Security Researcher

About Times Internet

At Times Internet, we create premium digital products that simplify and enhance the lives of millions. As India’s largest digital products company, we have a significant presence across a wide range of categories, including News, Sports, Fintech, and Enterprise solutions.

Our portfolio features market-leading and iconic brands such as TOI, ET, NBT, Cricbuzz, Times Prime, Times Card, Indiatimes, Whatshot, Abound, Willow TV, Techgig and Times Mobile among many more. Each of these products is crafted to enrich your experiences and bring you closer to your interests and aspirations.

As an equal opportunity employer, Times Internet strongly promotes inclusivity and diversity. We are proud to have achieved overall gender pay parity in 2018, verified by an independent audit conducted by Aon Hewitt.

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About the Business Units

Sysadmin - Manage the IT infrastructure and digital services.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Security Research team. You will play a key role in designing and building automation frameworks, internal security tools, and AI-assisted systems that enhance our security posture. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on end-to-end delivery — from concept and design to development, deployment, and optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end design, development, and deployment of internal security tools, dashboards, and automation systems.
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks for SOC, application security, and cloud security operations.
• Build and scale data pipelines for processing, correlating, and visualizing security telemetry.
• Design and integrate LLM-based systems for security automation, orchestration, and benchmarking.
• Collaborate with DevOps, cloud, and security teams to identify and automate repetitive or high-impact processes.
• Integrate with SIEMs, scanners, and other existing tools to enhance security workflows.
• Contribute to PoCs and deployment of AI-driven SOC automation for triage, response, and threat detection.

Required Skills

• 5 + Yrs Strong software development experience in Python, Go, or Rust.
• Practical experience with security automation, DevSecOps, or infrastructure automation pipelines.
• Familiarity with SSDLC processes and secure software development practices.
• Experience or exposure to VAPT (Mobile, Web, API).
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container security practices.
• Working knowledge of application security, SOC operations, and incident response workflows.
• Exposure to LLM orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex) and vector databases.

Good to Have

• Experience with Active Directory, Red Teaming ,VAPT.
• Understanding of network and infrastructure security.
• Familiarity with security data analytics, dashboards, and visualization platforms (e.g., Grafana, Kibana).

Qualification

• B.E. / B.Tech in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Portfolio (to include in resume) (Optional)

• GitHub profile showcasing relevant automation/security tools or contributions.
• LinkedIn profile with professional and project highlights.