IT Security Analyst - India

Appen

India

Remote

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates comfortable with security operations and incident response, working remotely in India with a focus on Microsoft Defender tools and ISO 27001 compliance.

Best fit for

Candidates with 1–3 years of security operations experience and a track record in incident response.
— “1–3 years' experience in a security operations or security analyst role”
Individuals familiar with Microsoft Defender XDR, Sentinel, and Entra ID, and can demonstrate hands-on proficiency.
— “Hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender XDR, Sentinel and Entra ID”
Professionals who can balance technical execution with documentation and audit support for ISO 27001.
— “Maintain ISMS policies, risk register and audit evidence; support internal and external audits and close findings.”

Things to consider

The role requires a strong grasp of both technical and non-technical communication.
— “Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders”
Candidates must be able to manage security licenses and optimize costs effectively.
— “Manage security licences and Sentinel log ingestion to optimise cost without reducing coverage”

How to stand out

Highlight experience with incident response lifecycle and producing detailed reports.
— “Experience leading security incidents and producing incident reports”
Emphasize familiarity with KQL and scripting in PowerShell or Python for query and automation tasks.
— “Proficiency with KQL and PowerShell or Python”
Showcase ability to manage privileged access and enforce least privilege through PAM solutions.
— “Operate the Privileged Access Management solution, including PIM and break-glass accounts”

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What success looks like

Monitor, triage, and resolve security alerts
Lead security incidents end-to-end
Maintain ISMS policies and audit evidence
Administer Entra ID and run access reviews

Typical background

1–3 years' experience in a security operations or security analyst role

Skills & requirements

Required

Microsoft Defender XDRSentinelEntra IDIncident ResponseISO 27001IAMAccess ReviewsPAMPatch ManagementKQLPowershellPython

Stack & domain

Microsoft Defender XDRSentinelEntra IDKQLPowershellPythonISO 27001IAMPAMPatch ManagementCommunicationIT Security

About the role

Original posting from Appen via Lever

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.
Compensation
India: ₹5L–9L per year (CTC)
Philippines: ₱45k–60k per month (₱540k–720k per year)
Why You'll Love Working Here
At Appen, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We value curiosity, accountability, and a commitment to delivering the highest quality AI solutions for frontier models.
You'll work on complex challenges that shape the future of AI across industries and geographies, alongside talented people in a culture that values humility over ego. You'll have the flexibility to deliver in a way that works for you and your team, supported by tools, resources, and development opportunities to continue to build your capability over time.
About Appen
Appen has been a leader in AI training data for over 30 years. We specialise in human generated data to train, fine tune, and evaluate models across generative AI, large language models, computer vision, and speech recognition. Our AI assisted data annotation platform and global crowd of more than 1 million contributors in over 200 countries support model pre training, supervised fine tuning, evaluation and benchmarking, safety and red teaming, and multilingual global expansion.

Source: Appen careers (Lever)