HCL Technologies
HCL Technologies

Information & Cybersec Lead

RoleSecurity
LevelLead
LocationGautam Buddha Nagar, India
WorkOn-site
TypeFull-time
Posted2 days ago
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About the role

Job Summary

Function: Cyber Security – ICC

Location: Noida & Bangalore

Experience: 5–8+ years in Cybersecurity Operations / Incident Response

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and manage high-severity cybersecurity incidents (P1, P2, P3) across enterprise environments

  • Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for end-to-end incident management

  • Coordinate with SOC, Incident Response, Infrastructure, and Business teams for unified execution

  • Ensure effective collaboration and eliminate duplicate efforts across teams

  • Initiate and manage incident bridge calls (war-room / ICC calls)

  • Drive clear communication, action tracking, and stakeholder updates throughout the incident lifecycle

  • Provide regular status reporting to leadership and key stakeholders

  • Drive complete incident response lifecycle:

  • Detection & alert validation

  • Investigation & analysis

  • Containment & isolation

  • Eradication & remediation

  • Recovery & service restoration

  • Ensure adherence to defined SLA timelines, severity classification, and escalation matrix

  • Proactively escalate critical issues to senior leadership and relevant stakeholders

  • Prepare and deliver incident reports, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and executive summaries

  • Maintain accurate, detailed documentation for audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements

  • Monitor and oversee security tools such as SIEM, EDR, and SOAR platforms

  • Validate alerts, IOCs, and threat intelligence inputs to support incident response

  • Guide teams in forensic analysis, investigation, and threat mitigation activities

  • Conduct post-incident reviews and lessons learned sessions

  • Identify gaps and drive improvements in detection capabilities, response processes, and playbooks

  • Continuously enhance overall incident response maturity and effectiveness

  • Willing to work in 24×7 rotational shifts / on-call environment

  • Ready to work from base office locations

  • Able to handle high-pressure, time-critical incident scenarios

Required Skills:

Strong incident management and crisis leadership

SIEM tools (Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel)

EDR/XDR tools (Crowd Strike, Defender)

Log analysis and incident investigation

Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and threat intelligence:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Effective communication and teamwork

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity / IT / Computer Science

Certifications preferred: CEH, Security+, CySA+, CISSP (optional)

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and manage high-severity cybersecurity incidents (P1, P2, P3) across enterprise environments

  • Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for end-to-end incident management

  • Coordinate with SOC, Incident Response, Infrastructure, and Business teams for unified execution

  • Ensure effective collaboration and eliminate duplicate efforts across teams

  • Initiate and manage incident bridge calls (war-room / ICC calls)

  • Drive clear communication, action tracking, and stakeholder updates throughout the incident lifecycle

  • Provide regular status reporting to leadership and key stakeholders

  • Drive complete incident response lifecycle:

  • Detection & alert validation

  • Investigation & analysis

  • Containment & isolation

  • Eradication & remediation

  • Recovery & service restoration

  • Ensure adherence to defined SLA timelines, severity classification, and escalation matrix

  • Proactively escalate critical issues to senior leadership and relevant stakeholders

  • Prepare and deliver incident reports, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and executive summaries

  • Maintain accurate, detailed documentation for audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements

  • Monitor and oversee security tools such as SIEM, EDR, and SOAR platforms

  • Validate alerts, IOCs, and threat intelligence inputs to support incident response

  • Guide teams in forensic analysis, investigation, and threat mitigation activities

  • Conduct post-incident reviews and lessons learned sessions

  • Identify gaps and drive improvements in detection capabilities, response processes, and playbooks

  • Continuously enhance overall incident response maturity and effectiveness

  • Willing to work in 24×7 rotational shifts / on-call environment

  • Ready to work from base office locations

  • Able to handle high-pressure, time-critical incident scenarios

Required Skills:

Strong incident management and crisis leadership

SIEM tools (Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel)

EDR/XDR tools (Crowd Strike, Defender)

Log analysis and incident investigation

Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and threat intelligence:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Effective communication and teamwork

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity / IT / Computer Science

Certifications preferred: CEH, Security+, CySA+, CISSP (optional)

Skill Requirements

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Other Requirements

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Benefits and perks

Learning Budget

Required skills

Incident response

Cybersecurity operations

Root cause analysis

SIEM

EDR

SOAR

Stakeholder management

About HCL Technologies

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