Security Jobs in India
There are 2,353 open Security jobs in India on freehire right now. 490 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cloud, cybersecurity and automation.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INR | year | ₹2,750,000 | ₹3,250,000 | ₹4,000,000 | 13 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cloud 59%
- cybersecurity 40%
- automation 39%
- ai 39%
- aws 29%
- azure 29%
- python 28%
- cloud-security 27%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 300 · 13%
- Remote 159 · 7%
- Onsite 158 · 7%
Visa sponsorship offered in 28% of the 212 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 551
- Lead 209
- Principal 66
- Staff 50
- C-level 44
- Junior 39
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 682
- 501-1000 employees 151
- 51-200 employees 32
- 11-50 employees 9
- 201-500 employees 6
- 1-10 employees 1
Software Engineer (Cyber Security)
This role involves designing and maintaining backend services, APIs, and automation for cyber engineering and data teams using Go, Python, AWS/Azure, and Terraform. The engineer will focus on building secure cloud infrastructure, managing CI/CD pipelines, and optimizing API gateways like Kong.
Junior Cloud Security Validation Engineer
Develop and validate Python automation scripts for cloud and container security testing across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including eBPF-based test hooks and CI/CD pipeline work for a runtime-context cloud security platform.
SAP Security Specialist
Design and maintain SAP security roles and authorizations for a manufacturing client, ensuring compliance and smooth access for finance, supply chain, and plant teams.
IoT Software/Firmware Security Researcher
The IoT Software/Firmware Security Researcher will identify vulnerabilities in IoT device firmware through reverse engineering and security analysis. The role requires deep expertise in embedded systems, assembly, and communication protocols to conduct security research and testing.
Senior Security Consultant
Leads security assessments for web, API, mobile, and thick-client apps, mentors junior consultants, and advises clients on remediation using tools like Burp Suite and Metasploit.
Security Consultant - Red Team
Perform advanced penetration testing and simulated attacks to uncover security flaws in systems, networks, and apps, then document and explain findings to stakeholders.

CISO
Oversee enterprise-wide security for a B2B SaaS logistics platform, setting strategy, managing risk, and ensuring SOC 2/regulatory compliance while protecting multi-tenant cloud infrastructure.
Security Operations Lead
Lead L2 security operations in a cybersecurity startup, managing major-incident technical response, SIEM detection content/tuning, and log-pipeline health while deputizing for the L3 lead.
IOT Hardware Security Consultant
Perform hardware and radio attacks on IoT devices to uncover security flaws, using protocols like UART, I2C, SPI, JTAG, SWD, BLE, WiFi, and LoRa.
Senior Cloud Security Validation Engineer
Design, implement, and automate validation of cloud and runtime security features using Python frameworks, eBPF-based test hooks, and major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) in a fully remote role.
Application Security Engineer Team Leader
Application Security Engineer Team Leader at Checkmarx, conducting security-focused code reviews, supporting customers with vulnerability mitigation, and creating proof-of-concepts using the Checkmarx Platform and languages like Java, .Net, Go, Python.