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Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - India

🇮🇳 Hybrid - Mumbai, Maharashtra 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Cybersecurity 🗓️ September 20th, 2026
CI/CD Node.js OWASP

Edtech.com's Summary

Cornerstone OnDemand is hiring a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - India to secure applications throughout the software development lifecycle from its Mumbai office. The role runs white box security testing, code reviews, and threat modeling while defining and enforcing security controls for the company’s AI and LLM-based applications. It also leads incident response for AI/LLM security breaches and keeps vulnerability tracking and remediation moving across engineering teams.

Highlights
  • Maintains security tools and processes across AWS, GovCloud, and GCP cloud environments.
  • Runs white box security testing and code reviews on applications at various stages of development.
  • Defines and enforces application security measures specifically for AI and LLM-based applications.
  • Evaluates application security tools to improve detection and prevention capabilities.
  • Tracks discovered vulnerabilities and maintains a full remediation history.
  • Leads incident response for security breaches tied to AI and LLM applications.
  • Performs threat modeling exercises and risk analysis for new and existing applications.
  • Coordinates and performs penetration testing activities across the application portfolio.
  • Holds a bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology related field or equivalent experience, with 6+ years in application security.
  • Works a hybrid schedule from Cornerstone’s Mumbai office, with the role also open in Pune, India.

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - India Full Description

This role is Hybrid, Mumbai Office. Also available in Pune, India.

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (India)
The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer position is a hands-on role that involves evaluating and enforcing application security in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This position will work closely with our security and engineering teams on conducting white box security testing, threat modelling, security assessments and support the identification, interpretation, and remediation of vulnerabilities across a variety of applications, programming languages, and platforms. The candidate should have a strong background in application security, coupled with deep knowledge of AI technologies and LLMs, to protect our applications from potential security threats.

In this role you will…
  • Maintain security tools/processes to effectively secure our cloud-based environments and applications (AWS, GovCloud, GCP).
  • Conduct white box security testing to assess and validate application security.
  • Conduct security assessments and code reviews of applications in various stages of development.
  • Define, maintain, and enforce application security measures for AI and LLM based applications and evaluate application security tools to improve our detection and prevention capabilities.
  • Monitor and track progress of found vulnerabilities and maintain the history.
  • Explain and demonstrate vulnerabilities to application/system owners, and provide recommendations for mitigation.
  • Issue reports on assigned application and system scans.
  • Continuously monitor and evaluate the security posture of AI/LLM applications and lead incident response efforts for security breaches related to AI and LLM applications.
  • Perform threat modeling exercises and risk analysis for new and existing applications.
  • Research and stay up to date with the latest security vulnerabilities and best practices.

You’ve got what it takes if you have…
  • Bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology related field of study or equivalent post high school education and/or work-related experience.
  • 6+ years of experience in application security.
  • Knowledge of application security focused on AI and LLM-based applications.
  • Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 for LLM applications.
  • Knowledge of information security principles, web applications, and a level of familiarity with malicious code and common techniques used by hackers.
  • Experience with common SDLC tools: static and dynamic code analysis, open-source management, container security, threat modeling, etc.
  • Experience with HTML and JavaScript along with a solid understanding of HTTP protocol.
  • Experience coordinating penetration testing activities and performing penetration testing.
  • Experience with CI/CD practices and tools (Git, Jenkins) and integrating security solutions into CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
  • Experience creating solutions in C#, Python, Node.JS, or Go, and Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation) is a plus.
  • Knowledge of microservices architectures is a plus.
  • Experience working on security responsibilities for a SaaS or PaaS solutions, preferably in AWS is a plus.
  • Basic knowledge of SQL and prior experience with programming in one or more server-side technologies such as ASP.NET Core is a plus.
  • Thorough understanding of SDLC and software security maturity models such as BSIMM or OWASP SAMM is a plus.
  • Experience conducting secure code development training is a plus.
  • Knowledge of cryptographic tools and/or security APIs is a plus.
  • Experience interacting with security vendors and customers is a plus.

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