InfoSec Engineer

PhonePe

3 - 5 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 13/07/2025

Job Description

About PhonePe Group: 

PhonePe is India’s leading digital payments company with 50 crore (500 Million) registered users and 3.7 crore (37 Million) merchants covering over 99% of the postal codes across India. On the back of its leadership in digital payments, PhonePe has expanded into financial services (Insurance, Mutual Funds, Stock Broking, and Lending) as well as adjacent tech-enabled businesses such as Pincode for hyperlocal shopping and Indus App Store which is India's first localized App Store. The PhonePe Group is a portfolio of businesses aligned with the company's vision to offer every Indian an equal opportunity to accelerate their progress by unlocking the flow of money and access to services.

Culture

At PhonePe, we take extra care to make sure you give your best at work, Everyday! And creating the right  environment for you is just one of the things we do. We empower people and trust them to do the right  thing. Here, you own your work from start to finish, right from day one. Being enthusiastic about tech is a  big part of being at PhonePe. If you like building technology that impacts millions, ideating with some of  the best minds in the country and executing on your dreams with purpose and speed, join us!

Information Security Engineer

Objectives of this Role:
 Drive secure system configuration standards (E.g. CIS Benchmarks) implementation and vulnerability management efforts across the enterprise. Primarily in Linuxenvironments
 Evaluate and drive implementation of new Information security processes, tools and technologies
 Own the implemented solutions end-to-end, right from inception to deployment and monitoring to regular upkeep
 Liaise with cross functional teams to increase adoption of Information security standards
 Provide security event correlation use cases and logic to generate SIEM alerts
 Follow-up and close Information Security incidents/exceptions
 Measure and increase efficacy of Information Security initiatives
 Bring a DevSecOps mindset to implementations

Skills and Qualifications
 3+ years’ experience in Information security operations in a Linux heavy environment
 Experience with IDS/IPS systems like OSSEC, Wazhu, Suricata, Snort etc.
 Experience with Elastic and Kibana
 Experience with Vulnerability and Configuration Assessment and Management standards, tools/technologies like – CIS Benchmarks, CVE, OVAL, OpenVAS, Nessus, Qualys etc.
 Experience with opensource Identity Management with products like Apache Syncope, OpenIAM, Gluu etc.
 Hands-on experience with common Security tools in Linux
 Experience with SaltStack (or any other Infrastructure as code tools)
 Proficient in at least two of these languages: Python/Go/Java/Perl
 Good in basic data structures/algorithms
 Hands on experience on web scale production setup
 Awareness of cloud technologies, networking fundamentals, Mesos, KVM/QEMU, NodeJS/React will be good to have
 Ability to manage small teams

PhonePe Full Time Employee Benefits (Not applicable for Intern or Contract Roles)

  • Insurance Benefits - Medical Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accidental Insurance, Life Insurance
  • Wellness Program - Employee Assistance Program, Onsite Medical Center, Emergency Support System
  • Parental Support - Maternity Benefit, Paternity Benefit Program, Adoption Assistance Program, Day-care Support Program
  • Mobility Benefits - Relocation benefits, Transfer Support Policy, Travel Policy
  • Retirement Benefits - Employee PF Contribution, Flexible PF Contribution, Gratuity, NPS, Leave Encashment 
  • Other Benefits - Higher Education Assistance, Car Lease, Salary Advance Policy

Working at PhonePe is a rewarding experience! Great people, a work environment that thrives on creativity, the opportunity to take on roles beyond a defined job description are just some of the reasons you should work with us. Read more about PhonePe on our blog.

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About Company

PhonePe is one of India's leading digital payments platforms, offering services like money transfer, utility payments, recharges, and investments. It empowers users with a seamless and secure UPI-based transaction ecosystem.

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