Senior Cybersecurity Lead Analyst

DNV · Chennai

Hands-on Senior Cybersecurity Lead to drive application, product, and offensive security across our cloud platforms. You will lead penetration testing, application security, and vulnerability management; embed Secure SDLC/DevSecOps with engineering; secure and govern AI-enabled capabilities; and communicate security risk clearly to technical and business stakeholders. This role sets security practices, mentors others, and raises the security posture of Platform Services.

Key Responsibilities

Lead application & product security across internal and cloud-based apps; drive Secure SDLC / DevSecOps with engineering.
Own penetration testing for web, API, cloud, and infrastructure – scope, test, report, track remediation, retest.
Run vulnerability management with risk-based prioritisation (exploitability, exposure, impact, asset criticality) and remediation to closure.
Provide cloud security guidance for AWS and/or Azure – review IAM, network, logging, encryption, and CI/CD security.
Integrate security testing and automation into CI/CD; improve secure-coding practices and tooling.
Secure & govern AI: control and monitor AI/LLM and AI-assisted development risk across the platform (see AI Security & Governance below).
Review designs to catch risk early (architecture/design reviews, threat modelling).
Lead & collaborate: mentor security staff, act as SME, and partner with Engineering, DevOps, Architecture, and Product.
Governance: support ISO 27001 / SOC 2 controls, audits and evidence, and security metrics/reporting.

AI Security & Governance

Establish how AI-related risk is identified, secured, and continuously monitored across AI/LLM-enabled features and AI-assisted development in Platform Services.
Define and enforce security controls and governance for AI/LLM-enabled applications and AI-assisted development tools.
Identify and mitigate AI-specific risks: sensitive-data and source-code exposure, prompt injection, insecure or hallucinated output, excessive tool/agent permissions, model and supply-chain risk, and IP/licensing exposure.
Apply least-privilege access for AI tools and agents, tool allowlists, retrieval/data-loss controls, and input/output validation.
Continuously monitor and log AI usage, prompts, and agent actions; set alerting, anomaly detection, and human-oversight/escalation for AI-driven workflows.
Align AI usage with responsible-AI and governance frameworks (e.g., ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF) and provide evidence for audits and customer assurance.

About Energy Systems

We help customers navigate the complex transition to a decarbonized and more sustainable energy future. We do this by assuring that energy systems work safely and effectively, using solutions that are increasingly digital. We also help industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally, in the energy industry. We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence. As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.

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