Enterprise Network Architect - Cyber Engineering and Platform Expert

Job Title: Cyber Engineering and Platform Expert  Location: Hyderabad Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.   Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting. At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan. As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com. About the Job: Role Overview and Responsibilities The Cyber Engineering and Planform Expert  serves as the technical anchor and primary operational owner for Opella’s global defense capabilities. Reporting directly to the Security Operations and SOC Lead, this role balances the tactical oversight of daily Operations incident with the hands-on management of the enterprise security stack. This leader is tasked with driving aggressive MTTR reduction by taking definitive administrative ownership of the Microsoft Defender XDR suite, enterprise SIEM, NDR, Mimecast, Tenable IE, and Identity and Access Management IAM controls. By managing these platforms and leading the internal operations teams, this role ensures high-fidelity threat detection, secure administrative governance via PAW and flawless execution during critical cyber crises across both IT and OT environments. Key Responsibilities: Oversee and direct the daily tactical activities of the global Security Operations team while managing the continuous lifecycle and optimal configuration of Opella’s core security platforms. Take definitive operational ownership of the Microsoft Defender XDR platform, continuously tuning endpoint, identity, cloud, and email security controls to maximize automated threat prevention and containment. Manage and govern the utilization of Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs), enforcing highly restricted, heavily monitored administrative access to critical Tier-0 and Tier-1 infrastructure. Establish proactive health monitoring and automated self-healing mechanisms for all critical security agents across the global endpoint fleet. Collaborate closely with the OT Cyber Specialist to engineer secure, passive telemetry collection architectures that pull logs from isolated manufacturing networks without impacting factory production. Secure the enterprise identity perimeter by enforcing strict IAM policies and actively managing Tenable IE (Identity Exposure) to continuously monitor, identify, and remediate Active Directory vulnerabilities and lateral attack paths. Administer and meticulously tune enterprise email security gateways, leveraging both Mimecast and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 to aggressively filter advanced phishing and business email compromise (BEC) campaigns. Serve as the senior engineering authority, providing deep technical guidance to incident responders and fostering a culture of automation and engineering excellence across the security operations team. Manage and optimize Network Detection and Response platforms to proactively identify lateral movement, command and control (C2) traffic, and hidden anomalies across hybrid cloud and on-premise networks. Drive platform automation and SOAR playbooks within the SIEM and Defender ecosystems to seamlessly connect security alerts, enabling rapid, zero-touch threat containment. Lead the end-to-end engineering, deployment, and continuous lifecycle management of Opella’s global cybersecurity technology stack to ensure 99.9% platform availability and optimal performance. Engineer and maintain complex SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) playbooks, utilizing scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash) to automate Tier-1/Tier-2 triage and execute zero-touch threat containment. Take definitive engineering ownership of the Microsoft Defender XDR suite, deploying agents at scale via automation, configuring advanced attack surface reduction (ASR) rules, and engineering custom KQL detection queries. Mentor and technically guide junior security Engineers fostering a high-performance culture and ensuring standardized operational playbooks are executed flawlessly. About You: Qualifications & Requirements: Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline. Possess 8+ years of dedicated, hands-on experience in Security Operations, Incident Response, or Security Platform Management within a large-scale enterprise environment. Demonstrate advanced administrative expertise and deep operational mastery over the Microsoft Defender XDR platform and enterprise SIEM environments. Exhibit deep technical mastery of Active Directory security, specifically utilizing Tenable IE to audit, harden, and defend complex identity environments against privilege escalation. Prove hands-on experience governing, managing, and maintaining Privileged Access Workstations (PAW) and integrating them with enterprise IAM and PAM solutions (e.g., CyberArk). Show strong proficiency in managing and tuning Network Detection and Response (NDR) platforms (e.g., Vectra AI) to detect advanced persistent threats. Bring documented experience administering Mimecast and cloud-native email security to combat targeted social engineering and malware campaigns. Advantageous: Demonstrated experience or familiarity working alongside OT cybersecurity teams, or possessing a foundational understanding of industrial control systems and manufacturing network security. Maintain senior-level industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GCIA, GCIH, or advanced Microsoft Security certifications (e.g., Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect or Security Operations Analyst). Display exceptional crisis management and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical telemetry into clear executive updates during high-pressure incidents. Why us? At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day. We Are Challengers. We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things: All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs. Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity. Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity. Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be. Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands. www.opella.com/en/careers