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.
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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