IT Security Analyst - India

**About the Role**

The IT Security Analyst protects the organization's information assets by operating and improving our security controls. The role owns security operations across Microsoft Defender, leads incident response, maintains ISO 27001 documentation, and drives identity, access and patch management.

**Your Impact**

• SOC & Alert Management: Monitor, triage and resolve alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR and Sentinel; tune detections to reduce false positives and improve response times.
• Incident Response: Lead incidents end-to-end (containment, eradication, recovery, lessons

learned); maintain the Incident Response Plan and playbooks.

• ISO 27001: Maintain ISMS policies, risk register and audit evidence; support internal and

external audits and close findings.

• IAM & Access Reviews: Administer Entra ID (Conditional Access, MFA); run quarterly user and

privileged access reviews and enforce least privilege.

• PAM: Operate the Privileged Access Management solution, including PIM and break-glass

accounts.

• Patch & Vulnerability Management: Own vulnerability remediation and monthly patch cycles;

report compliance against SLAs.

• Cost Optimisation: Manage security licences and Sentinel log ingestion to optimise cost

without reducing coverage.

What You Bring

• 1–3 years' experience in a security operations or security analyst role.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender XDR, Sentinel and Entra ID.
• Experience leading security incidents and producing incident reports.
• Working knowledge of ISO 27001 controls and audit processes.
• Experience with IAM, access reviews, PAM and patch management.
• Proficiency with KQL and PowerShell or Python.
• Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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Compensation

India: ₹5L–9L per year (CTC)

Philippines: ₱45k–60k per month (₱540k–720k per year)