About Us:
Paytm is Indias leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. Pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce. Paytms mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy with the help of technology.
Role Overview
Expeirence in oversee the security architecture governance and operational assurance of the organisations AWS cloud and Akamai CDN/WAF environments. This role requires strategic oversight technical depth and cross-functional leadership to ensure secure design deployment and monitoring of cloud and web platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Security Leadership (AWS)
Define and enforce the overall cloud security strategy and standards across AWS environments.
Review and approve IAM encryption and network security architectures to ensure alignment with enterprise security objectives.
Oversee the implementation of automated security controls and compliance monitoring tools.
Lead security reviews for new cloud initiatives integrations and product rollouts.
Coordinate with DevOps engineering and infrastructure teams to ensure secure cloud operations.
Govern incident response vulnerability management and risk remediation activities related to AWS workloads.
Akamai CDN & WAF Oversigh
Lead the design and governance of Akamai CDN and WAF configurations for web and API protection.
Define policy frameworks for bot mitigation DDoS resilience and web threat defense.
Review WAF rulesets and tuning changes for risk impact and operational alignment.
Guide application and performance teams on secure edge configurations and best practices.
Governance Reporting & Team Leadership
Establish a governance model for cloud and CDN security including control ownership and accountability.
Build and mentor a team of cloud and application security engineers.
Drive metrics dashboards and executive reporting on security posture incidents and risk trends.
Collaborate with enterprise architecture infrastructure and compliance teams to ensure consistency of controls.
Evaluate emerging cloud security technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
Qualifications & Experience
1015 years of experience in cybersecurity with significant exposure to cloud and application security.
Proven leadership experience managing cloud security functions in large-scale or multi-account AWS environments.
Strong understanding of AWS native security services and Akamai CDN/WAF platforms.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives involving DevOps application and infrastructure teams.
Excellent analytical communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred certifications: AWS Security Specialty Akamai Security Architect CISSP CISM or equivalent.
Core Competencies
Cloud Security Strategy & Governance
AWS Security Architecture & Risk Management
CDN/WAF Oversight (Akamai preferred)
Cross-Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management
Incident Preparedness & Risk Reporting
Continuous Improvement & Security Automation Strategy
Why join us:
Because you get an opportunity to make a difference and have a great time doing that.
You are challenged and encouraged here to do stuff that is meaningful for you and for those we serve.
You should work with us if you think seriously about what technology can do for people.
We are successful and our successes are rooted in our people collective energy and unwavering focus on the customer and thats how it will always be.
Compensation:
If you are the right fit we believe in creating wealth for you. With enviable 500 mn registered users 21 mn merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants and we are committed to it. Indias largest digital lending story is brewing here. Its your opportunity to be a part of the story!
Why You Should Join Us:
1) Youll build at true scale systems handling millions of transactions per day sub-100ms latencies and five 9s availability.
2) Youll work in a team that is serious about engineering no fluff just deep tech deep impact.
3) Youll be encouraged to use AI tools daily coding debugging testing and even invent new ways of using AI in software development.
4) Youll work alongside engineers who love tech deeply and where innovation is the default expectation.
5) Paytm offers you a career not just a job to become a next-gen tech leader.
Compensation:
If you are the right fit we believe in creating wealth for you. With enviable 500 mn registered users 21 mn merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants and we are committed to it. Indias largest digital lending story is brewing here. It is your opportunity to be a part of the story!