled learning platform delivers curated content based on your role and interest. We ensure our manager and leaders also have many opportunities to advance their skills and competencies that becomes pivotal in their continuous pursuit of performance excellence.
To know more about us
About Invesco: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/home.html
About our Culture: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/about-us/our-culture.html
About our D&I policy: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/our-commitments/diversity-and-inclusion.html
About our CR program: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/our-commitments/corporate-responsibility.html
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