Security Architect

Location: Noida Berger Tower, India

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business, while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.

Essential Functions/Key Areas of Responsibility

• Function as a technical security architecture and security engineering resource primarily in support teams building cloud-deployed IAM/CIAM products, and initiatives in the Authentication product lines
• Work closely with security champions and product teams to enable and support risk-based decision-making that pragmatically balances security, performance, and compliance to ensure that products are not just secure, but usable for real world use cases.
• Educate the engineering organization to improve their security maturity, awareness, and judgement during all phases of product development.
• Contribute to the development of a high quality product security program to help address CPL’s top product security priorities, including research, selection, and implementation of tooling and process improvements.
• Act as a mentor to Security Champions and Security Engineering Team members.
• Research and provide analysis on security trends, products, and the evolving threat landscape.
• Explore security topics that interest you and develop your skills in those areas.

Minimum Requirements: Skills, Experience, Education, Technical/Specialized Knowledge, Certifications, Language

• Bachelor’s degree in information security, information technology, computer science, computer engineering or another equivalent field of study; or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of experience applying security skills to solve challenging security problems using knowledge and/or skills in multiple security domains, including threat modeling/risk assessment; applied cryptography; cloud security; and tool development, usage, configuration, and deployment
• Experience with IAM tools, protocols, and security; and the security architecture, design and development of IAM/CIAM applications
• Ability to collaborate successfully in a team environment, be sensitive to needs of the teams, and effectively develop relationships across disciplines.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communications skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in information security, information technology, computer science, computer engineering or another equivalent field of study; or equivalent work experience
• Smarts, curiosity, humility, and a positive personality; an open-minded approach to work; and equal willingness to both learn and teach.
• Strong desire to help develop members of the security community, both within the team as well as across organizational boundaries.
• Experience in one or more of the following domains:
  • Professional software development, modern programming and frameworks, and agile development practices
  • Developing, deploying, and/or automating security tools to identify security flaws in products.
  • Web application security technologies, frameworks, protocols, API Security, mitigation techniques, and potential pitfalls.
  • Security testing, CICD Pipelines, and automation
  • Cloud deployments, GCP and/or AWS cloud platforms, cloud technologies such as Kubernetes, and relevant security concepts.

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.