Security Automation Lead

Job Title  Cyber Security Platform Engineer  Location  India (Pune)  Reports to  Cyber Security Engineering Lead (India) with functional alignment to Head of Cyber Platform Engineering  Role Overview  FNZ is building a global Cyber Platform Engineering function responsible for the operation, reliability, and evolution of the firm’s core security platforms.  We are seeking a Cyber Security Platform Engineer to join the growing engineering capability in India. This is a hands-on technical role focused on operating and improving FNZ’s production cyber security platforms.  The successful candidate will help ensure FNZ’s security platforms remain reliable, well-configured, and continuously improving through engineering, automation, and operational excellence.  This role sits within Cyber Platform Engineering, not the Security Operations Centre (SOC). The focus is on engineering and operating security platforms, rather than monitoring alerts or performing SOC analysis.  You will work closely with global engineering teams across the UK, US, and APAC.  Core Responsibilities  Operate, maintain, and continuously improve FNZ’s production security platforms to ensure reliability, performance, and operational effectiveness.  The role combines hands-on platform operation with engineering improvements that enhance platform capability and reduce operational overhead.  Responsibilities include:  Configuring, operating, and optimising enterprise security platforms  Supporting platform upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management  Monitoring platform health, reliability, and performance  Troubleshooting operational issues across security platforms  Ensuring platforms operate in line with FNZ’s global security and operational standards  Assisting with automation of platform configuration and operational workflows  Supporting integrations between security platforms and internal systems  Writing scripts or tooling to improve operational efficiency  Supporting infrastructure automation or configuration improvements  Helping improve telemetry pipelines and data flows between security platforms  Engineers are expected to approach platform operations with an engineering mindset, identifying opportunities to improve automation, reliability, and operational efficiency over time  Incident Engineering Support  Provide engineering support during security incidents where platform expertise is required.  This includes:  Supporting incident response teams with platform troubleshooting  Assisting with root-cause analysis  Helping implement fixes and improvements following incidents  The focus is platform engineering support, not incident monitoring or SOC investigation.  Platform Reliability & Continuous Improvement  Work with the wider engineering team to improve the maturity and reliability of FNZ’s security platform environment.  This includes:  Identifying recurring operational issues  Contributing to automation initiatives