Posted 20 August, 2026
VP-Cyber Defense & Incident Response
Vodafone Idea Limited
Mumbai, MH, IN
Full Time
Reference: 6c4f142f8f5b10ce
Job Description
Role - Head - Cyber Defense & Incident Response (M4)
\nRole Contour: Responsible for detection, triage, analysis, response and recovery from suspicious events and security incidents to maintain appropriate intelligence posture for VIL.
\nAccountability:
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- Overseeing monitoring and co-relation of log events across IT infrastructure including security devices, network devices, applications, operating systems etc. \n
- Designing standard response procedures for security incidents, ensuring post-review of priority 1 and 2 incidents, following defined escalation path when needed, as defined in the escalation policy, etc. \n
- Performing blue team/red team exercises \n
- Accountable to keep in pace with external threat intelligence and sharing leads with the architecture team for developing strategy and procuring security solutions to address the gap \n
- Ensuring response to and recovery from security incidents, performing problem management, root cause analysis, developing after action reports for high-profile, high-impact incidents, sharing timely communication with relevant stakeholders and follow-up through closure of gaps and inconsistencies \n
- Performing forensic analysis and supporting investigations (includes interfaces with law enforcement) \n
- Conducting hackathons/ bug bounty programmes to identify potential gaps in information security architecture; working closely with Anticipatory Security Architecture team for closure of those gaps \n
- Leading and managing threat intel activities to ensure appropriate intelligence posture for future incidents \n
- Creation & maintenance of relevant SOPs, protocols, policies and other internal documents; ensuring these are reviewed and updated on a timely basis and appropriate information is shared with relevant stakeholders in a timely manner \n
- Compliance to all applicable regulatory and law enforcements/requirements, managing all the information. \n
- Managing the interaction with DOT/NCIIPC/CERT-in etc for intel advisory and Incident response related activities. \n
Experience & Qualifications:
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- 20+ years exposure working in IT & Security, with minimum of 8 to 10 years in IT Security Management \n
- Strong in Governance, Partner Engagement, team handling \n
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Cyber Security or related field \n
- Certifications: CISSP/CCSP/CISA/CISM \n
Dimensions:
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- % adherence to SLA for resolving incidents based on incident categorization 99% \n
- Number of cyber drills participated in and the ability to identify all test cases – Twice in Year \n
Technical Competencies:
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- Understanding of Network and System administration \n
- Building logic and algorithms \n
- Understating of SIEM & other security tools like AV, DLP, EDR, Proxy etc. \n
- Understanding security systems & appliance like. NIPS, DODOS, Firewall \n