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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)

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Role Contour: Responsible for detection, triage, analysis, response and recovery from suspicious events and security incidents to maintain appropriate intelligence posture for VIL.

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Accountability:

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  • Overseeing monitoring and co-relation of log events across IT infrastructure including security devices, network devices, applications, operating systems etc.
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  • 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.
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  • Performing blue team/red team exercises
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Performing forensic analysis and supporting investigations (includes interfaces with law enforcement)
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  • 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
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  • Leading and managing threat intel activities to ensure appropriate intelligence posture for future incidents
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  • 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
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  • Compliance to all applicable regulatory and law enforcements/requirements, managing all the information.
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  • Managing the interaction with DOT/NCIIPC/CERT-in etc for intel advisory and Incident response related activities.
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Experience & Qualifications:

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  • 20+ years exposure working in IT & Security, with minimum of 8 to 10 years in IT Security Management
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  • Strong in Governance, Partner Engagement, team handling
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  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Cyber Security or related field
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  • Certifications: CISSP/CCSP/CISA/CISM
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Dimensions:

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  • % adherence to SLA for resolving incidents based on incident categorization 99%
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  • Number of cyber drills participated in and the ability to identify all test cases – Twice in Year
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Technical Competencies:

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  • Understanding of Network and System administration
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  • Building logic and algorithms
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  • Understating of SIEM & other security tools like AV, DLP, EDR, Proxy etc.
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  • Understanding security systems & appliance like. NIPS, DODOS, Firewall
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