Information Security Engineer III
Tower Research Capital · Gurugram · 5+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-06-15
Tech stack: C, C++, Linux, Python, Unix
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About the role
At Tower, employees will find a stimulating, results-oriented environment where highly intelligent and motivated colleagues inspire each other to reach their greatest potential.
Responsibilities:
- Developing and implementing automated systems (Python/Bash) to identify known security exposures and Engineering security infrastructure to optimize efficiency, expand capabilities, meet client requirements
- Supporting security infrastructure and act as an escalation point for the firm in troubleshooting/supporting any issues. (Hashicorp vault / IAM / SIEM / EDR).
- Consulting on discovered security flaws, how to exploit them, and how to remediate flaws.
- Participating in attack simulation exercises on a periodic basis, contribute to threat and vulnerability management and conduct continuous assessment around the effectiveness of defense response.
- Ensuring adherence to appropriate standards, best practices, workplace policies and procedures.
- Working effectively as a team member, providing hands-on support to clients, maintaining communication and updating senior staff on progress and participate in Incident Response procedures if/when required.
Qualifications:
- 5 years of relevant experience, successfully delivering in an Enterprise environment.
- Bachelor/Masters of Engineering in Computer Science / Information Security / Cyber Security
- Exposure to Unix/Linux environments with strong command-line and shell knowledge, along with scripting/development capability in Python/Bash.
- Strong understanding of the intelligence lifecycle and frameworks such as the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK.
- Exposure to cyber threats in the financial sector, with a thorough understanding of DeFi and Blockchain.
- Experience with SIEM technologies, threat hunting, monitoring, investigations, and strong analytical, writing, and documentation skills.
- Ability to mentor and guide security analysts in cyber threat intelligence skills, work with minimal guidance, and familiarity with tools like JIRA and Confluence.
- Strong knowledge of network and security tools, including IDS/IPS, NAC, DLP, VPN, firewall management and audit, endpoint security, anti-malware, and database audit/monitoring.
- Experience in secure architecture design and security implementations across systems.
- Security expertise in areas such as Python, Bash, C/C++, reverse engineering, wireless networks, web vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS, CSRF), and exploit development.
- Experience with security applications for logging, packet capture, email, directory services, authentication, remote access, encryption, and cloud security deployment and controls (database security is a plus).
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills, with the ability to work under pressure, collaborate with distributed teams, and adapt to different time zones.
- Self-driven mindset with a passion for learning, along with the ability to mentor and train team members while handling complex challenges.
Qualifications
- 5 years of relevant experience, successfully delivering in an Enterprise environment.
- Bachelor/Masters of Engineering in Computer Science / Information Security / Cyber Security
- Exposure to Unix/Linux environments with strong command-line and shell knowledge, along with scripting/development capability in Python/Bash.
- Strong understanding of the intelligence lifecycle and frameworks such as the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK.
- Exposure to cyber threats in the financial sector, with a thorough understanding of DeFi and Blockchain.
- Experience with SIEM technologies, threat hunting, monitoring, investigations, and strong analytical, writing, and documentation skills.
- Ability to mentor and guide security analysts in cyber threat intelligence skills, work with minimal guidance, and familiarity with tools like JIRA and Confluence.
- Strong knowledge of network and security tools, including IDS/IPS, NAC, DLP, VPN, firewall management and audit, endpoint security, anti-malware, and database audit/monitoring.
- Experience in secure architecture design and security implementations across systems.
- Security expertise in areas such as Python, Bash, C/C++, reverse engineering, wireless networks, web vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS, CSRF), and exploit development.
- Experience with security applications for logging, packet capture, email, directory services, authentication, remote access, encryption, and cloud security deployment and controls (database security is a plus).
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills, with the ability to work under pressure, collaborate with distributed teams, and adapt to different time zones.
- Self-driven mindset with a passion for learning, along with the ability to mentor and train team members while handling complex challenges.
Responsibilities
- Developing and implementing automated systems (Python/Bash) to identify known security exposures and Engineering security infrastructure to optimize efficiency, expand capabilities, meet client requirements
- Supporting security infrastructure and act as an escalation point for the firm in troubleshooting/supporting any issues. (Hashicorp vault / IAM / SIEM / EDR).
- Consulting on discovered security flaws, how to exploit them, and how to remediate flaws.
- Participating in attack simulation exercises on a periodic basis, contribute to threat and vulnerability management and conduct continuous assessment around the effectiveness of defense response.
- Ensuring adherence to appropriate standards, best practices, workplace policies and procedures.
- Working effectively as a team member, providing hands-on support to clients, maintaining communication and updating senior staff on progress and participate in Incident Response procedures if/when required.