Associate Director – Endpoint and Infrastructure Security
Hyderabad, India
Job Description:
Associate Director – Endpoint and Infrastructure Security
About the Company:
Join AT&T and reimagine the communications and technologies that connect the world. Our Chief Security Office ensures that our assets are safeguarded through truthful transparency, enforce accountability and master cybersecurity to stay ahead of threats. Bring your bold ideas and fearless risk-taking to redefine connectivity and transform how the world shares stories and experiences that matter. When you step into a career with AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future-you’ll create it.
About the Job:
The functional leader in this role will be responsible for leading and managing a team of highly experienced endpoint and infrastructure security professionals in AT&T India. The leader in this role oversees, manages and supports day-to-day operations, including various projects, tasks and initiatives. Continuously collaborates with US and India Cyber Security leadership teams and other stakeholders on engineering and operational matters.
In this role, you will functionally lead and manage highly experienced security teams that will operate in follow-the-sun model working with CSO and different Business unit teams in US and India to engineer and operationalize the endpoint security and infrastructure security solutions into target operating environments.
Roles & Responsibilities include:
Functionally lead and manage a highly experienced and specialized Cybersecurity professionals in AT&T India
Oversees, manages and supports day-to-day operations, including various projects, tasks and initiatives
Continuously collaborates with US and India Cyber Security leadership teams and other stakeholders on engineering and operational matters in endpoint and infrastructure security areas.
Supports innovation, strategic planning, technical proof of concepts, testing, lab work, and various other technical program management related tasks associated with the designated functional areas.
The individual in this role interviews and selects employees, maintains proper staffing levels, allocates resources, supervises teams daily operations, productivity, identifies areas for improvement, develops action plans to improve performance, develops teams technical and managerial expertise through on-the-job and formal training opportunities, enforces Company policies, takes necessary disciplinary action, evaluates individual performance for annual performance review, merit increases, promotions and other employment status changes, and conducts long-range planning for the team.
Experience Level: 15+ years.
Location: Hyderabad / Bengaluru
Primary / Mandatory Skills:
Overall 15+ years of Cybersecurity engineering and operations experience focused on Endpoint and Infrastructure security.
At least 8 -10 years of practical hands-on and proven track record working with:
Endpoint Security technologies such as Tanium, SentinelOne
Infrastructure Security technologies such as:
ProofPoint, Exchange (Email Security)
Guardicore (Network and Infrastructure security)
5+ years of technical team management experience
Information security credentials CISSP, CCNP Security, SANS GIAC certifications, or equivalent
Security product / technology credentials such as Guardicore Certified Specialist, SentinelOne Certified Administrator/Engineer
Deep understanding of Cyber Security frameworks, methodologies, and industry best practices
Collaborate with other security teams to improve overall security practices and incident response capabilities.
Collaborate with leadership teams, provide subject matter expertise and insights.
Support, guide and mentor team members in technical and functional matters
Track record of staying current with trends, techniques, tools, and processes that drive improvement of Cyber Security posture
Ability to asses and articulate risks from a business standpoint.
Operate in a fast-paced, dynamic, and geographically matrixed teams.
Flexible to provide coverage in US morning hours
Sense of urgency and attention to detail.
Should be flexible to work on weekends.
Should be flexible to provide coverage in US morning hours.
Demonstrate Analytical Thinking
Proven ability to manage Processes and projects
Team-oriented thinking with demonstrated ability to produce high-quality work
Bachelors / Masters in Cyber Security and / or Computer Science
Additional information (if any):
Should be flexible to work on weekends.
Should be flexible to provide coverage in US morning hours.
Information security credentials CISSP, CCNP Security, SANS GIAC certifications, or equivalent
Security product / technology credentials such as Guardicore Certified Specialist, SentinelOne Certified Administrator/Engineer
Weekly Hours:
40Time Type:
RegularLocation:
IND:AP:Hyderabad / Argus Bldg 4f & 5f, Sattva, Knowledge City- Adm: Argus Building, Sattva, Knowledge CityIt is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.
Job ID R-82423 Date posted 09/10/2025
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- Tuition Assistance
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