Security Architect

Role overview

Security Architect at CoinDCX

As a Software engineer in our team, you'll be working with a lot of cross-functional partners like Product, Engineering, Security, and Marketing all the while delivering critical solutions and experiences.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for below tasks: IAM Strategy & Architecture: Align and operate enterprise IAM strategy, target architecture, and operating model inline with business, security, and cloud-first objectives.
• Identity Governance & Lifecycle: Run operational processes to maintain end-to-end identity lifecycle processes covering Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML), access requests and approvals, provisioning/deprovisioning, RBAC, role management, and periodic access reviews.
• Authentication & Access Management: Ensure alignment of operations with SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, federation, and secure access patterns across SaaS applications, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems.
• Non-Human & Machine Identities: Govern service accounts, workload identities, API credentials, automation identities, machine-to-machine access, and emerging AI/agentic identities.
• Privileged Access Management: Secure operations and monitoring covering privileged identities, JIT/JEA access, credential management, session controls, privileged access monitoring, and integration with enterprise PAM solutions.
• Cloud & Endpoint Identity: Design identity solutions across the organization's cloud and end user environment.
• Technology Evaluation & Implementation: Lead IAM requirements, RFI/RFP, vendor evaluations, PoCs, technology selection, and implementation planning, while assessing the evolution of the current JumpCloud-based environment.
• IAM Standards & Governance: Establish IAM policies, standards, reference architectures, integration patterns, operational processes, and identity/application ownership models.
• Stakeholder & Compliance Management: Partner with Security, Infrastructure, Cloud, DevOps, HR, Engineering, Compliance, and Application teams to drive secure IAM operations.
• Perks That Empower You Our benefits are designed to make a lasting impact on your life, giving you the freedom to create a work-life balance that truly suits you.
• Design Your Own Benefit: Tailor your perk package to fit your unique needs.
• Whether you’re eyeing a new gadget or welcoming a furry friend into your life, our flexible benefits ensure that you can prioritize what matters most to you.
• Unlimited Wellness Leaves: We believe in the power of well-being.
• Take the time you need to recharge, knowing that your health is our priority.
• With unlimited wellness leaves, you can return refreshed, ready to build and grow.
• Mental Wellness Support: Your mental health is as important as your professional growth.
• Benefit from access to health experts, free counseling sessions, monthly wellness workshops, and regular team outings, all designed to help you stay balanced and connected.
• Bi-Weekly Learning Sessions: These sessions are more than just updates—they’re opportunities to fuel your growth.
• Stay ahead with the latest industry knowledge, sharpen your skills, and accelerate your career in an ever-evolving landscape.

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Preferred certifications, such as CEH, CISSP, CCSP or IAM/vendor-specific certifications such as SailPoint, Saviynt, Okta, CyberArk, AWS or equivalent.

Employment details

• Location: Bengaluru [Karnataka] [India]

Application details

• Exposure to cloud, application, API, machine, and other non-human identity use cases is desirable.

About the employer

• The CoinDCX Journey: Building the Future of Finance: At CoinDCX, our mission is clear - to make crypto and blockchain accessible to every Indian and enable them to participate in the future of finance.

Additional role details

• As India’s first crypto unicorn valued at $2.45B, we are reshaping the financial ecosystem by building safe, transparent, and scalable products that power adoption at scale.
• We believe that change starts together.
• It begins with bold ideas, relentless execution and people who want to build what’s next.
• If you’re driven by purpose and thrive in environments where your work defines the next chapter of an industry, you’ll feel right at home here.
• You’ll Excel in This Role If You: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field. 12+ years of experience in Information Security and supporting technologies 7+ years designing enterprise IAM architectures.
• Experience building IAM programs from strategy through implementation.
• Strong experience in cloud-native environments and identity governance.
• Strong understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts, including authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle, federation, and access governance.
• Experience designing and delivering IAM solutions across cloud, SaaS, and enterprise environments.
• Good understanding of IAM standards and technologies such as SSO, MFA, SAML, OAuth/OIDC, SCIM, RBAC, and directory services.
• Experience with identity lifecycle management, access governance, privileged access, and periodic access reviews.
• Familiarity with leading IAM, IGA, or PAM platforms and experience participating in technology evaluation, PoCs, or implementations.
• Ability to translate business and security requirements into practical, scalable IAM solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and business teams.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive initiatives in a fast-paced environment.