Global SOC Specialist - Cybersecurity
On-siteHyderabad, Telangana, India
Job Summary
Supervise day-to-day SOC operations for Enfinity's converged IT/OT portfolio, validating AI platform alerts, investigating escalations, and taking decisive action on containment and remediation. Lead incident response for high-severity events, driving triage through recovery while managing global handovers across time zones to ensure no alert is dropped. Monitor OT/SCADA environments for solar and BESS plants, applying OT-aware judgement to safety and availability priorities under IEC 62443 and NIS2 standards. Oversee AI SOC platform health, tune detections and automation playbooks, and conduct proactive threat hunting to surface emerging risks. Track performance metrics and produce compliance reporting aligned with global governance requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- Solid experience in security operations / blue-team roles — alert triage, incident detection and response — including time spent working in or leading a SOC
- Hands-on experience with SIEM / XDR / SOAR tooling and a strong understanding of detection and response workflows
- Strong incident-response skills: investigation, containment, eradication and recovery, with sound judgement on when to act and when to escalate
- Working knowledge of OT/ICS security and relevant standards (IEC 62443, NIS2), and an appreciation of the safety and availability priorities of industrial/renewable environments
- Comfort operating as the human-in-the-loop over an AI-driven system — able to trust automation for scale while critically validating its output and remaining accountable for outcomes
- Willingness and ability to work within an extended / follow-the-sun coverage model (including shifted hours and on-call rotation) to complement the USA-based Senior Manager
- Strong communication skills and professional working proficiency in English, for close coordination with the USA-based manager and global teams
- Some supervisory or team-lead experience, with the ability to grow into managing SOC/OT analysts as the team scales
- Relevant certifications (e.g. GCIA, GCIH, GMON, GCFA, GICSP, CISSP, or equivalent)
- Experience in energy, utilities or other critical-infrastructure environments
- Experience with OT network detection and industrial protocols (e.g. Modbus, DNP3, IEC 61850)
- Experience defining or maintaining SOC playbooks, runbooks and automated response workflows
Desired Qualifications
- experience with AI-driven SOC automation platforms (e.g. AIStrike, Strike48, Stellar Cyber, Microsoft Sentinel)
- Familiarity with agentic AI SOC platforms
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