Senior InfoSec Analyst

MongoDB
Gurugram, India
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with hands-on incident response experience who lead investigations and collaborate across teams, particularly those with expertise in SIEM log analysis and cloud security frameworks.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with hands-on incident response experience and leadership in security investigations
    — “Lead investigations from triage through containment, scoping, remediation, and postmortem for security events”
  • Individuals skilled in SIEM log analysis and cloud security (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
    — “Strong log analysis skills in a SIEM and fluency with EDR tools”
  • Candidates with a track record of mentoring and improving team communication standards
    — “Mentor junior analysts and help raise the team's investigative and communication standards”

Things to consider

  • Candidates must be based in Gurugram for the hybrid working model
    — “We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurugram for our hybrid working model”
  • The role demands clear communication with stakeholders during and after incidents
    — “Hands-on experience leading incidents end to end, including clear stakeholder communication during and after an event”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience with cloud security and incident lifecycle management in your resume
    — “detect, investigate, and respond to security events across our corporate and cloud environments”
  • Highlight your ability to automate incident response workflows using scripting and APIs
    — “Automate repetitive response work using scripting and APIs, including enrichment, ticketing, and notification workflows”
  • Demonstrate familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and attacker techniques in interviews
    — “Solid understanding of attacker techniques and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK”
  • Showcase your written communication skills with incident reports and executive summaries
    — “Strong written communication, including incident reports and executive-ready summaries”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Lead investigations from triage through containment
  • Contribute to employee-facing security guidance and awareness
Typical background
5+ years in security operations, incident response, detection engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Security OperationsIncident ResponseLog AnalysisCloud SecurityEDR ToolsScripting

Preferred

Experience Integrating LLM Or AI Tooling Into Security Workflows

Stack & domain

Security OperationsIncident ResponseDetection EngineeringLog AnalysisSIEMEDR ToolsCloud SecurityIdentity And Access ManagementSaas SecurityAttacker TechniquesMitre Att&ckScriptingApisRunbooksPlaybooksSeverity And Escalation StandardsSecurity GuidanceAwarenessMentorshipInvestigative And Communication Standards

About the role

Original posting from MongoDB

About the Role

MongoDB is looking for a Senior InfoSec Analyst to join our Computer Security Incident Response Team. You will detect, investigate, and respond to security events across our corporate and cloud environments. You'll act as a technical lead on incidents, mentor analysts, and work with Engineering, IT, Legal, and Privacy teams to reduce risk.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurugram for our hybrid working model.

What You'll Do

Lead investigations from triage through containment, scoping, remediation, and postmortem for security events

Analyze logs, endpoint telemetry, and cloud and SaaS audit data to distinguish true positives from false positives and reconstruct attacker or user activity timelines

Investigate credential and secret exposure, endpoint detections, phishing, data exposure, and policy violations such as unauthorized tool or AI usage

Automate repetitive response work using scripting and APIs, including enrichment, ticketing, and notification workflows

Maintain runbooks, playbooks, and severity and escalation standards

Contribute to employee-facing security guidance and awareness

Mentor junior analysts and help raise the team's investigative and communication standards

What We're Looking For

5+ years in security operations, incident response, detection engineering, or a related field

Hands-on experience leading incidents end to end, including clear stakeholder communication during and after an event

Strong log analysis skills in a SIEM and fluency with EDR tools

Working knowledge of cloud security (AWS, GCP, or Azure), identity and access management, and SaaS security

Solid understanding of attacker techniques and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK

Ability to prioritize and make sound decisions under ambiguity and time pressure

Strong written communication, including incident reports and executive-ready summaries

Nice to Have

Experience integrating LLM or AI tooling into security workflows, or assessing AI-related risk

Familiarity with incident management platforms and Jira-based workflows

Relevant certifications (GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, CISSP, or similar)

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

About MongoDB

MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified data platform, the most widely available, globally distributed data platform on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, MongoDB Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud data platform and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

With offices worldwide and over 67,000 customers, including AI-native startups and approximately 75% of the Fortune 100, relying on MongoDB for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software.

Our compass at MongoDB is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us MongoDB. 

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy, we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at MongoDB, and help us make an impact on the world!

MongoDB is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter.

MongoDB is an equal opportunities employer.

Requisition ID

3273576036

Source: MongoDB careers

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